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Governor of Rio de Janeiro
Coat of arms
Incumbent
Cláudio Castro
since 1 May 2021
Style
  • Mr. Governor or even simply Governor
    (informal)
  • Most Excellent Mr. Governor
    (formal)
  • His Excellency
    (alternative formal, diplomatic)
Status
Residence Laranjeiras Palace
Term lengthFour years,
renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument1989 State Constitution
Inaugural holderFonseca e Silva
Formation15 November 1889; 134 years ago (1889-11-15)
DeputyVice Governor of Rio de Janeiro
Website rj.gov.br

This is a list of governadores ( Portuguese "governors"), interventores ("inspectors") and presidents of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Governors

First Republic (1889–1930)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
1
Fonseca e Silva
Fonseca e Silva
(1848–1906)		15 November 1889 (1889-11-15)16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)1 day  Independent–Vacant
2
Francisco Portela
 Francisco Portela
(1833–1913)		16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)2 years, 24 days  PRF1891Manuel Torres ( PRF)
Teófilo Almeida ( PRF)
Cirilo Fagundes ( PRF)
3
José Guimarães
José Guimarães
(1838–1903)		10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)11 December 1891 (1891-12-11)1 day  Independent–Vacant
4
Baltasar da Silveira
Baltasar da Silveira
(1843–1913)		11 December 1891 (1891-12-11)3 May 1892 (1892-05-03)144 days  Independent–Leopoldo Teixeira Leite ( Ind)
Miguel de Carvalho ( Ind)
5
José Porciúncula
José Porciúncula
(1854–1901)		3 May 1892 (1892-05-03)31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)2 years, 242 days  PRF1892Manuel Torres ( PRF)
6
Maurício de Abreu
Maurício de Abreu
(1852–1913)		31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)3 years, 0 days  PRF1894Bento Pereira ( PRF)
7
Alberto Torres
 Alberto Torres
(1865–1917)		31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)3 years, 0 days  PRF1897Francisco de Souza Mota ( PRF)
8
Quintino Bocaiuva
 Quintino Bocaiuva
(1836–1912)		31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)3 years, 0 days  Independent1900Rangel Pestana ( Ind)
9
Nilo Peçanha
 Nilo Peçanha
(1867–1924)		31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)1 November 1906 (1906-11-01)2 years, 305 days  PRF1903Oliveira Botelho ( PRF)
10
Oliveira Botelho
Oliveira Botelho
(1868–1943)		1 November 1906 (1906-11-01)31 December 1906 (1906-12-31)60 days  PRF–José Oliveira ( PRF)
11
Alfredo Backer
Alfredo Backer
(1851–1937)		31 December 1906 (1906-12-31)31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)4 years, 0 days  PRF1906Luiz da Silva Castro ( PRF)
12
Oliveira Botelho
Oliveira Botelho
(1868–1943)		31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)4 years, 0 days  PRF
PRC		1910João de Oliveira Guimarães ( PRF)
13
Nilo Peçanha
 Nilo Peçanha
(1867–1924)		31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)7 May 1917 (1917-05-07)2 years, 127 days  PRF1914Francisco Guimarães ( PRF)
14
Francisco Guimarães
Francisco Guimarães
(1857–1917)		7 May 1917 (1917-05-07)19 June 1917 (1917-06-19)43 days  PRF–Agnelo Collet ( PRF)
15
Agnelo Collet
Agnelo Collet
(1862–1929)		19 June 1917 (1917-06-19)31 December 1918 (1918-12-31)1 year, 195 days  PRF–Antônio Leite Pinto ( PRF)
16
Raul Veiga
Raul Veiga
(1878–1947)		31 December 1918 (1918-12-31)31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)4 years, 0 days  PRF1918Domingos Almeida ( PRF)
17
Raul Fernandes
Raul Fernandes
(1877–1968)		31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)11 days  PRF1922Artur Costa ( PRF)
18
Aurelino Leal
Aurelino Leal
(1877–1924)		11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)346 days  Independent–Vacant
19
Feliciano Sodré
Feliciano Sodré
(1881–1945)		23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)4 years, 0 days  PRC1923Paulino de Souza Júnior ( PRC)
João Werneck ( PRC)
20
Manuel Duarte
Manuel Duarte
(1877–1944)		23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)2 years, 305 days  PRF1927 Eduardo Portella ( PRF)
Humberto Pentagna ( PRF)

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office
21
Demócrito Barbosa
Demócrito Barbosa
(1880–1961)		24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)3 days
22
Plínio Casado
Plínio Casado
(1870–1964)		27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)214 days
23
Mena Barreto
 Mena Barreto
(1874–1933)		29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)159 days
24
Pantaleão Pessoa
Pantaleão Pessoa
(1885–1980)		4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)14 December 1931 (1931-12-14)40 days
25
Ari Parreiras
Ari Parreiras16 December 1931 (1931-12-16)7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)3 years, 326 days
26
Newton Cavalcanti
Newton Cavalcanti
(1885–1965)		7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)5 days
27
Protógenes Guimarães
Protógenes Guimarães
(1876–1938)		12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)10 November 1937 (1937-11-10)1 year, 363 days
28
Heitor Collet
Heitor Collet
(1898–1974)		10 November 1937 (1937-11-10)11 November 1937 (1937-11-11)1 day
29
Amaral Peixoto
Amaral Peixoto
(1905–1989)		11 November 1937 (1937-11-11)29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)7 years, 352 days

Fourth Republic (1945–1964)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
30
Alfredo Neves
Alfredo Neves
(1887–1975)		29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)8 days  PSD–Vacant
31
Abel Magalhães
Abel Magalhães
(1881–1969)		6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)96 days  Independent–Vacant
32
Lúcio Meira
Lúcio Meira
(1907–1991)		10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)225 days  Independent–Vacant
33
Hugo Silva
Hugo Silva
(1900–1982)		23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)136 days  Independent–Vacant
34
Francisco Santos
Francisco Santos
(1898–1977)		6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)2 days  Independent–Vacant
35
Álvaro Rocha
Álvaro Rocha
(1874–1964)		8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)16 days  Independent–Vacant
36
Macedo Soares
Macedo Soares
(1901–1989)		24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)3 years, 341 days  PSD1947João Guimarães ( PSD)
37
Amaral Peixoto
Amaral Peixoto
(1805–1989)		31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)4 years, 0 days  PSD1950Tarcísio Miranda ( PST)
38
Miguel Couto Filho
Miguel Couto Filho
(1900–1969)		31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)2 July 1958 (1958-07-02)3 years, 152 days  PSD1954Roberto Silveira ( PTB)
39
Togo Barros
Togo Barros
(1914–2007)		2 July 1958 (1958-07-02)30 January 1959 (1959-01-30)212 days  PSD–Roberto Silveira ( PTB)
40
Osmar Serpa de Carvalho
Osmar Serpa de Carvalho30 January 1959 (1959-01-30)31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)1 day  PSD–Roberto Silveira ( PTB)
41
Roberto Silveira
Roberto Silveira
(1923–1961)		31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)28 February 1961 (1961-02-28)2 years, 28 days  PTB1958 Celso Peçanha ( PSD)
42
Celso Peçanha
 Celso Peçanha
(1916–2016)		28 February 1961 (1961-02-28)7 July 1962 (1962-07-07)1 year, 129 days  PSD–Vacant
43
José Janotti
José Janotti
(1916–1980)		7 July 1962 (1962-07-07)18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)195 days  PSD–Vacant
44
Luís Miguel Pinaud
Luís Miguel Pinaud
(1897–1973)		18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)31 January 1963 (1963-01-31)13 days  Independent–Vacant
45
Badger da Silveira
Badger da Silveira
(1916–1999)		31 January 1963 (1963-01-31)1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)1 year, 91 days  PTB1962João Batista da Costa ( PSD)

Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)

Main article: Military dictatorship in Brazil
No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
46
Cordolino Ambrósio
Cordolino Ambrósio
(1904–1979)		1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)3 days  PTB–Vacant
47
Paulo Torres
Paulo Torres
(1903–2000)		4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)2 years, 100 days  ARENA1964Simão Mansur ( UDN)
Teotônio Araújo ( ARENA)
48
Teotônio Araújo
Teotônio Araújo
(1918–1978)		12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)172 days  ARENA–Vacant
49
Geremias Fontes
Geremias Fontes
(1930–2010)		31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)4 years, 59 days  ARENA1966Heli Ribeiro Gomes ( ARENA)
50
Raimundo Padilha
Raimundo Padilha
(1899–1988)		31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)3 years, 349 days  ARENA1970Teotônio Araújo ( ARENA)
51
Faria Lima
Faria Lima
(1917–2011)		15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)4 years, 0 days  ARENA1974Vacant
52
Chagas Freitas
Chagas Freitas
(1914–1991)		15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)4 years, 0 days  MDB1978Hamilton Xavier ( MDB)

Sixth Republic (1985–present)

No. Portrait Governor Took office Left office Time in office Party Election Vice Governor
53
Leonel Brizola
 Leonel Brizola
(1922–2004)		15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)4 years, 0 days  PDT1982 Darcy Ribeiro ( PDT)
54
Moreira Franco
 Moreira Franco
(born 1944)		15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)4 years, 0 days  MDB1986Francisco Amaral ( MDB)
55
Leonel Brizola
 Leonel Brizola
(1922–2004)		15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)3 years, 18 days  PDT1990Nilo Batista ( PDT)
56
Nilo Batista
Nilo Batista
(born 1944)		2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)274 days  PDT–Vacant
57
Marcello Alencar
 Marcello Alencar
(1925–2014)		1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)4 years, 0 days  PSDB1994Luiz Paulo ( PSDB)
58
Anthony Garotinho
 Anthony Garotinho
(born 1960)		1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)3 years, 95 days  PDT
PSB		1998 Benedita da Silva ( PT)
59
Benedita da Silva
 Benedita da Silva
(born 1942)		6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)270 days  PT–Vacant
60
Rosinha Garotinho
 Rosinha Garotinho
(born 1963)		1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)4 years, 0 days  PSB
MDB		2002 Luiz Paulo Conde ( PSB)
61
Sérgio Cabral Filho
 Sérgio Cabral Filho
(born 1963)		1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)3 April 2014 (2014-04-03)7 years, 92 days  MDB2006
2010		 Luiz Fernando Pezão ( MDB)
62
Luiz Fernando Pezão
 Luiz Fernando Pezão
(born 1955)		3 April 2014 (2014-04-03)1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)4 years, 273 days  MDB–
2014		Vacant
Francisco Dornelles ( PP)
63
Wilson Witzel
 Wilson Witzel
(born 1968)		1 January 2019 (2019-01-01)30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)2 years, 119 days  PSC 2018 Cláudio Castro ( PSC)
64
Cláudio Castro
 Cláudio Castro
(born 1979)		30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)Incumbent3 years, 42 days  PSC
PL		–
2022		Vacant
Thiago Pampolha ( UNIÃO)
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