List of presidents of Brazil by time in office

This is a list of Presidents of Brazil by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates. Since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, there have been 38 presidencies and 36 presidents, as Getúlio Vargas and Ranieri Mazzilli served non-consecutive terms. Of the individuals elected president, one (Dilma Rousseff) was impeached, four (Deodoro da Fonseca, Getúlio Vargas, Jânio Quadros, and Fernando Collor) resigned and three (Júlio Prestes, Pedro Aleixo, and Tancredo Neves) never took office, while several others died while in office. Carlos Luz spent the shortest time in office, and Getúlio Vargas spent the longest (by both total time and consecutive time). All presidents listed, including the ones that did not take office, are present in the official list.[1]

Getúlio Vargas
Longest presidency:
6,775 days
19301945
19511954
Carlos Luz
Shortest presidency:
3 days
1955

Since the current Constitution enacted in 1988, 7 people sworn into office as President of Brazil.

Presidents by time in office

RankPresidentLength
in days
Order of presidencyNumber of terms
1Getúlio Vargas[lower-alpha 1] 6,775 14th
3 November 1930 – 29 October 1945
One full term; two partial terms[lower-alpha 2]
17th
31 January 1951 – 24 August 1954
2
tie
Fernando Henrique Cardoso 2,922 34th
1 January 1995 – 1 January 2003
Two full terms
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 2,922 35th
1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011
Two full terms
3João Figueiredo 2,192 30th
15 March 1979 – 15 March 1985
One full term
4Dilma Rousseff 2,069 36th
1 January 2011 – 31 August 2016
One full term; impeached during second term
5Juscelino Kubitschek 1,827 21st
31 January 1956 – 31 January 1961
One full term
6
tie
Eurico Gaspar Dutra 1,826 16th
31 January 1946 – 31 January 1951
One full term
Ernesto Geisel 1,826 29th
15 March 1974 – 15 March 1979
One full term
José Sarney 1,826 31st
15 March 1985 – 15 March 1990
One full term
7Emílio Médici 1,597 28th
30 October 1969 – 15 March 1974
One full term
8
tie
Prudente de Morais 1,461 3rd
15 November 1894 – 15 November 1898
One full term
Rodrigues Alves 1,461 5th
15 November 1902 – 15 November 1906
One full term
Hermes da Fonseca 1,461 8th
15 November 1910 – 15 November 1914
One full term
Venceslau Brás 1,461 9th
15 November 1914 – 15 November 1918
One full term
Artur Bernardes 1,461 12th
15 November 1922 – 15 November 1926
One full term
9Campos Sales 1,460 4th
15 November 1898 – 15 November 1902
One full term
10Washington Luís 1,439 13th
15 November 1926 – 24 October 1930
One partial term
11Epitácio Pessoa 1,206 11th
28 July 1919 – 15 November 1922
One partial term
12Floriano Peixoto 1,088 2nd
23 November 1891 – 15 November 1894
One partial term
13Castelo Branco 1,064 26th
15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967
One full term
14Fernando Collor 1,020 32nd
15 March 1990 – 29 December 1992
Resigned during first term
15Afonso Pena 942 6th
15 November 1906 – 14 June 1909
One partial term
16João Goulart 938 24th
7 September 1961 – 2 April 1964
One partial term
17Artur da Costa e Silva 900 27th
15 March 1967 – 31 August 1969
One partial term
18Michel Temer 853 37th
31 August 2016 – 1 January 2019
One partial term
19Jair Bolsonaro 766[lower-alpha 3] 38th
1 January 2019 – Incumbent
Serving first term
20Deodoro da Fonseca 738 1st
15 November 1889 – 23 November 1891
One partial term
21Itamar Franco 733 33rd
29 December 1992 – 1 January 1995
One partial term
22Nilo Peçanha 519 7th
14 June 1909 – 15 November 1910
One partial term
23Café Filho 441 18th
24 August 1954 – 8 November 1955
One partial term
24Delfim Moreira 255 10th
15 November 1918 – 28 July 1919
One partial term
25Jânio Quadros 206 22nd
31 January 1961 – 25 August 1961
One partial term
26José Linhares 94 15th
29 October 1945 – 31 January 1946
One partial term
27Nereu Ramos 81 20th
11 November 1955 – 31 January 1956
One partial term
28Junta of 1969 60
31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969
Provisional government
29Ranieri Mazzilli 26[lower-alpha 4] 23rd
25 August 1961 – 7 September 1961
Two partial terms
25th
2 April 1964 – 15 April 1964
30Junta of 1930 10
24 October 1930 – 3 November 1930
Provisional government
31Carlos Luz 3 19th
8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955
One partial term
Júlio Prestes 0
Pedro Aleixo 0
Tancredo Neves 0

Notes

  1. First consecutive time in office had 5,474 days; second consecutive time in office had 1,301 days
  2. During the first partial term, he installed a dictatorship that allowed him to rule seven years more than what the previous constitution allowed. During the second partial term, he committed suicide.
  3. As of 5 February 2021.
  4. Both terms had 13 days.

References

  1. "Ex-presidentes — Biblioteca Virtual da Presidência". Biblioteca da Presidência da República. Retrieved 7 February 2015.
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