List of prime ministers of Brazil (PtB)

· Top-left: Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda, first and longest-serving prime minister of Brazil.
· Top-right: Venceslau Brás, prime minister during World War I.
· Bottom-left: Getulio Vargas, first prime minister elected by universal suffrage.
· Bottom-right: Eurico Gaspar Dutra, incumbent prime minister.

The Prime Ministers of the Imperial Council of Ministers of State (Portuguese: Primeiro-ministros do Conselho Imperial de Ministros do Estado), often called simply Prime Ministers (Portuguese: Primeiro-ministros), are the elected heads of government of the Empire of Brazil, ceremonially appointed by the monarch following federal elections, and deliberation with the democratically elected Parliament. The incumbent is Eurico Gaspar Dutra, serving as the 42nd person in the office.

The post was first created in 1827, under the 1827 Prime Additional Act. The act defined the post as 'a centralised leadership of the people, determined, at the most infrequence, every 3 years'. At this time, the Prime Minister held a mostly ceremonial role, as the semi-constitutional monarchy was mainly without a centralised leadership in the are of government. The prime minister gained several important roles, centralising leadership, in Dom Pedro II's and Prime Minister Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos' Liberal Reforms of 1856. Following the attempted 1889 coup d'etat, the Brazilian monarchy became fully constitutional, and the prime minister gained most of the country's responsibilities, directly, or indirectly, still held ceremonially by the monarch.

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As per the 1927 Additional Act, the prime minister's responsibilities are encompassed by:

• to appoint and dismiss ministers of the Imperial Council of Ministers of State
• to impose and lead the proposal of laws and decrees affecting the general populace, with the aid and approval of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice, aided by both chambers of Parliament, and of the Imperial Council of Ministers of State
• to aid and counsel the Emperor in times of crises and wars
• to grant and declare the regional powers on the provincial and municipal level
• to lead federal regulation and intervention of those such regional powers
• to receive and act upon the counsel of the Emperor/Empress, and of his/her chosen ministers of state (those of the Imperial Council of Ministers of State)
• To enact the formal dissolution of Parliament, two months before a federal election, at the frequency of every five years, or when Parliament should find acceptable.

It is important to note that, under the moderating power, the monarch can freely de jure perform all of these activities, however, they de facto are unable to exercise these powers, since Brazil became a fully constitutional monarchy with the passing of the 1890 Additional Act.

List

Political party identification (in order of appearance)

Moderate Constitutionalist (extinct)   Progressive League (extinct)   Constitutionalist (extinct)   Conservative   Unaffiliated

Liberal   Progressive Alliance (extinct)   Labour   ANARUR (extinct)

† denotes those who died while in office

#	Name	Image	Tenure	Province of birth	Monarch
1	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda (1793-1870)		8 May 1827 – 10 May 1842 (15 years, 2 days)	Pernambuco	Pedro I (r. 1822-1856)
2	Romualdo Antônio de Seixas Primate of Brazil (1787-1860)		10 May 1842 – 13 May 1845 (3 years, 3 days)	Grão-Pará
3	Manuel Alves Branco 2nd Viscount of Caravelas (1797-1855)		13 May 1845 – 9 May 1848 (2 years, 362 days)	Bahia
4	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda (1793-1870)		9 May 1848 – 12 November 1855 (7 years, 187 days)	Pernambuco
5	Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1815-1877)		12 November 1855 – 12 May 1857 (1 year, 181 days)	Bahia	Pedro II (r. 1856-1891)
6	Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro 2nd Baron of Itamaracá (1804-1868)		12 May 1857 – 12 December 1858 (1 year, 214 days)	Pernambuco
7	Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu Viscount of Abaeté (1798-1883)		12 December 1858 – 10 August 1859 (241 days)	Minas Gerais
8	Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz Baron of Uruguaiana (1812-1867)		10 August 1859 – 2 March 1861 (1 year, 204 days)	Bahia
9	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Marquis of Caxias (1803-1880)		2 March 1861 – 12 May 1863 (2 years, 71 days)	Rio de Janeiro
10	Pedro de Araújo Lima Marquis of Olinda (1793-1870)		12 May 1863 – 7 June 1870 † (7 years, 26 days)	Pernambuco
11	Manuel Marques de Sousa Count of Porto Alegre (1804-1875)		7 June 1870 – 18 July 1875 † (5 years, 41 days)	Rio Grande do Sul
12	Luís Alves de Lima e Silva Duke of Caxias (1803-1880)		18 July 1875 – 5 January 1878 (2 years, 171 days)	Rio de Janeiro
13	João Lins Cansanção Viscount of Sinimbu (1810-1906)		5 January 1878 – 28 March 1880 (2 years, 83 days)	Alagoas
14	José Antônio Saraiva (1823-1895)		28 March 1880 – 21 January 1882 (1 year, 299 days)	Bahia
15	Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos (1816-1887)		21 January 1882 – 3 July 1882 (163 days)	Minas Gerais
16	João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá Marquis of Paranaguá (1821-1912)		3 July 1882 – 24 May 1883 (325 days)	Piauí
17	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira (1834-1917)		24 May 1883 – 6 June 1884 (1 year, 13 days)	Minas Gerais
18	Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (1831-1894)		6 June 1884 – 6 May 1885 (334 days)	Bahia
19	José Antônio Saraiva (1823-1895)		6 May 1885 – 11 May 1886 (1 year, 5 days)	Bahia
20	João Mauricio Wandereley Baron of Cotegipe (1815-1889)		11 May 1886 – 10 March 1888 (1 year, 304 days)	Pernambuco
21	João Alfredo Correia de Oliveira (1835-1919)		10 March 1888 – 14 May 1889 (1 year, 65 days)	Pernambuco
22	Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo Viscount of Ouro Preto (1836-1912)		14 May 1889 – 16 November 1889 (186 days)	Minas Gerais
23	José Antônio Saraiva (1823-1895)		16 November 1889 – 12 May 1891 (1 year, 177 days)	Bahia
24	Prudente de Morais (1841-1902)		12 May 1891 – 22 February 1892 (286 days)	São Paulo	Isabel (r. 1891-1921)
25	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira Baron of Lafaiete (1834-1917)		22 February 1892 – 8 May 1894 (2 years, 75 days)	Minas Gerais
26	Alfredo d'Escragnolle Taunay Viscount of Taunay (1843-1899)		8 May 1894 – 25 January 1899 † (4 years, 262 days)	Rio de Janeiro
27	Francisco de Figueiredo Count of Figuereido (1843-1917)		25 January 1899 – 8 May 1900 (1 year, 103 days)	Rio de Janeiro
28	José Paranhos Baron of Bandeira Branca (1845-1912)		8 May 1900 – 8 May 1906 (6 years)	Rio de Janeiro
29	Rodrigues Alves Viscount of Alves (1848-1919)		8 May 1906 – 11 May 1909 (3 years, 3 days)	São Paulo
30	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira Baron of Lafaiete (1834-1917)		11 May 1909 – 14 May 1912 (3 years, 3 days)	Minas Gerais
31	Venceslau Brás (born 1868)		14 May 1912 – 12 November 1917 (5 years, 182 days)	Minas Gerais
32	Rodrigues Alves Viscount of Alves (1848-1919)		12 November 1917 – 12 March 1918 (120 days)	São Paulo
33	Pandiá Calógeras (1870-1934)		12 March 1918 – 13 March 1923 (5 years, 1 day)	Rio de Janeiro
34	Artur Bernades (born 1875)		13 March 1923 – 13 November 1923 (245 days)	Minas Gerais	Pedro III (r. since 1921)
35	Getúlio Vargas (born 1882)		13 November 1923 – 11 March 1924 (119 days)	Rio Grande do Sul
36	Artur Bernades (born 1875)		11 March 1924 – 8 March 1927 (2 years, 362 days)	Minas Gerais
37	Getúlio Vargas (born 1882)		8 March 1927 – 8 March 1938 (11 years)	Rio Grande do Sul
38	Armando de Sales (1887-1945)		8 March 1938 – 10 March 1942 (4 years, 2 days)	São Paulo
39	Getúlio Vargas (born 1882)		10 March 1942 – 9 September 1947 (5 years, 183 days)	Rio Grande do Sul
40	Eduardo Gomes (born 1896)		9 September 1947 – 9 December 1947 (91 days)	Rio de Janeiro
41	Getúlio Vargas (born 1882)		9 December 1947 – 14 June 1950 (2 years, 187 days)	Rio Grande do Sul
42	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (born 1883)		14 June 1950 – Incumbent (3 years, 201 days)	Mato Grosso