| The United States of Brazil
|
| Term
| Incumbent
| Notes
|
| The Old Republic
|
| 15 November 1889 to 25 February 1891
| General Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, Head of the Provisional Government
| Renounced
|
| 25 February 1891to 23 November 1891
| Marshal Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, President
|
| 23 November 1891 to 15 November 1894
| Marchal Floriano Peixoto, acting President
|
| 15 November 1894 to 15 November 1898
| Dr Prudente José de Morais Barros
| First elected civil president
|
| 10 November 1896 to 4 March 1897
| Manuel Vitorino Pereira, acting President
| For Morais
|
| 15 November 1898 to 15 November 1902
| Dr Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales
|
| 15 November 1902 to 15 November 1906
| Dr Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
|
| 15 November 1906 to 14 June 1909
| Dr Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena
| Died in office
|
| 14 June 1909 to 15 November 1910
| Dr Nilo Peçanha
|
| 15 November 1910 to 15 November 1914
| Marchsl Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
|
| 15 November 1914 to 15 November 1918
| Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes
|
| 1918 to 1918
| Rodrigues Alves
| Died before assuming office
|
| 15 November 1918 to 28 July 1919
| Dr Delfim Moreira, acting President
|
| 28 July 1919 to 15 November 1922
| Dr Epitâcio da Silva Pessoa
|
| 15 November 1922 to 15 November 1926
| Dr Artur da Silva Bernardes
|
| 15 November 1926 to 24 October 1930
| Dr Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa
|
| 24 October 1930 to 3 November 1930
| Dr Augusto Tasso Fragoso
|
| 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
|
| Estado Novo (The New State) – Dictatorship
|
| 1937 to 29 October 1945
| Getúlio Dorneles Vargas, chairman Government Junta
| 1st Term; deposed in a coup d'etat
|
| The Second Republic
|
| 29 October 1945 to 31 January 1946
| Chief Justice Dr José Linhares, Provisional President
|
| 31 January 1946 to 31 January 1951
| General Eurico Gaspar Dutra
|
| 31 January 1951 to 24 August 1954
| Dr Getúlio Vargas
| Elected: 2nd Term; committed suicide
|
| 24 August 1954 to 31 January 1956
| Dr João Café Filho
|
| 9 November 1955 to 11 November 1955
| Carlos Coimbra da Luz, acting President
| For Café
|
| 11 November 1955 to 31 January 1956
| Nereu de Oliveira Ramos, acting President
| For Café; deposed in a coup d'etat
|
| 31 January 1956 to 31 January 1961
| Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
|
| 31 January 1961 to 25 August 1961
| Jânio da Silva Quadros
| Renounced
|
| 25 August 1961 to 7 September 1961
| Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, Provisional President
| 1st Term
|
| 7 September 1961 to 1 April 1964
| João Goulart
| Called Jango; deposed in a coup d'etat
|
| Military Dictatorship
|
| 1 April 1964 to 8 April 1964
| Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli, acting President
| 2nd Term
|
| 8 April 1964 to 15 March 1967
| Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
|
| 15 March 1967 to 14 October 1969
| Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
|
| Military junta
|
| 14 October 1969 to 30 October 1969
|
|
| 31 August 1969 to 30 October 1969
| Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald
| ministers of navy, army, and military aeronautics; acting for Costa e Silva
|
| Aurélio de Lyra Tavares
|
| Márcio de Souza e Mello
|
| 30 October 1969 to 15 March 1974
| General Emílio Garrastazu Médici
|
| 15 March 1974 to 15 March 1979
| General Ernesto Geisel
|
| 15 March 1979 to 15 March 1985
| João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo
|
| 23 September 1981 to 12 November 1981
| Aureliano Chaves, acting President
| 1st Term; for Figueiredo
|
| 14 July 1983 to 26 August 1983
| Aureliano Chaves, acting President
| 2nd Term; for Figueiredo
|
| The New Republic
|
| 1985 to 1985
| Tancredo Neves
| Died before assuming office
|
| 15 March 1985 to 22 April 1985
| José Sarney, acting President
|
| 22 April 1985 to 15 March 1990
| José Sarney
|
| 15 March 1990 to 29 December 1992
| Fernando Collor de Mello
| Impeached and suspended
|
| 2 October 1992 to 29 December 1992
| Itamar Franco, acting President
| For suspended Collor
|
| 29 December 1992 to 1 January 1995
| Itamar Franco
|
| 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso
| Re-elected
|
| 1 January 2003 to present
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
|