Flag of Presidential of Brazil
This is a list of presidents of Brazil, the title of head of state and head of government of the Brazil and the highest political office in the countries for influence and recognitions. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and one of only two elected members of the executive branch (the other is the vice president). This list goes back to the redemocratization of Brazil in 1985.
The president is directly elected by popular vote, for a term of four years, with a limit of two consecutive terms imposed by the Constitution of 1988, ratified in 1988. Upon the death, resignation or removal from office of an incumbent president, the vice president president takes office.
The current president is Eduardo Leite, in office since March 25, 2023.
| No. | President (birth–death) |
Portrait | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | Vice President(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Tancredo Neves (1910–1985) |
 |
1985 | Never took office | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (MDB) | José Sarney (MDB) | ||
| 31 | José Sarney (1930–) |
 |
— | Acting President from 15 March 1985 21 April 1985 |
March 15, 1990 | Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) | Vacant
| |
| 32 | Itamar Franco (1930–2014) |
 |
1989 | March 15, 1990 | March 15, 1999 | Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) | Fernando Collor | |
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 33 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1931–) |
 |
1998 | March 15, 1999 | March 15, 2007 | Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) | Marco Maciel (PSDB) | |
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 34 | José Alencar (1931-2016) |
 |
2006 | March 15, 2007 | March 15, 2015 | Workers' Party (PT) | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) | |
| 2010 | ||||||||
| 35 | Aécio Neves (1960–) |
 |
2014 | March 15, 2015 | March 15, 2023 | Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) | Aloysio Nunes
(PSDB) | |
| 2018 | João Dória
(PSDB) | |||||||
| 36 | Eduardo Leite (1985–) |
 |
2022 | March 15, 2023 | Incubent | Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB) | Alessandro Vieira (PSDB) | |
