| 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 | Marshal 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 | Marshal Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca
|
| 15 November 1914 to 15 November 1918 | Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes
|
| 1918 to 1918 | Dr Francisco e Paula Rodrigues Alves | Died before innauguration
|
| 15 November 1918 to 28 July 1919 | Dr Delfim Moreira, acting President
|
| 28 July 1919 to 15 November 1922 | Dr Epitácio 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 by coup d'état
|
| 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 8 November 1955 | 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 by coup d'état
|
| 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 by coup d'état
|
| 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 inauguration
|
| 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 Affonso 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 Cautiero Franco
|
| 1 January 1995 to 1 January 2003 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Re-elected
|
| 1 January 2003 to present | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
|
