List of governors of Rio de Janeiro
Appearance
Governor of Rio de Janeiro | |
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since 1 May 2021 | |
Style |
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Status | |
Residence | Laranjeiras Palace |
Term length | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
Constituting instrument | 1989 State Constitution |
Inaugural holder | Fonseca e Silva |
Formation | 15 November 1889 |
Deputy | Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro |
Website | rj |
This is a list of governadores (Portuguese "governors"), interventores ("inspectors") and presidents of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Governors
[edit]First Republic (1889–1930)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor | |
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1 | Fonseca e Silva (1848–1906) | 15 November 1889 | 16 November 1889 | 1 day | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
2 | Francisco Portela (1833–1913) | 16 November 1889 | 10 December 1891 | 2 years, 24 days | PRF | 1891 | Manuel Torres (PRF) Teófilo Almeida (PRF) Cirilo Fagundes (PRF) | ||
3 | José Guimarães (1838–1903) | 10 December 1891 | 11 December 1891 | 1 day | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
4 | Baltasar da Silveira (1843–1913) | 11 December 1891 | 3 May 1892 | 144 days | Independent | – | Leopoldo Teixeira Leite (Ind) Miguel de Carvalho (Ind) | ||
5 | José Porciúncula (1854–1901) | 3 May 1892 | 31 December 1894 | 2 years, 242 days | PRF | 1892 | Manuel Torres (PRF) | ||
6 | Maurício de Abreu (1852–1913) | 31 December 1894 | 31 December 1897 | 3 years, 0 days | PRF | 1894 | Bento Pereira (PRF) | ||
7 | Alberto Torres (1865–1917) | 31 December 1897 | 31 December 1900 | 3 years, 0 days | PRF | 1897 | Francisco de Souza Mota (PRF) | ||
8 | Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912) | 31 December 1900 | 31 December 1903 | 3 years, 0 days | Independent | 1900 | Rangel Pestana (Ind) | ||
9 | Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924) | 31 December 1903 | 1 November 1906 | 2 years, 305 days | PRF | 1903 | Oliveira Botelho (PRF) | ||
10 | Oliveira Botelho (1868–1943) | 1 November 1906 | 31 December 1906 | 60 days | PRF | – | José Oliveira (PRF) | ||
11 | Alfredo Backer (1851–1937) | 31 December 1906 | 31 December 1910 | 4 years, 0 days | PRF | 1906 | Luiz da Silva Castro (PRF) | ||
12 | Oliveira Botelho (1868–1943) | 31 December 1910 | 31 December 1914 | 4 years, 0 days | PRF PRC | 1910 | João de Oliveira Guimarães (PRF) | ||
13 | Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924) | 31 December 1914 | 7 May 1917 | 2 years, 127 days | PRF | 1914 | Francisco Guimarães (PRF) | ||
14 | Francisco Guimarães (1857–1917) | 7 May 1917 | 19 June 1917 | 43 days | PRF | – | Agnelo Collet (PRF) | ||
15 | Agnelo Collet (1862–1929) | 19 June 1917 | 31 December 1918 | 1 year, 195 days | PRF | – | Antônio Leite Pinto (PRF) | ||
16 | Raul Veiga (1878–1947) | 31 December 1918 | 31 December 1922 | 4 years, 0 days | PRF | 1918 | Domingos Almeida (PRF) | ||
17 | Raul Fernandes (1877–1968) | 31 December 1922 | 11 January 1923 | 11 days | PRF | 1922 | Artur Costa (PRF) | ||
18 | Aurelino Leal (1877–1924) | 11 January 1923 | 23 December 1923 | 346 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
19 | Feliciano Sodré (1881–1945) | 23 December 1923 | 23 December 1927 | 4 years, 0 days | PRC | 1923 | Paulino de Souza Júnior (PRC) João Werneck (PRC) | ||
20 | Manuel Duarte (1877–1944) | 23 December 1927 | 24 October 1930 | 2 years, 305 days | PRF | 1927 | Eduardo Portella (PRF) Humberto Pentagna (PRF) |
Vargas Era (1930–1945)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
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21 | Demócrito Barbosa (1880–1961) | 24 October 1930 | 27 October 1930 | 3 days | |
22 | Plínio Casado (1870–1964) | 27 October 1930 | 29 May 1931 | 214 days | |
23 | Mena Barreto (1874–1933) | 29 May 1931 | 4 November 1931 | 159 days | |
24 | Pantaleão Pessoa (1885–1980) | 4 November 1931 | 14 December 1931 | 40 days | |
25 | Ari Parreiras | 16 December 1931 | 7 November 1935 | 3 years, 326 days | |
26 | Newton Cavalcanti (1885–1965) | 7 November 1935 | 12 November 1935 | 5 days | |
27 | Protógenes Guimarães (1876–1938) | 12 November 1935 | 10 November 1937 | 1 year, 363 days | |
28 | Heitor Collet (1898–1974) | 10 November 1937 | 11 November 1937 | 1 day | |
29 | Amaral Peixoto (1905–1989) | 11 November 1937 | 29 October 1945 | 7 years, 352 days |
Fourth Republic (1945–1964)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor | |
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30 | Alfredo Neves (1887–1975) | 29 October 1945 | 6 November 1945 | 8 days | PSD | – | Vacant | ||
31 | Abel Magalhães (1881–1969) | 6 November 1945 | 10 February 1946 | 96 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
32 | Lúcio Meira (1907–1991) | 10 February 1946 | 23 September 1946 | 225 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
33 | Hugo Silva (1900–1982) | 23 September 1946 | 6 February 1947 | 136 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
34 | Francisco Santos (1898–1977) | 6 February 1947 | 8 February 1947 | 2 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
35 | Álvaro Rocha (1874–1964) | 8 February 1947 | 24 February 1947 | 16 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
36 | Macedo Soares (1901–1989) | 24 February 1947 | 31 January 1951 | 3 years, 341 days | PSD | 1947 | João Guimarães (PSD) | ||
37 | Amaral Peixoto (1805–1989) | 31 January 1951 | 31 January 1955 | 4 years, 0 days | PSD | 1950 | Tarcísio Miranda (PST) | ||
38 | Miguel Couto Filho (1900–1969) | 31 January 1955 | 2 July 1958 | 3 years, 152 days | PSD | 1954 | Roberto Silveira (PTB) | ||
39 | Togo Barros (1914–2007) | 2 July 1958 | 30 January 1959 | 212 days | PSD | – | Roberto Silveira (PTB) | ||
40 | Osmar Serpa de Carvalho | 30 January 1959 | 31 January 1959 | 1 day | PSD | – | Roberto Silveira (PTB) | ||
41 | Roberto Silveira (1923–1961) | 31 January 1959 | 28 February 1961 | 2 years, 28 days | PTB | 1958 | Celso Peçanha (PSD) | ||
42 | Celso Peçanha (1916–2016) | 28 February 1961 | 7 July 1962 | 1 year, 129 days | PSD | – | Vacant | ||
43 | José Janotti (1916–1980) | 7 July 1962 | 18 January 1963 | 195 days | PSD | – | Vacant | ||
44 | Luís Miguel Pinaud (1897–1973) | 18 January 1963 | 31 January 1963 | 13 days | Independent | – | Vacant | ||
45 | Badger da Silveira (1916–1999) | 31 January 1963 | 1 May 1964 | 1 year, 91 days | PTB | 1962 | João Batista da Costa (PSD) |
Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor | |
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46 | Cordolino Ambrósio (1904–1979) | 1 May 1964 | 4 May 1964 | 3 days | PTB | – | Vacant | ||
47 | Paulo Torres (1903–2000) | 4 May 1964 | 12 August 1966 | 2 years, 100 days | ARENA | 1964 | Simão Mansur (UDN) Teotônio Araújo (ARENA) | ||
48 | Teotônio Araújo (1918–1978) | 12 August 1966 | 31 January 1967 | 172 days | ARENA | – | Vacant | ||
49 | Geremias Fontes (1930–2010) | 31 January 1967 | 31 March 1971 | 4 years, 59 days | ARENA | 1966 | Heli Ribeiro Gomes (ARENA) | ||
50 | Raimundo Padilha (1899–1988) | 31 March 1971 | 15 March 1975 | 3 years, 349 days | ARENA | 1970 | Teotônio Araújo (ARENA) | ||
51 | Faria Lima (1917–2011) | 15 March 1975 | 15 March 1979 | 4 years, 0 days | ARENA | 1974 | Vacant | ||
52 | Chagas Freitas (1914–1991) | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1983 | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1978 | Hamilton Xavier (MDB) |
Sixth Republic (1985–present)
[edit]No. | Portrait | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor | |
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53 | Leonel Brizola (1922–2004) | 15 March 1983 | 15 March 1987 | 4 years, 0 days | PDT | 1982 | Darcy Ribeiro (PDT) | ||
54 | Moreira Franco (born 1944) | 15 March 1987 | 15 March 1991 | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1986 | Francisco Amaral (MDB) | ||
55 | Leonel Brizola (1922–2004) | 15 March 1991 | 2 April 1994 | 3 years, 18 days | PDT | 1990 | Nilo Batista (PDT) | ||
56 | Nilo Batista (born 1944) | 2 April 1994 | 1 January 1995 | 274 days | PDT | – | Vacant | ||
57 | Marcello Alencar (1925–2014) | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | 4 years, 0 days | PSDB | 1994 | Luiz Paulo (PSDB) | ||
58 | Anthony Garotinho (born 1960) | 1 January 1999 | 6 April 2002 | 3 years, 95 days | PDT PSB | 1998 | Benedita da Silva (PT) | ||
59 | Benedita da Silva (born 1942) | 6 April 2002 | 1 January 2003 | 270 days | PT | – | Vacant | ||
60 | Rosinha Garotinho (born 1963) | 1 January 2003 | 1 January 2007 | 4 years, 0 days | PSB MDB | 2002 | Luiz Paulo Conde (PSB) | ||
61 | Sérgio Cabral Filho (born 1963) | 1 January 2007 | 3 April 2014 | 7 years, 92 days | MDB | 2006 2010 | Luiz Fernando Pezão (MDB) | ||
62 | Luiz Fernando Pezão (born 1955) | 3 April 2014 | 1 January 2019 | 4 years, 273 days | MDB | – 2014 | Vacant Francisco Dornelles (PP) | ||
63 | Wilson Witzel (born 1968) | 1 January 2019 | 30 April 2021 | 2 years, 119 days | PSC | 2018 | Cláudio Castro (PSC) | ||
64 | Cláudio Castro (born 1979) | 30 April 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 113 days | PSC PL | – 2022 | Vacant Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO) |