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See also: List of Brazilian monarchs The Brazilian monarchs were the rulers of Brazil from its discovery in 1500 until 1889. ...

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Old republic

Main article: History of Brazil (1889-1930)

In 1889 the Republic was proclaimed in a coup d'etát led by Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca, who deposed the Brazilian Emperor Dom Pedro II and formed a provisional government. Two years later, in 1891, a constitution was written, based on the federative republic of the United States of America and the country itself was named the Republic of the United States of Brazil. Deodoro was elected constitutional president by the Constituant Congress in the same year, immediately after the promulgation of the Constitution, but resigned ten months later after a coup d'étát in which he dissolved Congress was reversed. Then, Floriano Peixoto, Deodoro's vice-president and an opponent of the coup, was inaugurated. Peixoto was succeeded by the first elected president in Brazil, Prudente de Morais. // The Constitutionalist Revolution From 1889 to 1930, the government was a constitutional democracy, with the presidency alternating between the dominant states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. ... A coup détat (pronounced kÅ« dā ta), or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ... Deodoro da Fonseca (Manuel) Deodoro da Fonseca (August 5, 1827 - August 23, 1892) overthrew Emperor Pedro II to become the first president of a Republic of Brazil. ... Emperor Pedro II in regalia, in the opening of the annual session of the Brazilian Imperial Parliament (General Assembly), 1873. ... Floriano Vieira Peixoto (1839–1895) was Brazilian soldier and politician, born in Ipioca (nowadays a district in the city of Maceió), in the State of Alagoas and veteran of the War of the Triple Alliance, second President of Brazil. ...


Although it was theoretically a constitutional democracy, the Old Republic was characterized by the power of regional oligarchies and the strict alternation of power between the states of São Paulo and Minas Gerais. The vote in the countryside was often controlled by the local land owner, and less than 6% of the population had the right to vote, due to the fact that illiterate people could not vote. Also, only individuals wealthy enough could vote and be voted. It has been suggested that constitutional republic and republican democracy be merged into this article or section. ... Oligarchy (Greek , Oligarkhía) is a form of government where political power effectively rests with a small, elite segment of society (whether distinguished by wealth, family or military prowess). ... São Paulo is a state in Brazil. ... Flag of Minas Gerais See other Brazilian States Capital Belo Horizonte Largest City Belo Horizonte Area 586,528. ...


In 1930, when Brazil was suffering the effects of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a revolution broke out in the country and the old republic ended. The president Washington Luís, who was supported by São Paulo oligarchies, broke the rule of alternation between São Paulo and Minas and supported a candidate who was also from São Paulo, Júlio Prestes. Prestes won the election, but Washington Luís was deposed three weeks before the end of his term and Prestes was never inaugurated. Crowd gathering on Wall Street. ... Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (October 26, 1869 - August 4, 1957) was a Brazilian politician. ... Júlio Prestes (March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian politician. ...

# President Took office Left office Vice President(s) Notes
1 Deodoro da Fonseca November 15, 1889 November 23, 1891 Floriano Peixoto Led the Proclamation of the Republic. Acted as Head of the Provisional Government.
2 Floriano Peixoto November 23, 1891 November 15, 1894 vacant Inaugurated after Deodoro's resignation.
3 Prudente de Morais November 15, 1894 November 15, 1898 Manuel Vitorino First President elected by direct popular ballot.
4 Campos Sales November 15, 1898 November 15, 1902 Rosa e Silva
5 Rodrigues Alves November 15, 1902 November 15, 1906 Silviano Brandão
Afonso Pena
6 Afonso Pena November 15, 1906 June 14, 1909[1] Nilo Peçanha
7 Nilo Peçanha June 14, 1909 November 15, 1910 vacant Inaugurated after Pena's death.
8 Hermes da Fonseca November 15, 1910 November 15, 1914 Venceslau Brás
9 Venceslau Brás November 15, 1914 November 15, 1918 Urbano Santos
10 Rodrigues Alves Delfim Moreira First person to be elected more than once to the presidency. Died before inauguration.
11 Delfim Moreira November 15, 1918 July 28, 1919 vacant Inaugurated after the death of President-elect Rodrigues Alves.
12 Epitácio Pessoa July 28, 1919 November 15, 1922 Delfim Moreira
Bueno de Paiva
Elected to complete the 1918-1922 presidential term.
13 Artur Bernardes November 15, 1922 November 15, 1926 Estacio Coimbra
14 Washington Luís November 15, 1926 October 24, 1930 Melo Viana Overthrown three weeks before the end of his term.
15 Júlio Prestes Vital Soares President-elect, not inaugurated because of 1930 Revolution.

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November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | People stubs ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | People stubs ... President Afonso Pena Image from National Archive of Brazil File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Nilo Procópio Peçanha (October 2, 1867 - March 31, 1924). ... Nilo Procópio Peçanha (October 2, 1867 - March 31, 1924). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (536x794, 30 KB) Nilo Procópio Peçanha File links The following pages link to this file: List of Presidents of Brazil Nilo Peçanha ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (May 12, 1855 - September 9, 1923) was a Brazilian soldier and politician. ... 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Year 1919 (MCMXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar). ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... Categories: Brazil-related stubs | Presidents of Brazil | People stubs ... Artur da Silva Bernardes (August 8, 1875 - March 23, 1955). ... Image File history File links ArturBernardes1. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1922 (MCMXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (October 26, 1869 - August 4, 1957) was a Brazilian politician. ... Image File history File links WashingtonLuiz. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... Júlio Prestes (March 15, 1882 – February 9, 1946) was a Brazilian politician. ... Image File history File links JulioPrestes. ... // Depression, coffee oligarchs, and the Revolution of 1930 The Great Depression The tenente rebellion (See History of Brazil (1889-1930)) did not mark the revolutionary breakthrough of Brazils bourgeois social reformers. ...

Vargas era

Main article: History of Brazil (1930-1945)
# President Took office Left office Vice President(s) Notes
16 Augusto Fragoso October 24, 1930 November 3, 1930 vacant Provisorial military junta after 1930 Revolution.
Menna Barreto
Isaías de Noronha
17 Getúlio Vargas November 3, 1930 October 29, 1945 vacant[2] Estado Novo dictator from the coup d'etát of November 10, 1937 to 1945, with the title of President.
18 José Linhares October 29, 1945 January 31, 1946 vacant Chief Justice of Brazil. Installed as president after a military coup overthrew Vargas.

// Depression, coffee oligarchs, and the Revolution of 1930 The Great Depression The tenente rebellion (See History of Brazil (1889-1930)) did not mark the revolutionary breakthrough of Brazils bourgeois social reformers. ... Augusto Tasso Fragoso (August 28, 1869 - September 20, 1945) was the head of the government of Brazil in 1930, between the overthrow of President Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa and the oath of Getúlio Dornelles Vargas. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... General João de Deus Menna Barreto, (Porto Alegre, July 30, 1874 - Rio de Janeiro, March 25, 1933), was one of the leaders of the junta that governed Brazil during the time Washington Luís was deposed. ... Admiral José Isaías de Noronha, (Rio de Janeiro, July 6, 1874 - Jacarepaguá, January 29, 1963). ... Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (pron. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (528x804, 85 KB) Summary Official photo from Brazilian Government, current under public domain. ... November 3 is the 307th day of the year (308th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 58 days remaining. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link is to a full 1930 calendar). ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... There have been two regimes known as Estado Novo (meaning New State): Estado Novo (Brazil) Estado Novo (Portugal) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 51 days remaining. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... José Linhares (January 28, 1886 - January 26, 1957). ... Image File history File links JoseLinhares. ... October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ...

The republic of 1946

Main article: History of Brazil (1945-1964)

In 1945, Vargas was deposed by a military coup led by two ex-supporters. Nevertheless, he would be elected president once again and his influence in Brazilian politics would remain until the end of the second republic. In this period, three parties dominated the national politics. Two were pro-Vargas – in the left, PTB and in the center-right, PSD – and another anti-Vargas, the rightist UDN. // End of the Estado Novo As World War II ended with Brazil participating on the Allied side, President Getúlio Vargas moved to liberalize his own fascist-influenced Estado Novo regime. ... PTB can stand for Brazilian Labour Party Workers Party of Belgium (Parti du Travail de Belgique) Party of Labour of Burkina (Parti du Travail de Burkina) The powers that be Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, the national standards laboratory of Germany Placer Theatre Ballet the ballet company for Placer County, California USA...


This period was very unstable. In 1954, Vargas committed suicide during a crisis that threatened his government and he was followed by a series of short-term presidents. In 1961, UDN elected the party's first president, Jânio Quadros, who resigned seven months later. In that time, the president and the vice-president were voted separately. The vice-president was a political enemy of Jânio Quadros, the leftist João Goulart. A brief crisis had taken place, and the solution was a parliamentarism system, in which Goulart was inaugurated with reduced powers. A plebiscite in 1963 restored presidencialism and a military coup deposed Goulart in 1964, starting the military dictatorship.

# President Took office Left office Vice President(s) Notes
19 Gaspar Dutra January 31, 1946 January 31, 1951 Nereu Ramos
20 Getúlio Vargas January 31, 1951 August 24, 1954[3] Café Filho Elected by popular ballot.
21 Café Filho August 24, 1954 November 9, 1955[4] vacant Inaugurated after Vargas' suicide.
22 Carlos Luz November 9, 1955 November 11, 1955 vacant President of the Chamber of Deputies, inaugurated after Café Filho's leave of absence. Deposed by a coup.
23 Nereu Ramos November 11, 1955 January 31, 1956 vacant President of the Senate, inaugurated after the deposition of Carlos Luz.
24 Juscelino Kubitschek January 31, 1956 January 31, 1961 João Goulart
25 Jânio Quadros January 31, 1961 August 25, 1961[5] João Goulart
26 Ranieri Mazzilli August 25, 1961 September 7, 1961 vacant President of the Chamber of Deputies, took ofice before Goulart's inauguration.
27 João Goulart September 7, 1961 April 1, 1964 vacant Deposed by a military coup.

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The military dictatorship

Main article: History of Brazil (1964-1985)
# President Took office Left office Vice President(s) Notes
28 Ranieri Mazzilli April 2, 1964 April 15, 1964 vacant President of the Chamber of Deputies, took office as provisional president after the military coup.
29 Castelo Branco April 15, 1964 March 15, 1967 José Maria Alckmin Military dictator. Elected by an Electoral College.
30 Costa e Silva March 15, 1967 August 31, 1969 Pedro Aleixo Military dictator. Incapacitated by a stroke.
31 Augusto Rademaker August 31, 1969 October 30, 1969 vacant Military Junta, inaugurated after Costa e Silva's illness.
Aurélio Lira
Márcio Melo
32 Emilio Medici October 30, 1969 March 15, 1974 Augusto Rademaker Military dictator.
33 Ernesto Geisel March 15, 1974 March 15, 1979 Adalberto Pereira dos Santos Military dictator.
34 João Figueiredo March 15, 1979 March 15, 1985 Aureliano Chaves Military dictator.

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The new republic

Main article: History of Brazil (1985-present)
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Since 1980, in the end of the Cold War, the military government started a process of gradual political opening, called abertura, the final goal of which was the democracy. When the term of the last military president ended, however, no direct elections for president was taken. After the end of the military dictatorship, Brazil went into a troubled process of redemocratization. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_President_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_President_of_Brazil. ...


Tancredo Neves, who had been prime-minister during the presidency of João Goulart, was chosen to be the candidate of PMDB, the major opposition party, but he was also supported by a large political spectrum, even including a significant part of the ARENA, the party that supported the military presidents. Tancredo was elected by the Electoral College, but died before he could be inaugutarated. The first civilian president since 1964 was Tancredo's running mate, José Sarney, himself an ex-member of ARENA. In 1988, a new democratic Constitution was passed, and democracy was consolidated.


In 1989, the first elections for president under the new Constitution were held and the young Fernando Collor was elected for a five-years term - the first president to be elected by direct popular ballot since the military coup. He was inaugurated in 1990 and in 1992 he become the first president in Brazil impeached due to corruption.


In 1995, Fernando Henrique Cardoso was inaugurated for a four-year term, but in 1997 an Amendment was passed and allowed him to be the first president in Brazil to be reelected.


In 2003, the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was inaugurated. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

# President Took office Left office Vice President(s) Notes
35 Tancredo Neves José Sarney Elected by the Electoral College. Died before taking office.
36 José Sarney March 15, 1985 March 15, 1990 vacant Tancredo's Vice-president, inaugurated after his death.
37 Fernando Collor March 15, 1990 October 2, 1992[6] Itamar Franco First president elected by popular vote since the military coup. Impeached by the congress.
38 Itamar Franco October 2, 1992 January 1, 1995 vacant Inaugurated after Collor's resignation.
39 Fernando Henrique Cardoso January 1, 1995

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Marco Maciel First president to be reelected to a second term.
40 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva January 1, 2003 incumbent José Alencar

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Notes

  1. ^ Died in office.
  2. ^ The office of the vice-president was abolished during Vargas' tenure.
  3. ^ Commited suicide.
  4. ^ Resigned from office.
  5. ^ Resigned from office.
  6. ^ Resigned from office.

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