Brazil/Catalogs/Presidents

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search

This is a list of presidents of Brazil.

Notes:

  • The first two presidents were military engaged on the fall of monarchy.
  • The period from 1893 to 1930 is called Velha República, old republic, a time when the elections were highly suspicious. The candidates were chosen mostly by the elites of São Paulo and Minas Gerais States, in turns. All presidents of this period, but Epitácio Pessoa, were Lawyers graduated at Universidade de São Paulo. The other one was also a Lawyer.
  • The dictatorship period from 1930 to 1945 is called Estado Novo. The dictator, by demagogic means, had plenty of support from the people.
  • Between 1945 and 1961 Brazil experienced its first democratic period.
  • When Janio Quadros renounced, fearing the left believes of the vice-president, the elites changed the system was to parliamentary through a sort of covered coup. This lasted from 1961 to 1964.
  • The period from 1964 to 1985 is called, The Military Revolution of 90 Period. President Sarney was indirectly elected as the Vice President of Tancredo Neves according to the rules set by the revolutionary Presidents.
  • After 1985 and on Brazil is experiencing a highly democratic period, despite some claims of corruption.
No. Name Term of office Elected by vote Reason for early end of term
1 Deodoro da Fonseca 1889 — 1891 Resigned
2 Floriano Peixoto 1891 — 1894
3 Prudente de Morais 1894 — 1898 *
4 Campos Sales 1898 — 1902 *
5 Rodrigues Alves 1902 — 1906 *
6 Afonso Pena 1906 — 1909 * Died
7 Nilo Peçanha 1909 — 1910 *
8 Hermes da Fonseca 1910 - 1914 *
9 Venceslau Brás 1914 — 1918 *
10 Rodrigues Alves * Died before inauguration of 2nd term
11 Delfim Moreira 1918 — 1919 * President till new elections took place
12 Epitácio Pessoa 1919 — 1922 *
13 Artur Bernardes 1922 — 1926 *
14 Washington Luís 1926 — 1930 * Deposed one month before end term
15 Júlio Prestes * President already elected, never inaugurated
16 Getúlio Vargas 1930 — 1945 Dictator ended deposed
17 José Linhares 1945 — 1946 Judge of Supreme court in power waiting for elections
18 Gaspar Dutra 1946 — 1951 *
19 Getúlio Vargas 1951 — 1954 * Suicided
20 Café Filho 1954 — 1955 * Health
21 Carlos Luz 1955 — 1955 President of House of Representatives, Deposed
22 Nereu Ramos 1955 — 1956
23 Juscelino Kubitschek 1956 — 1961 *
24 Jânio Quadros 1961 — 1961 * Resigned
25 Ranieri Mazzilli 1961 — 1961 President of House of Representatives
26 João Goulart 1961 — 1964 * System parliamentary, Deposed
27 Ranieri Mazzilli 1964 — 1964 President of House of Representatives - Revolution
28 Castelo Branco 1964 — 1967 Died
29 Costa e Silva 1967 — 1969 Health
30 Emilio Medici 1969 — 1974
31 Ernesto Geisel 1974 — 1979
32 João Figueiredo 1979 — 1985
33 Tancredo Neves Died before inauguration
34 José Sarney 1985 — 1990
35 Fernando Collor de Mello 1990 — 1992 * Impeachment
36 Itamar Franco 1992 — 1995 *
37 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 1995 — 2003 *
38 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 2003 — 2011 *