This is a list of the Presidents of Brazil.

|- !Term !Party !Incumbent !Notes |- |colspan = "4" align = "center"|The Old Republic (1889-1930) |- |15 November 1889 to 25 February 1891 | |Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca |head of the provisional government, after leading a coup d'etat against the emperor. Renounced |- |25 February 1891to 23 November 1891 | |Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca |elected by an Electoral College |- |23 November 1891 to 15 November 1894 | |Marshal Floriano Peixoto |acting president for Deodoro |- |15 November 1894 to 15 November 1898 | |Prudente José de Morais Barros |first elected president, first civil president |- |10 November 1896 to 4 March 1897 | |Manuel Vitorino Pereira |acting president for Prudente de Morais |- |15 November 1898 to 15 November 1902 | |Manoel Ferraz de Campos Salles | |- |15 November 1902 to 15 November 1906 | |Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves | |- |15 November 1906 to 14 June 1909 | |Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena |died in office |- |14 June 1909 to 15 November 1910 | |Dr Nilo Peçanha |acting president for Afonso Pena |- |15 November 1910 to 15 November 1914 | |Marshal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca | |- |15 November 1914 to 15 November 1918 | |Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes | |- |1918 to 1918 | |Francisco e Paula Rodrigues Alves |died before innauguration |- |15 November 1918 to 28 July 1919 | |Dr Delfim Moreira |acting President for Rodrigues Alves before a new election |- |28 July 1919 to 15 November 1922 | |Dr Epitácio da Silva Pessoa | |- |15 November 1922 to 15 November 1926 | |Artur da Silva Bernardes | |- |15 November 1926 to 24 October 1930 | |Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa | |- |colspan = "4" align = "center"|Revolution of 1930 |- |24 October 1930 to 3 November 1930 | |Military Junta General Augusto Tasso Fragoso General João de Deus Menna Barreto Admiral José Isaias de Noronha |after Revolution of 1930 |- |3 November 1930 to 20 July 1934 | |Getúlio Dorneles Vargas |Head of the Provisional Government |- |20 July 1934 to 1937 | |Getúlio Dorneles Vargas |Constitutional Government (elected by a Electoral College) |- |colspan="4" align = "center"|Estado Novo (The New State) – Dictatorship |- |1937 to 29 October 1945 | |Getúlio Dorneles Vargas |ditactor, deposed by coup d'état |- |colspan="4" align = "center"|The Second Republic |- |29 October 1945 to 31 January 1946 | |José Linhares |provisional president |- |31 January 1946 to 31 January 1951 |PDS |General Eurico Gaspar Dutra |democratically elected |- |31 January 1951 to 24 August 1954 |PTB |Getúlio Dornelles Vargas |democratically elected. Committed suicide in order to avoid a coup d'etat |- |24 August 1954 to 8 November 1955 | |Dr João Café Filho |acting president for Vargas. Renouced |- |9 November 1955 to 11 November 1955 | |Carlos Coimbra da Luz |acting president for Vargas. Renouced |- |11 November 1955 to 31 January 1956 | |Nereu de Oliveira Ramos |acting president for Vargas |- |31 January 1956 to 31 January 1961 |PDS |Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira | |- |31 January 1961 to 25 August 1961 |UDN |Jânio da Silva Quadros |renounced, alleging terrible forces against him. |- |25 August 1961 to 7 September 1961 | |Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli |provisional President |- |7 September 1961 to 1 April 1964 |PTB |João Belchior Marques Goulart |called Jango. Deposed by a coup d'état |- |colspan = "4" align = "center"|Military Dictatorship |- |1 April 1964 to 8 April 1964 | |Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli |acting President |- |8 April 1964 to 15 March 1967 |ARENA |Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco | |- |15 March 1967 to 31 August 1969 |ARENA |Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva |elected by an Electoral College. Renouced by health problems and died |- |31 August 1969 to 30 October 1969 | |Military junta Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald Aurélio de Lira Tavares Márcio de Souza e Melo |ministers of navy, army, and military aeronautics. Acting for Costa e Silva |- |30 October 1969 to 15 March 1974 |ARENA |General Emílio Garrastazú Médici |elected by an Electoral College |- |15 March 1974 to 15 March 1979 |ARENA |General Ernesto Geisel |elected by an Electoral College |- |15 March 1979 to 15 March 1985 |ARENA |João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo |elected by an Electoral College |- |23 September 1981 to 12 November 1981 | |Aureliano Chaves |acting president for Figueiredo |- |14 July 1983 to 26 August 1983 | |Aureliano Chaves |acting president for Figueiredo |- |colspan = "4" align = "center"|The New Republic |- |1985 |PMDB |Tancredo Neves |civil president elected by an Electoral College. Died before inauguration |- |15 March 1985 to 15 March 1990 |PMDB |José Sarney |acting president for Tancredo |- |15 March 1990 to 29 December 1992 | |Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello |impeached and suspended |- |2 October 1992 to 1 January 1995 |PMDB |Itamar Franco |acting President for suspended Collor |- |1 January 1995 to 31 Decembrer 2002 |PSDB |Fernando Henrique Cardoso |first and second terms |- |1 January 2003 to present |PT |Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva |

See also

• History of Brazil
• List of Brazilian monarchs
• List of Brazilians