List of governors of Rio de Janeiro

Governor of Rio de Janeiro
Coat of arms
since 1 May 2021
Style
  • Mr. Governor or even simply Governor
    (informal)
  • Most Excellent Mr. Governor
    (formal)
  • His Excellency
    (alternative formal, diplomatic)
StatusHead of government
ResidenceLaranjeiras Palace
Term lengthFour years,
renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument1989 State Constitution
Inaugural holderFonseca e Silva
Formation15 November 1889 (1889-11-15)
DeputyVice Governor of Rio de Janeiro
Websiterj.gov.br

This is a list of governadores (Portuguese "governors"), interventores ("inspectors") and presidents of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Governors

First Republic (1889–1930)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
1
Fonseca e Silva
Fonseca e Silva
(1848–1906)		15 November 1889 (1889-11-15)16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)1 day Independent–Vacant
2
Francisco Portela
Francisco Portela
(1833–1913)		16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)2 years, 24 days PRF1891Manuel Torres (PRF)
Teófilo Almeida (PRF)
Cirilo Fagundes (PRF)
3
José Guimarães
José Guimarães
(1838–1903)		10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)11 December 1891 (1891-12-11)1 day Independent–Vacant
4
Baltasar da Silveira
Baltasar da Silveira
(1843–1913)		11 December 1891 (1891-12-11)3 May 1892 (1892-05-03)144 days Independent–Leopoldo Teixeira Leite (Ind)
Miguel de Carvalho (Ind)
5
José Porciúncula
José Porciúncula
(1854–1901)		3 May 1892 (1892-05-03)31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)2 years, 242 days PRF1892Manuel Torres (PRF)
6
Maurício de Abreu
Maurício de Abreu
(1852–1913)		31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)3 years, 0 days PRF1894Bento Pereira (PRF)
7
Alberto Torres
Alberto Torres
(1865–1917)		31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)3 years, 0 days PRF1897Francisco de Souza Mota (PRF)
8
Quintino Bocaiuva
Quintino Bocaiuva
(1836–1912)		31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)3 years, 0 days Independent1900Rangel Pestana (Ind)
9
Nilo Peçanha
Nilo Peçanha
(1867–1924)		31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)1 November 1906 (1906-11-01)2 years, 305 days PRF1903Oliveira Botelho (PRF)
10
Oliveira Botelho
Oliveira Botelho
(1868–1943)		1 November 1906 (1906-11-01)31 December 1906 (1906-12-31)60 days PRF–José Oliveira (PRF)
11
Alfredo Backer
Alfredo Backer
(1851–1937)		31 December 1906 (1906-12-31)31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)4 years, 0 days PRF1906Luiz da Silva Castro (PRF)
12
Oliveira Botelho
Oliveira Botelho
(1868–1943)		31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)4 years, 0 days PRF
PRC		1910João de Oliveira Guimarães (PRF)
13
Nilo Peçanha
Nilo Peçanha
(1867–1924)		31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)7 May 1917 (1917-05-07)2 years, 127 days PRF1914Francisco Guimarães (PRF)
14
Francisco Guimarães
Francisco Guimarães
(1857–1917)		7 May 1917 (1917-05-07)19 June 1917 (1917-06-19)43 days PRF–Agnelo Collet (PRF)
15
Agnelo Collet
Agnelo Collet
(1862–1929)		19 June 1917 (1917-06-19)31 December 1918 (1918-12-31)1 year, 195 days PRF–Antônio Leite Pinto (PRF)
16
Raul Veiga
Raul Veiga
(1878–1947)		31 December 1918 (1918-12-31)31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)4 years, 0 days PRF1918Domingos Almeida (PRF)
17
Raul Fernandes
Raul Fernandes
(1877–1968)		31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)11 days PRF1922Artur Costa (PRF)
18
Aurelino Leal
Aurelino Leal
(1877–1924)		11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)346 days Independent–Vacant
19
Feliciano Sodré
Feliciano Sodré
(1881–1945)		23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)4 years, 0 days PRC1923Paulino de Souza Júnior (PRC)
João Werneck (PRC)
20
Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte
(1877–1944)		23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)2 years, 305 days PRF1927Eduardo Portella (PRF)
Humberto Pentagna (PRF)

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office
21
Demócrito Barbosa
Demócrito Barbosa
(1880–1961)		24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)3 days
22
Plínio Casado
Plínio Casado
(1870–1964)		27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)214 days
23
Mena Barreto
Mena Barreto
(1874–1933)		29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)159 days
24
Pantaleão Pessoa
Pantaleão Pessoa
(1885–1980)		4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)14 December 1931 (1931-12-14)40 days
25
Ari Parreiras
Ari Parreiras16 December 1931 (1931-12-16)7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)3 years, 326 days
26
Newton Cavalcanti
Newton Cavalcanti
(1885–1965)		7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)5 days
27
Protógenes Guimarães
Protógenes Guimarães
(1876–1938)		12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)9 November 1937 (1937-11-09)1 year, 362 days
28
Amaral Peixoto
Amaral Peixoto
(1905–1989)		9 November 1937 (1937-11-09)29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)7 years, 354 days

Fourth Republic (1945–1964)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
29
Alfredo Neves
Alfredo Neves
(1887–1975)		29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)8 days PSD–Vacant
30
Abel Magalhães
Abel Magalhães
(1881–1969)		6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)96 days Independent–Vacant
31
Lúcio Meira
Lúcio Meira
(1907–1991)		10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)225 days Independent–Vacant
32
Hugo Silva
Hugo Silva
(1900–1982)		23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)136 days Independent–Vacant
33
Francisco Santos
Francisco Santos
(1898–1977)		6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)2 days Independent–Vacant
34
Álvaro Rocha
Álvaro Rocha
(1874–1964)		8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)16 days Independent–Vacant
35
Macedo Soares
Macedo Soares
(1901–1989)		24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)3 years, 341 days PSD1947João Guimarães (PSD)
36
Amaral Peixoto
Amaral Peixoto
(1805–1989)		31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)4 years, 0 days PSD1950Tarcísio Miranda (PST)
37
Miguel Couto Filho
Miguel Couto Filho
(1900–1969)		31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)2 July 1958 (1958-07-02)3 years, 152 days PSD1954Roberto Silveira (PTB)
38
Togo Barros
Togo Barros
(1914–2007)		2 July 1958 (1958-07-02)31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)213 days PSD–Roberto Silveira (PTB)
39
Roberto Silveira
Roberto Silveira
(1923–1961)		31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)28 February 1961 (1961-02-28)2 years, 28 days PTB1958Celso Peçanha (PSD)
40
Celso Peçanha
Celso Peçanha
(1916–2016)		28 February 1961 (1961-02-28)7 July 1962 (1962-07-07)1 year, 129 days PSD–Vacant
41
José Janotti
José Janotti
(1916–1980)		7 July 1962 (1962-07-07)18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)195 days PSD–Vacant
42
Luís Miguel Pinaud
Luís Miguel Pinaud
(1897–1973)		18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)31 January 1963 (1963-01-31)13 days Independent–Vacant
43
Badger da Silveira
Badger da Silveira
(1916–1999)		31 January 1963 (1963-01-31)1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)1 year, 91 days PTB1962João Batista da Costa (PSD)

Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)

Main article: Military dictatorship in Brazil
No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
44
Cordolino Ambrósio
Cordolino Ambrósio
(1904–1979)		1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)3 days PTB–Vacant
45
Paulo Torres
Paulo Torres
(1903–2000)		4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)2 years, 100 days ARENA1964Simão Mansur (UDN)
Teotônio Araújo (ARENA)
46
Teotônio Araújo
Teotônio Araújo
(1918–1978)		12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)172 days ARENA–Vacant
47
Geremias Fontes
Geremias Fontes
(1930–2010)		31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)4 years, 59 days ARENA1966Heli Ribeiro Gomes (ARENA)
48
Raimundo Padilha
Raimundo Padilha
(1899–1988)		31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)3 years, 349 days ARENA1970Teotônio Araújo (ARENA)
49
Faria Lima
Faria Lima
(1917–2011)		15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)4 years, 0 days ARENA1974Vacant
50
Chagas Freitas
Chagas Freitas
(1914–1991)		15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)4 years, 0 days MDB1978Hamilton Xavier (MDB)

Sixth Republic (1985–present)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
51
Leonel Brizola
Leonel Brizola
(1922–2004)		15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)4 years, 0 days PDT1982Darcy Ribeiro (PDT)
52
Moreira Franco
Moreira Franco
(born 1944)		15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)4 years, 0 days MDB1986Francisco Amaral (MDB)
53
Leonel Brizola
Leonel Brizola
(1922–2004)		15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)3 years, 18 days PDT1990Nilo Batista (PDT)
54
Nilo Batista
Nilo Batista
(born 1944)		2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)274 days PDT–Vacant
55
Marcello Alencar
Marcello Alencar
(1925–2014)		1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)4 years, 0 days PSDB1994Luiz Paulo (PSDB)
56
Anthony Garotinho
Anthony Garotinho
(born 1960)		1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)3 years, 95 days PDT
PSB		1998Benedita da Silva (PT)
57
Benedita da Silva
Benedita da Silva
(born 1942)		6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)270 days PT–Vacant
58
Rosinha Garotinho
Rosinha Garotinho
(born 1963)		1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)4 years, 0 days PSB
MDB		2002Luiz Paulo Conde (PSB)
59
Sérgio Cabral Filho
Sérgio Cabral Filho
(born 1963)		1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)3 April 2014 (2014-04-03)7 years, 92 days MDB2006
2010		Luiz Fernando Pezão (MDB)
60
Luiz Fernando Pezão
Luiz Fernando Pezão
(born 1955)		3 April 2014 (2014-04-03)1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)4 years, 273 days MDB–
2014		Vacant
Francisco Dornelles (PP)
61
Wilson Witzel
Wilson Witzel
(born 1968)		1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)2 years, 119 days PSC2018Cláudio Castro (PSC)
62
Cláudio Castro
Cláudio Castro
(born 1979)		30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)Incumbent4 years, 109 days PSC
PL		–
2022		Vacant
Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO)

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