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The republic of 1946
In 1945, Vargas was deposed by a military coup led by two ex-supporters. Nevertheless, he would be elected president once again and his influence in Brazilian politics would remain until the end of the second republic. In this period, three parties dominated the national politics. Two were pro-Vargas – in the left, PTB |
| President | Picture | Took office | Left office | Vice President(s) | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaspar Dutra Eurico Gaspar Dutra Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Privy Councillor , was a Brazilian general, politician and List of Presidents of Brazil from 1946-1951.He was born in Cuiab?, Mato Grosso, and like many other Brazilians, was from Azores-Portuguese origin.... | 31 January 1946 | 31 January 1951 | Nereu Ramos | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... /Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... | |
| Getúlio Vargas Getúlio Vargas Get?lio Dornelles Vargas served as President of Brazil of Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 until his suicide in 1954.... (2nd time) |  | 31 January 1951 | 24 August 1954 | Café Filho | Brazilian Labour Party Brazilian Labour Party The Brazilian Labour Party is the name of two different parties, first a historical one and secondly a present-day party. The former was a left-populist political party that arose in 1945 supported by followers of Get?lio Vargas and later dissolved after 1964 military coup.... |
| Café Filho | 24 August 1954 | 9 November 1955 | vacant | Brazilian Labour Party Brazilian Labour Party The Brazilian Labour Party is the name of two different parties, first a historical one and secondly a present-day party. The former was a left-populist political party that arose in 1945 supported by followers of Get?lio Vargas and later dissolved after 1964 military coup.... | |
| Carlos Luz |  | 9 November 1955 | 11 November 1955 | vacant | Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... |
| Nereu Ramos |  | 11 November 1955 | 31 January 1956 | vacant | Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... |
| Juscelino Kubitschek | 31 January 1956 | 31 January 1961 | João Goulart João Goulart Jo?o Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th president of Brazil until a 1964 Brazilian coup d'?tat deposed him on March 31, 1964.... | Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... | |
| Jânio Quadros Jânio Quadros J?nio da Silva Quadros ,Privy Councillor was a Politics of Brazil who served briefly as President of Brazil in 1961.... |  | 31 January 1961 | 25 August 1961 | João Goulart João Goulart Jo?o Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th president of Brazil until a 1964 Brazilian coup d'?tat deposed him on March 31, 1964.... | Non-party |
| Ranieri Mazzilli (1st time, acting) |  | 25 August 1961 | 7 September 1961 | vacant | Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... |
| João Goulart João Goulart Jo?o Belchior Marques Goulart was a Brazilian politician and the 24th president of Brazil until a 1964 Brazilian coup d'?tat deposed him on March 31, 1964.... |  | 7 September 1961 | 1 April 1964 | vacant | Brazilian Labour Party Brazilian Labour Party The Brazilian Labour Party is the name of two different parties, first a historical one and secondly a present-day party. The former was a left-populist political party that arose in 1945 supported by followers of Get?lio Vargas and later dissolved after 1964 military coup.... |
The military dictatorshipHistory of Brazil (1964-1985)
Goulart and the fall of the Second RepublicAfter Juscelino Kubitschek, the right wing opposition elected J?nio Quadros, who based his electoral campaign on criticizing Kubitschek and government corruption....
(1964-1985)
| President | Picture | Took office | Left office | Vice President(s) | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranieri Mazzilli (2nd time, acting) | | 2 April 1964 | 15 April 1964 | vacant | Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Brazil) The Social Democratic Party was a Liberalism political party in Brazil between 1945 and 1965. Founded as a center-right party by Get?lio Dornelles Vargas together with the left-leaning Brazilian Labour Party, it elected Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira as President in 1955.... |
| Castelo Branco Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco Field Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Pronunciation. was aBrazilian military leader and politician. Castelo Branco entered the Brazilian Army in 1918 and was a colonel in the Brazilian Expeditionary Force during World War II.... | 15 April 1964 | 15 March 1967 | José Maria Alckmin | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... | |
| Costa e Silva Artur da Costa e Silva Artur da Costa e Silva, Pronunciation. , was a Brazilian Army General, the second President of Brazil during the military regime set up by the Revolution of 1964.... | 15 March 1967 | 31 August 1969 | Pedro Aleixo Pedro Aleixo Pedro Aleixo served as Vice-President of Brazil from March 15, 1967 to October 6, 1969.... | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... | |
| Augusto Rademaker | 31 August 1969 | 30 October 1969 | vacant | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... | |
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| Emilio Medici Emílio Garrastazu Médici Em?lio Garrastazu M?dici, Pronunciation. , was a Brazilian military leader and politician. His rule marked the apex of military governments in Brazil.... | 30 October 1969 | 15 March 1974 | Augusto Rademaker | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... /National Renewal Alliance Party National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Alian?a Renovadora Nacional was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979.... | |
| Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Geisel Ernesto Beckmann Geisel, Pronunciation. , was a Brazilian military leader and politician.... | 15 March 1974 | 15 March 1979 | Adalberto Pereira dos Santos | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... /National Renewal Alliance Party National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Alian?a Renovadora Nacional was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979.... | |
| João Figueiredo |  | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1985 | Aureliano Chaves Aureliano Chaves Aureliano Chaves was a Brazilian politician.Born in Tr?s Pontas, state of Minas Gerais, he was a Representative of this state in the Chamber of Deputies in 1967 from the National Renewall Alliance Party party.... | Military Military of Brazil The Brazilian Armed Forces comprise the Brazilian Army, the Brazilian Navy and the Brazilian Air Force.... /National Renewal Alliance Party National Renewal Alliance Party The National Renewal Alliance Party or Alian?a Renovadora Nacional was a conservative political party that existed in Brazil between 1965 and 1979.... |
The new republicHistory of Brazil (1985-present)
After the military dictatorship ended in 1985, Brazil went into a troubled process of re-democratization....
(1985-Present)
In the early eighties the military government started a process of gradual political opening, called abertura, the final goal of which was the democracy. When the term of the last military president ended, however, no direct elections for president was taken.
Tancredo Neves, who had been prime-minister during the presidency of João Goulart, was chosen to be the candidate of PMDB, the major opposition party, but he was also supported by a large political spectrum, even including a significant part of the ARENA, the party that supported the military presidents. Tancredo was elected by the Electoral College, but died before he could be inaugutarated. The first civilian president since 1964 was Tancredo's running mate, José Sarney, himself an ex-member of ARENA. In 1988, a new democratic Constitution was passed, and democracy was consolidated.
In 1989, the first elections for president under the new Constitution were held and the young Fernando Collor was elected for a five-years term - the first president to be elected by direct popular ballot since the military coup. He was inaugurated in 1990 and in 1992 he became the first president in Brazil impeached due to corruption.
In 1995, Fernando Henrique Cardoso was inaugurated for a four-year term, but in 1997 an Amendment was passed and allowed him to be the first president in Brazil to be reelected.
In 2003, the current president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva , known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and current President of Brazil of Brazil and a founding member of the Workers' Party ....
was inaugurated.
| President | Picture | Took office | Left office | Vice President(s) | Political Party |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tancredo Neves Tancredo Neves Tancredo de Almeida Neves, more commonly Tancredo Neves was a Brazilian politician. He was born in S?o Jo?o del Rei, in the state of Minas Gerais, and graduated in law.... (died on the eve of taking office) | 15 March 1985 | 21 April 1985 | José Sarney José Sarney Jos? Ribamar Ferreira de Ara?jo Costa Sarney, , is a Brazilian writer and politician. He served as president of Brazil from March 15, 1985 to March 15, 1990.... | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party | |
| José Sarney José Sarney Jos? Ribamar Ferreira de Ara?jo Costa Sarney, , is a Brazilian writer and politician. He served as president of Brazil from March 15, 1985 to March 15, 1990.... (acting to 22 April 1985) | 15 March 1985 | 15 March 1990 | vacant | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party | |
| Fernando Collor Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello, Pronunciation. , was president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned to avoid being impeached. He confiscated money from bank accounts from the people and froze their savings accounts.... | 15 March 1990 | 2 October 1992 | Itamar Franco Itamar Franco Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco, usually known as Itamar Franco , is a Brazilian politician who was List of Presidents of Brazil from December 29, 1992 to January 1, 1995.... | Party of National Reconstruction Christian Labour Party Initially, founded in 1985 as PJ or Youth Party by Daniel Tourinho, a Brazilian lawyer; in 1989 the party is renamed: The PRN or National Reconstruction Party was a centrist political party in Brazil.... | |
| Itamar Franco Itamar Franco Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco, usually known as Itamar Franco , is a Brazilian politician who was List of Presidents of Brazil from December 29, 1992 to January 1, 1995.... |  | 2 October 1992 | 1 January 1995 | vacant | Non-party |
| Fernando Henrique Cardoso Fernando Henrique Cardoso "Fernando Henrique" redirects here. For the Brazilian goalkeeper, see Fernando Henrique dos Anjos.Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Privy Councillor - also known by his initials FHC - was the 34th President of the Federative Republic of Brazil for two terms from January 1, 1995 to January 1, 2003.... |  | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 | Marco Maciel Marco Maciel Marco Ant?nio de Oliveira Maciel is a Brazilian politician. He is a lawyer and a law school professor. He was a founder of the centre-right Liberal Front Party party, former National Renewal Alliance Party and was twice elected vice-president in the same ticket as center-left social-democratic President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, in 1994 and... | Brazilian Social Democracy Party Brazilian Social Democracy Party The Brazilian Social Democracy Party is a political party in Brazil. Its mascot symbol is a blue and green colored toucan and its election code is 45.... |
| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva , known simply as Lula, is the thirty-fifth and current President of Brazil of Brazil and a founding member of the Workers' Party .... | 1 January 2003 | incumbent, term ends 31 December 2010 | José Alencar José Alencar Jos? Alencar Gomes da Silva has been the Vice President of Brazil since 2003, under president Luiz In?cio Lula da Silva.Alencar was born into a family of small entrepreneurs from Muria?, in the inland state of Minas Gerais on October 17, 1931, he was the eleventh son of Ant?nio Gomes da Silva and Dolores Peres Gomes da Silva.... | Workers' Party Workers' Party (Brazil) The Workers' Party is a center-left Social democracy political party in Brazil. It is recognized as one of the largest and most important Left-wing politics leadership movements of Latin America.... |
See also
- History of BrazilHistory of Brazil
The History of Brazil begins with the arrival of the first Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, over 8,000 years ago by crossing the Bering land bridge into Alaska and then entering the rest of North America and Central America America.... - List of Brazilian monarchsList of Brazilian monarchs
The Brazilian monarchs were the rulers of Brazil from the time of the arrival of the Portugal in 1500 until 1889. There are three main stages in the dynastical history of Brazil: Brazil as part of the Kingdom of Portugal , the Kingdom of Brazil united with Portugal, and the independent Empire of Brazil .... - List of BraziliansList of Brazilians
This is a list of well known Brazilians by nationality or citizenship, ordered alphabetically by first name, within categories:...