Commander of the Brazilian Navy

Comandante da Marinha

Coat of arms of the Navy

Flag of the Commander of the Navy

Incumbent
Marcos Sampaio Olsen

since 5 January 2023; 21 months ago (2023-01-05)

Brazilian Navy
Style| Almirante de Esquadra
Member of| Joint Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports to| Minister of Defence
Appointer| President of Brazil
Formation| 10 March 1808
First holder| Manuel Antônio Farinha

This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy.[1]

With the creation of the Ministry of Defence, on 10 June 1999, by complementary law No. 97 of 9 June 1999, the Ministry of the Navy was transformed into Navy Command, and the Minister of the Navy came to be called Commander of the Navy.[2]

## United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

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Main article: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Name  | Start  | End  | Head of government

|
|
|

João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes | 10 March 1808  | 30 December 1809  | John VI
(also head of state)
Fernando José de Portugal e Castro | 30 December 1809  | 7 January 1810
João de Almeida Melo e Castro | 7 January 1810  | 18 January 1814
António de Araújo e Azevedo | 18 January 1814  | 21 June 1817
João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas | 21 June 1817  | 29 November 1817
Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal | 29 November 1817  | 5 February 1818
Marcos de Noronha e Brito | 5 February 1818  | 22 February 1821
Joaquim José Monteiro Torres | 22 February 1821  | 22 April 1821
Manuel Antônio Farinha | 22 April 1821  | 22 October 1822

* Reference: Brazilian Navy[3]

## Empire of Brazil

[edit]

Main article: Empire of Brazil

### Reign of Pedro I

[edit]

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | Head of government

|
|
|
|

1  | Manuel Antônio Farinha[4] | 16 January 1822  |  | Pedro I
(also head of state)
2  | Luís da Cunha Moreira | 22 October 1822  | 15 November 1823
—  | Pedro José da Costa Barros (acting)  | 15 November 1823  | 17 November 1823
3  | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 17 November 1823  | 16 January 1827
4  | Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho | 16 January 1827  | 22 November 1827
5  | Diogo Jorge de Brito | 22 November 1827  | 30 May 1828
—  | João Carlos Augusto von Oyenhausen-Gravenburg (acting)  | 30 May 1828  | 6 June 1828
—  | Diogo Jorge de Brito (acting)  | 6 June 1828  | 16 June 1828
6  | Miguel de Sousa Melo e Alvim | 16 June 1828  | 4 December 1829
7  | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 4 December 1829  | 18 March 1831
—  | José Manuel de Almeida (acting)  | 19 March 1831  | 5 April 1831
—  | Francisco Vilela Barbosa (acting)  | 5 April 1831  | 7 April 1831

### Regency period

[edit]

Main article: Regency period (Empire of Brazil)

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | Head of government

|
|
|
|

7  | José Manuel de Almeida | 7 April 1831  | 17 June 1831  | Provisional Triumviral Regency
17 June 1831  | 28 October 1831  | Permanent Triumviral Regency
8  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 28 October 1831  | 3 August 1832
—  | Bento Barroso Pereira (acting)  | 3 August 1832  | 14 September 1832
—  | Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting)  | 14 September 1832  | 8 November 1832
9  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 8 November 1832  | 30 July 1834
—  | Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting)  | 30 July 1834  | 16 January 1835
—  | João Paulo dos Santos Barreto (acting)  | 16 January 1835  | 14 March 1835
—  | Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa (acting)  | 14 March 1835  | 17 March 1835
10  | José Pereira Pinto | 17 March 1835  | 14 October 1835
—  | Manuel da Fonseca Lima e Silva (acting)  | 14 October 1835  | 5 February 1836  | Diogo Antônio Feijó
11  | Salvador José Maciel | 5 February 1836  | 16 May 1837
12  | Tristão Pio dos Santos | 16 May 1837  | 18 September 1837
13  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 18 September 1837  | 16 April 1839  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
14  | Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira | 16 April 1839  | 23 May 1840
15  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 23 May 1840  | 23 July 1840

### Reign of Pedro II

[edit]

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | Head of government

|
|
|
|

16  | Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | 24 July 1840  | 23 March 1841  | Pedro II
(also head of state)
17  | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 23 March 1841  | 26 August 1841
—  | José Clemente Pereira | 26 August 1841  | 13 September 1841
Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 13 September 1841  | 20 January 1843
18  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 20 January 1843  | 24 January 1843
—  | Salvador José Maciel | 24 January 1843  | 2 February 1843
19  | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 2 February 1843  | 2 February 1844
20  | Jerônimo Francisco Coelho | 2 February 1844  | 23 May 1844
21  | Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | 23 May 1844  | 17 May 1847
—  | João Paulo dos Santos Barreto | 17 May 1847  | 22 May 1847
22  | Cândido Batista de Oliveira | 22 May 1847  | 8 March 1848  | Manuel Alves Branco
—  | Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo | 8 March 1848  | 14 May 1848  | José de Almeida Torres
23  | Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão | 14 May 1848  | 29 September 1848  | José de Almeida Torres
Sousa e Melo
24  | Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo | 29 September 1848  | 23 July 1849  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
25  | Manuel Vieira Tosta | 23 July 1849  | 11 May 1852  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
José da Costa Carvalho
26  | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos | 11 May 1852  | 6 September 1853  | Joaquim Rodrigues Torres
—  | Pedro de Alcântara Bellegarde | 6 September 1853  | 15 December 1853  | Honório Carneiro Leão
27  | José Maria da Silva Paranhos | 15 February 1853  | 14 June 1855
28  | João Maurício Wanderley | 14 June 1855  | 8 October 1856  | Honório Carneiro Leão
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
—  | José Maria da Silva Paranhos | 8 October 1856  | 4 May 1857  | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
29  | José Antônio Saraiva | 4 May 1857  | 12 December 1858  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
30  | Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu | 12 December 1858  | 10 August 1859  | Antônio Limpo de Abreu
31  | Francisco Xavier Pais Barreto | 10 August 1859  | 2 March 1861  | Ângelo da Silva Ferraz
32  | Joaquim José Inácio | 2 March 1861  | 24 May 1862  | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
—  | José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva | 24 May 1862  | 30 May 1862  | Zacarias de Góis
33  | Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare | 30 May 1862  | 15 January 1864  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
34  | João Pedro Dias Vieira | 15 January 1864  | 31 March 1864  | Zacarias de Góis
35  | Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque | 31 March 1864  | 31 August 1864
36  | Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima | 31 August 1864  | 12 May 1865  | Francisco José Furtado
—  | José Antônio Saraiva | 12 May 1865  | 27 June 1865  | Pedro de Araújo Lima
37  | Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo | 27 June 1865  | 27 January 1866
—  | José Antônio Saraiva | 27 January 1866  | 17 February 1866
38  | Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo | 17 February 1866  | 3 August 1866
39  | Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo | 3 August 1866  | 16 July 1868  | Zacarias de Góis
40  | João Maurício Wanderley | 16 July 1868  | 29 September 1870  | Joaquim Rodrigues Torres
41  | Luís Antônio Pereira Franco | 29 September 1870  | 7 March 1871  | Pimenta Bueno
42  | Manuel Antônio Duarte de Azevedo | 7 March 1871  | 18 May 1872  | José Paranhos
43  | Joaquim Delfino Ribeiro da Luz | 18 May 1872  | 25 June 1875
44  | Luís Antônio Pereira Franco | 25 June 1875  | 5 January 1878  | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
45  | Eduardo de Andrade Pinto | 5 January 1878  | 24 December 1878  | Cansanção de Sinimbu
46  | João Ferreira de Moura | 24 December 1878  | 9 December 1879
—  | João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá | 9 December 1879  | 24 January 1880
47  | João Ferreira de Moura | 24 January 1880  | 28 March 1880
—  | Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa | 28 March 1880  | 30 March 1880  | José Antônio Saraiva
48  | José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte | 30 March 1880  | 21 January 1882
—  | Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena | 21 January 1882  | 28 January 1882  | Martinho Campos
49  | Bento Francisco de Paula Sousa | 28 January 1882  | 6 May 1882
50  | Antônio Carneiro da Rocha | 6 May 1882  | 3 July 1882
51  | João Florentino Meira de Vasconcelos | 3 July 1882  | 24 May 1883  | João da Cunha Paranaguá
52  | Antônio de Almeida e Oliveira | 24 May 1883  | 6 June 1884  | Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
53  | Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare | 6 June 1884  | 6 May 1885  | Manuel de Sousa Dantas
54  | Luís Filipe de Sousa Leão | 6 May 1885  | 20 August 1885  | José Antônio Saraiva
55  | Alfredo Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves | 20 August 1885  | 12 June 1886  | João Maurício Wanderley
56  | Samuel Wallace MacDowell | 12 June 1886  | 10 May 1887
57  | Carlos Frederico Castrioto | 10 May 1887  | 10 March 1888
58  | Luís Antônio Vieira da Silva | 10 March 1888  | 4 January 1889  | João Correia de Oliveira
—  | Tomás José Coelho de Almeida | 4 January 1889  | 8 February 1889
59  | Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho | 8 February 1889  | 7 June 1889
60  | José da Costa Azevedo | 7 June 1889  | 15 November 1889  | Afonso Celso

## Republican period

[edit]

Further information: Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

### First Brazilian Republic

[edit]

Main article: First Brazilian Republic

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President

|
|
|
|

61  | Eduardo Wandenkolk | 15 November 1889  | 22 January 1891  | Deodoro da Fonseca
62  | Fortunato Foster Vidal | 22 January 1891  | 23 November 1891
63  | Custódio José de Melo | 23 November 1891  | 30 April 1893  | Floriano Peixoto
64  | Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves | 30 April 1893  | 5 January 1894
65  | Francisco José Coelho Neto | 5 January 1894  | 26 June 1894
—  | Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat (acting)  | 26 June 1894  | 2 July 1894
66  | João Gonçalves Duarte | 2 July 1894  | 5 November 1894
67  | Eliziário José Barbosa | 15 November 1894  | 21 November 1896  | Prudente de Morais
68  | Manuel José Alves Barbosa | 21 November 1896  | 15 November 1898
69  | Carlos Baltasar da Silveira | 15 November 1898  | 19 August 1899  | Campos Sales
70  | José Pinto da Luz | 19 August 1899  | 15 November 1902
71  | Júlio César de Noronha | 15 November 1902  | 15 November 1906  | Rodrigues Alves
72  | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 15 November 1906  | 14 June 1909  | Afonso Pena
14 June 1909  | 15 November 1910  | Nilo Peçanha
73  | Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão | 15 November 1910  | 11 January 1912  | Hermes da Fonseca
74  | Manuel Inácio Belfort Vieira | 11 January 1912  | 12 July 1913
75  | Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva (acting)  | 12 July 1913  | 2 August 1913
76  | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 2 August 1913  | 15 November 1914
15 November 1914  | 15 November 1918  | Venceslau Brás
77  | Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira | 15 November 1918  | 26 July 1919  | Delfim Moreira
78  | Raul Soares de Moura | 26 July 1919  | 20 October 1920  | Epitácio Pessoa
79  | Joaquim Ferreira Chaves | 20 October 1920  | 12 September 1921
80  | João Pedro da Veiga Miranda | 12 September 1921  | 15 November 1922
81  | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 15 November 1922  | 18 April 1926  | Artur Bernardes
82  | Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz | 20 April 1926  | 15 November 1926
15 November 1926  | 20 October 1930  | Washington Luís

### Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republics)

[edit]

Main article: Vargas Era

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President

|
|
|
|

83  | José Isaías de Noronha | 25 October 1930  | 3 November 1930  | Military Junta of 1930
3 November 1930  | 17 December 1930  | Getúlio Vargas
84  | Conrado Heck | 17 December 1930  | 9 June 1931
85  | Protógenes Pereira Guimarães | 9 June 1931  | 12 November 1935
86  | Henrique Aristides Guilhem | 12 November 1935  | 30 October 19457
87  | Jorge Dodsworth Martins | 30 October 1945  | 31 January 1946  | José Linhares

### Fourth Brazilian Republic

[edit]

Main article: Fourth Brazilian Republic

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President

|
|
|
|

87  | Jorge Dodsworth Martins | 31 January 1946  | 29 September 1946  | Eurico Dutra
88  | Sílvio de Noronha | 29 August 1946  | 31 January 1951
89  | Renato de Almeida Guillobel | 31 January 1951  | 26 August 1954  | Getúlio Vargas
90  | Edmundo Jordão Amorim do Vale | 26 August 1954  | 11 November 1955  | Café Filho
91  | Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior | 11 November 1955  | 31 January 1956  | Nereu Ramos
31 January 1956  | 19 August 1958  | Juscelino Kubitschek
92  | Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia | 19 August 1958  | 3 January 1961
93  | Sílvio Heck | 3 January 1961  | 25 August 1961  | Jânio Quadros
25 August 1961  | 8 September 1961  | Ranieri Mazzilli
94  | Ângelo Nolasco de Almeida | 8 September 1961  | 27 June 1962  | João Goulart
—  | Heitor Doyle Maia (acting)  | 27 June 1962  | 12 July 1962
95  | Pedro Paulo de Araújo Suzano | 12 July 1962  | 14 June 1963
96  | Sílvio Borges de Sousa Mota | 14 June 1963  | 27 March 1964
97  | Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues | 27 March 1964  | 4 April 1964

### Military dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)

[edit]

Main article: Fifth Brazilian Republic

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President

|
|
|
|

98  | Augusto Rademaker | 4 April 1964  | 20 April 1964  | Ranieri Mazzilli
99  | Ernesto de Melo Batista | 20 April 1964  | 15 January 1965  | Castelo Branco
100  | Paulo Bosísio | 15 January 1965  | 17 December 1965
101  | Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo | 17 December 1965  | 15 March 1967
102  | Augusto Rademaker | 15 March 1967  | 31 August 1969  | Costa e Silva
31 August 1969  | 30 October 1969  | Military Junta of 1969
103  | Adalberto de Barros Nunes | 30 October 1969  | 15 March 1974  | Emílio Médici
104  | Geraldo Azevedo Henning | 15 March 1974  | 15 March 1979  | Ernesto Geisel
105  | Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca | 15 March 1979  | 21 March 1984  | João Figueiredo
106  | Alfredo Karam | 21 March 1984  | 15 March 1985

### Sixth Brazilian Republic

[edit]

Main article: Sixth Brazilian Republic

No.  | Name  | Start  | End  | President

|
|
|
|

107  | Henrique Saboia | 15 March 1985  | 15 March 1990  | José Sarney
108  | Mário César Flores | 15 March 1990  | 8 October 1992  | Fernando Collor
109  | Ivan da Silveira Serpa | 8 October 1992  | 1 January 1995  | Itamar Franco
110  | Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira | 1 January 1995  | 31 December 1998  | Fernando Henrique Cardoso
111  | Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 1 January 1999  | 10 June 1999
Commander of the Navy[2]
—  | Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 10 June 1999  | 3 January 2003  | Fernando Henrique Cardoso
112  | Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho | 3 January 2003  | 1 March 2007  | Lula da Silva
113  | Julio Soares de Moura Neto | 1 March 2007  | 1 January 2011
1 January 2011  | 7 February 2015  | Dilma Rousseff
114  | Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira | 7 February 2015  | 31 August 2016
31 August 2016  | 9 January 2019  | Michel Temer
115  | Ilques Barbosa Junior | 9 January 2019  | 31 March 2021  | Jair Bolsonaro
116  | Almir Garnier Santos | 31 March 2021  | 5 January 2023
117  | Marcos Sampaio Olsen | 5 January 2023  | incumbent | Lula da Silva

## References

[edit]

1. ^ Marinha do Brasil. "Galeria dos ex-ministros e ex-comandantes" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
2. ^ a b Presidência da República - Casa Civil. "Lei complementar nº 97 de 9 de junho de 1999" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2008.
3. ^ "Ministros da Marinha - Reinado". Marinha do Brasil. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
4. ^ "Archivo Nobiliarchico Brasileiro". Retrieved 2019-01-12.

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