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The Alvorada Palace, official residence of the president of Brazil, pictured in June 2011. The president of the Federative Republic of Brazil is the chief executive of the government of Brazil and commander in chief of the country's Armed Forces. Below is a list of presidents of Brazil .
- Michel Temer
Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia (Brazilian Portuguese:...
- List of Heads of State of Brazil
t. e. Below is a list of heads of state and heads of...
- Carlos Luz
After the political crisis following the Getúlio Vargas...
- Nereu Ramos
Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (Portuguese pronunciation: [neˈɾew...
- Augusto Rademaker
Other offices held; 1967–1969: Minister of the Navy:...
- Ernesto Geisel
Brazil established diplomatic relations with the People's...
- Michel Temer
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.
RankPresidentLength In DaysOrder Of Presidency16,77514th 3 November 1930 – 29 October 194516,77517th 31 January 1951 – 24 August 195423,406 [c]35th 1 January 2003 – 1 January 201123,406 [c]39th 1 January 2023 – PresentPeople also ask
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The Constitution of Brazil, along with several constitutional amendments, establishes the requirements, powers, and responsibilities of the president, their term of office and the method of election. [3] Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the 39th and current president. He was sworn in on 1 January 2023.
Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2003) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003–11) Dilma Rousseff (2011–16) Michel Temer (2016–19) Jair Bolsonaro (2019–23) Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2nd time; 2023– ) The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Amy Tikkanen.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Brazil is a federal presidential constitutional republic, based on representative democracy. The federal government has three independent branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. Executive power is exercised by the executive branch, headed by the President, advised by a Cabinet. The President is both the head of state and the head of ...
Four presidents died in office of natural causes (William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Warren G. Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt), four were assassinated ( Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy ), and one resigned ( Richard Nixon, facing impeachment and removal from office). [9]
