List of prime ministers of Brazil (Differently)

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The President of the Council of Ministers of Brazil, commonly called Prime Minister, is the country's head of government, who is appointed by the Emperor after deliberation with the democratically elected Congress. The post was created in 1847, when the country's monarchy underwent a transition from semi-constitutional to fully constitutional.

The Prime Minister has the following powers and duties:

• appoint and dismiss ministers of State (those composing the Council of Ministers);
• appoint and dismiss the holders of all other federal executive posts;
• exercise the federal public administration in all spheres with help from the Council of Ministers;
• impose decrees over the federal public administration upon approval by Court;
• command the Armed Forces in a civil war or in domestic operations;
• declare and exercise federal intervention in provincial or municipal subdivisions.

List

Liberal   Conservative (extinct)   Progressive (extinct)   Liberal-Progressive

National-Conservative   Social Democratic   Labour Popular

† died while in office

#	Name	Image	Tenure	Province of birth	Monarch
1	Manuel Alves Branco		22 August 1847 – 8 March 1848	Bahia	Pedro II
2	José Carlos Pereira de Almeida Torres Viscount of Macaé		8 March 1848 – 31 March 1848	Bahia
3	Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo		31 March 1848 – 29 September 1848	Rio de Janeiro
4	Pedro de Araújo Lima Viscount of Olinda		29 September 1848 – 8 October 1849	Pernambuco
5	José da Costa Carvalho Viscount of Monte Alegre		8 October 1849 – 11 May 1852	Bahia
6	Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres		11 May 1852 – 6 September 1853	Rio de Janeiro
7	Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão Marquis of Paraná		6 September 1853 – 3 September 1856	Rio de Janeiro
8	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Marquis of Caxias		3 September 1856 – 4 May 1857	Rio de Janeiro
9	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda		4 May 1857 – 12 December 1858	Pernambuco
10	Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu Viscount of Abaeté		12 December 1858 – 10 August 1859	Minas Gerais
11	Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz		10 August 1859 – 2 March 1861	Bahia
12	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Marquis of Caxias		2 March 1861 – 24 May 1862	Rio de Janeiro
13	Zacarias de Góis		24 May 1862 – 30 May 1862	Bahia
14	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda		30 May 1862 – 15 January 1864	Pernambuco
15	Zacarias de Góis		15 January 1864 – 31 August 1864	Bahia
16	Francisco José Furtado		31 August 1864 – 12 May 1865	Piauí
17	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda		12 May 1865 – 3 August 1866	Pernambuco
18	Zacarias de Góis		3 August 1866 – 16 July 1868	Bahia
19	Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres Viscount of Itaboraí		16 July 1868 – 29 September 1870	Rio de Janeiro
20	José Antônio Pimenta Bueno Viscount of São Vicente		29 September 1870 – 7 March 1871	São Paulo
21	José Maria da Silva Paranhos Viscount of Rio Branco		7 March 1871 – 25 June 1875	Bahia
22	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Duke of Caxias		25 June 1875 – 5 January 1878	Rio de Janeiro
23	João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu		5 January 1878 – 28 March 1880	Pernambuco
24	Antônio Saraiva		28 March 1880 – 21 January 1882	Bahia
25	Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos		21 January 1882 – 3 July 1882	Minas Gerais
26	João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá Viscount of Paranaguá		3 July 1882 – 24 May 1883	Piauí
27	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira		24 May 1883 – 6 June 1884	Minas Gerais
28	Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas		6 June 1884 – 6 May 1885	Bahia
29	Antônio Saraiva		6 May 1885 – 20 August 1885	Bahia
30	João Mauricio Wandereley Baron of Cotegipe		20 August 1885 – 10 March 1888	Pernambuco
31	João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira		10 March 1888 – 7 June 1889	Pernambuco
32	Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo Viscount of Ouro Preto		7 June 1889 – 8 December 1889	Minas Gerais
33	Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay Viscount of Taunay		8 December 1889 – 4 April 1893	Santa Catarina
34	Antônio da Silva Prado		4 April 1893 – 6 July 1895	São Paulo	Isabel
35	Antônio Marcelino Nunes Gonçalves Viscount of São Luís		6 July 1893 – 25 January 1898	Maranhão
36	Francisco Brandão		25 January 1898 – 1 September 1899†	Pernambuco
37	Henrique Francisco d'Ávila		1 September 1899 – 23 March 1902	Santa Catarina
38	Antônio Dias Coelho e Melo Baron of Estância		23 March 1902 – 5 April 1904†	Sergipe
39	Antônio da Silva Prado		5 April 1904 – 7 March 1909	São Paulo
40	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira		7 March 1909 – 14 October 1911	Minas Gerais
41	João Correia de Oliveira		14 October 1911 – 3 January 1913	Pernambuco
42	Rodrigues Alves		3 January 1913 – 16 January 1919†	São Paulo
43	Antônio Luís von Hoonholtz Baron of Tefé		16 January 1919 – 14 April 1921	Rio de Janeiro
44	Justo Leite Chermont		14 April 1921 – 23 September 1922	Pará
45	Bueno de Paiva		23 September 1922 – 11 May 1926	Rio de Janeiro	Pedro III
46	Epitácio Pessoa		11 May 1926 – 16 January 1929	Paraíba
47	Artur Índio do Brasil e Silva		16 January 1929 – 2 April 1931	Pará
48	Bishop Alberto Gonçalves		2 April 1931 – 11 August 1932	Paraná
49	Anhaia Mello		11 August 1932 – 1 June 1935	São Paulo
50	Fernando de Melo Viana		1 June 1935 – 9 January 1937	Minas Gerais
51	Roberto Simonsen Baron of Santos		9 January 1937 – 22 February 1942	Rio de Janeiro
52	Ernesto Dorneles		22 February 1942 – 22 April 1945	Rio Grande do Sul
53	José Américo de Almeida Baron of Areia		22 April 1945 – 12 January 1948	Paraíba
54	Fernando de Melo Viana		12 January 1948 – 3 October 1949	Minas Gerais
55	Pedro Salgado Filho		3 October 1949 – 30 July 1950†	Rio Grande do Sul
56	Artur Bernardes Filho		30 July 1950 – 8 December 1951	Minas Gerais
57	Landulfo Alves		8 December 1951 – 15 October 1954†	Bahia
58	Auro de Moura Andrade		15 October 1954 – 18 October 1957	São Paulo
59	Juracy Magalhães		18 October 1957 – 15 September 1958	Bahia
60	Aguinaldo Caiado de Castro		15 September 1958 – 20 April 1961	Rio de Janeiro
61	Juracy Magalhães		20 April 1961 – 4 July 1962	Bahia
62	João Goulart		4 July 1962 – 15 April 1964	Rio Grande do Sul
63	Pedro Ludovico Teixeira		15 April 1964 – 7 June 1967	Goiás
64	Filinto Müller Duke of Cuiabá		7 June 1967 – 4 September 1968	Mato Grosso
65	Jarbas Maranhão		4 September 1968 – 2 April 1970	Pernambuco
66	Antônio Balbino		2 April 1970 – 15 December 1971	Bahia
67	Atílio Fontana		14 December 1971 – 9 November 1974	Santa Catarina
68	Edward Cattete Pinheiro		9 November 1974 – 4 September 1975	Pará
69	Petrônio Portela		4 September 1975 – 12 August 1978	Piauí
70	Antônio Balbino		12 August 1978 – 13 June 1980	Bahia
71	Fernando Correia da Costa		13 June 1980 – 29 November 1980	Mato Grosso
72	Mendes Canale		19 November 1980 – 9 April 1983	Mato Grosso
73	Itamar Franco		9 April 1983 – 30 January 1986	Minas Gerais	Luiz I
74	Roberto Magalhães		30 January 1986 – 7 July 1988	Pernambuco
75	Josaphat Marinho		7 July 1988 – 27 March 1991	Bahia
76	Guilherme Palmeira		17 March 1991 – 27 February 1992	Alagoas
77	Mauro Benevides		27 February 1992 – 15 August 1996	Ceará
78	Antônio Carlos Magalhães Viscount of Salvador		15 August 1996 – 3 April 1999	Bahia
79	Bernardo Cabral		3 April 1999 – 2 March 2002	Amazonas
80	Roberto Requião		2 March 2002 – 12 August 2005	Amazonas
81	Mozarildo Cavalcanti		12 August 2005 – 31 July 2007	Roraima
82	Patrícia Saboya		31 July 2007 – 2 January 2010	Ceará
83	Antônio Carlos Júnior		2 January 2010 – 12 February 2013	Bahia
84	Kátia Abreu		12 February 2013 – 15 October 2013	Tocantins
85	Jayme Campos		15 October 2013 – 23 January 2015	Mato Grosso
86	Eunício Oliveira		23 January 2015 – 17 July 2017	Ceará
87	Soraya Thronicke		17 July 2017 – present	Mato Grosso do Sul

See also

• List of monarchs of Brazil