List of presidents of Brazil by time in office

For a chronological and more detailed list of presidents of Brazil, see List of presidents of Brazil.

Getúlio Vargas
Longest presidency:
6,775 days
1930-1945
1951-1954

Carlos Luz
Shortest presidency:
3 days
1955

This is a list of presidents of Brazil by time in office. The basis of the list is the difference between dates. Since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, there have been 39 presidencies and 36 presidents, as Getúlio Vargas, Ranieri Mazzilli and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served non-consecutive terms. Of the individuals elected president, one (Dilma Rousseff) was impeached, four (Deodoro da Fonseca, Getúlio Vargas, Jânio Quadros, and Fernando Collor) resigned and three (Júlio Prestes, Pedro Aleixo, and Tancredo Neves) never took office, while several others died while in office. Carlos Luz spent the shortest time in office, and Getúlio Vargas spent the longest (by both total time and consecutive time). All presidents listed, including the ones that did not take office, are present in the official list.[1]

Since the current Constitution enacted in 1988, 7 people sworn into office as President of Brazil.

## Presidents by time in office

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Rank | President | Length
in days | Order of presidency | Number of terms

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1 | Getúlio Vargas[a] | 6,775  | 14th
3 November 1930 – 29 October 1945 | One full term; two partial terms[b]
17th
31 January 1951 – 24 August 1954
2 | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | 3,502[c] | 35th
1 January 2003 – 1 January 2011 | Two full terms; began a third term 1 January 2023
39th
1 January 2023 – Present
3 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 2,922  | 34th
1 January 1995 – 1 January 2003 | Two full terms
4 | João Figueiredo | 2,192  | 30th
15 March 1979 – 15 March 1985 | One full term
5 | Dilma Rousseff | 2,069  | 36th
1 January 2011 – 31 August 2016 | One full term; impeached during second term
6 | Juscelino Kubitschek | 1,827  | 21st
31 January 1956 – 31 January 1961 | One full term

tie | Eurico Gaspar Dutra | 1,826  | 16th
31 January 1946 – 31 January 1951 | One full term
Ernesto Geisel | 1,826  | 29th
15 March 1974 – 15 March 1979 | One full term
José Sarney | 1,826  | 31st
15 March 1985 – 15 March 1990 | One full term
10 | Emílio Médici | 1,597  | 28th
30 October 1969 – 15 March 1974 | One full term

tie | Prudente de Morais | 1,461  | 3rd
15 November 1894 – 15 November 1898 | One full term
Rodrigues Alves | 1,461  | 5th
15 November 1902 – 15 November 1906 | One full term
Hermes da Fonseca | 1,461  | 8th
15 November 1910 – 15 November 1914 | One full term
Venceslau Brás | 1,461  | 9th
15 November 1914 – 15 November 1918 | One full term
Artur Bernardes | 1,461  | 12th
15 November 1922 – 15 November 1926 | One full term
Jair Bolsonaro | 1,461  | 38th
1 January 2019 – 1 January 2023 | One full term
17 | Campos Sales | 1,460  | 4th
15 November 1898 – 15 November 1902 | One full term
18 | Washington Luís | 1,439  | 13th
15 November 1926 – 24 October 1930 | One partial term
19 | Epitácio Pessoa | 1,206  | 11th
28 July 1919 – 15 November 1922 | One partial term
20 | Floriano Peixoto | 1,088  | 2nd
23 November 1891 – 15 November 1894 | One partial term
21 | Castelo Branco | 1,064  | 26th
15 April 1964 – 15 March 1967 | One full term
22 | Fernando Collor | 1,020  | 32nd
15 March 1990 – 29 December 1992 | Resigned during first term
23 | Afonso Pena | 942  | 6th
15 November 1906 – 14 June 1909 | One partial term
24 | João Goulart | 938  | 24th
7 September 1961 – 2 April 1964 | One partial term
25 | Artur da Costa e Silva | 900  | 27th
15 March 1967 – 31 August 1969 | One partial term
26 | Michel Temer | 853  | 37th
31 August 2016 – 1 January 2019 | One partial term
27 | Deodoro da Fonseca | 738  | 1st
15 November 1889 – 23 November 1891 | One partial term
28 | Itamar Franco | 733  | 33rd
29 December 1992 – 1 January 1995 | One partial term
29 | Nilo Peçanha | 519  | 7th
14 June 1909 – 15 November 1910 | One partial term
30 | Café Filho | 441  | 18th
24 August 1954 – 8 November 1955 | One partial term
31 | Delfim Moreira | 255  | 10th
15 November 1918 – 28 July 1919 | One partial term
32 | Jânio Quadros | 206  | 22nd
31 January 1961 – 25 August 1961 | One partial term
33 | José Linhares | 94  | 15th
29 October 1945 – 31 January 1946 | One partial term
34 | Nereu Ramos | 81  | 20th
11 November 1955 – 31 January 1956 | One partial term
35 | Junta of 1969 | 60  | —
31 August 1969 – 30 October 1969 | Provisional government
36 | Ranieri Mazzilli | 26[d] | 23rd
25 August 1961 – 7 September 1961 | Two partial terms
25th
2 April 1964 – 15 April 1964
37 | Junta of 1930 | 10  | —
24 October 1930 – 3 November 1930 | Provisional government
38 | Carlos Luz | 3  | 19th
8 November 1955 – 11 November 1955 | One partial term
— | Júlio Prestes | 0  | — | —
Pedro Aleixo | 0  | — | —
Tancredo Neves | 0  | — | —

### Notes

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1. ^ First consecutive time in office had 5,474 days; second consecutive time in office had 1,301 days
2. ^ During the first partial term, he installed a dictatorship that allowed him to rule seven years more than what the previous constitution allowed. During the second partial term, he committed suicide.
3. ^ As of 3 August 2024.
4. ^ Both terms had 13 days.

## References

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1. ^ "Ex-presidentes — Biblioteca Virtual da Presidência". Biblioteca da Presidência da República. Retrieved 7 February 2015.