FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL
In 1889 an army revolt ended the Brazilian Monarchy, the country becoming a
Republic and adopting a federal constitution in 1891. (1)
(1) See here for the member states.
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HEADS OF STATE
Head of the Provisional Government
Chefe do Governo Provisório
1889 - 1891 Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca 1827 - 1892
Presidents
Presidentes
1891 Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca, resigned s.a.
1891 - 1894 Floriano Vieira Peixoto* (2) 1839 - 1895
1894 - 1898 Prudente José de Morais Barros 1841 - 1902
1898 - 1902 Manuel Ferraz de Campos Salles 1841 - 1913
1902 - 1906 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1848 - 1919
1906 - 1909 Affonso Augusto Moreira Penna 1847 - 1909
1909 - 1910 Nilo Procópio Peçanha 1867 - 1924
1910 - 1914 Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca 1855 - 1923
1914 - 1918 Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes 1868 - 1966
1918 - 1919 Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (3) 1868 - 1920
1919 - 1922 Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa 1865 - 1942
1922 - 1926 Artur da Silva Bernardes 1875 - 1955
1926 - 1930 Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa, deposed
in a military coup 1869 - 1957
Governing Junta (4)
Junta Governativa
1930 -Augusto Tasso Fragoso (chairman) 1869 - 1945
-João de Deus Menna Barreto 1874 - 1933
-José Isaías de Noronha 1873 - 1963
Head of the Provisional Government
Chefe do Governo Provisório
1930 - 1934 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas 1883 - 1954
President
Presidente
1934 - 1945 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (5) s.a.
(2) In 1893 parts of the Army - followed by part of the Navy - revolted
against Teixoto, whose succession as acting president they considered
as unconstitutional.
At the same time the Partido Federalista of Rio Grande do Sul also
started a revolt - the so-called Revolta Federalista - first only
directed against the government of the state but later also against
the central government, when it started supporting the state government.
Soon both rebel groups joined forces and established a Governo
Provisório da República Brasileira(Provisional Government of the
Brazilian Republic) whose territory - or rather zone of military
operations - included the States of Paraná, Rio de Janeiro,
Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina (whose city of Desterro became
the seat of the new government)
In 1894 the provisional government was crushed, but some leaders
continued to fight until 1895 when they made peace with the new
president.
Leaders of the Military Revolt
1893 - 1894 Adm. Custodio José de Mello 1840 - 1902
1893 - 1895 Adm Luis Filipe de Saldanha da Gama,
killed in battle 1846 - 1895
Leaders of the Federalist Revolt
Political Leader
1893 - 1894 Gaspar Silveira Martins 1834 - 1901
Military Leaders
1893 - 1894 -Gen. Gumercino Saraiva 1852 - 1894
-Gen. Joao Nunes da Silva Tavares
"Joca Tavares", barao de Itaqui
President of the Provisional Government of the Brazilian Republic
Presidente do Governo Provisório da República Brasileira
1893 - 1894 Capt. Frederico Guilherme de Lorena,
executed 1839 - 1894
(3) Acting president for Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
(s.a.) who was elected president for the term 1918 - 1922,
(2x) but didn't take office due to his bad health.
(4) President-elect for the term 1930 - 1934 Júlio Prestes de
Albuquerque (1882 - 1946), didn't take office as a result
of the coup
(5) In 1935 the Brazilian Communist Party attempted to set up a Governo
Nacional Popular Revolucionário to be headed by Luís Carlos Prestes
(1898 - 1990) a leading member of the Comitê Militar Revolucionário
already set up in 1929 (?).
There were revolts on several places, the most important being that
taking place in the State of Rio Grande do Norte were the rebels
even seized power for a brief moment.
All were suppressed after a few days
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MINISTERS
Ministers of Foreign Affairs
Ministers and Secretaries of State of Foreign Affairs
Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios Estrangeiros
1889 - 1890 Quintino Antônio Fereira de Sousa
Bocayuya 1836 - 1912
1890 Joaquim Thomaz do Amaral (visconde
de Cabo Frio)* 1818 - 1907
1890 Eduardo Wandenkolk* 1838 - 1902
1890 - 1891 Quintino Antonio Fereira de Sousa
Bocayuya (2x)
1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe* 1821 - 1908
1891 Justo Leite Chermont 1857 - 1926
Ministers of State of Foreign Relations
Ministros de Estado das Relações Exteriores
1891 Constantino Luíz Paletta 1862 - 1938
1891 Custódio José de Mello* 1840 - 1902
1891 - 1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira 1851 - 1918
1892 Innocêncio Serzedello Corrêa 1858 - 1932
1892 Custódio José de Mello* (2x)
1892 - 1893 Antônio Francisco de Paula e Souza 1863 - 1917
1893 Felisbello Firmo de Oliveira Freire 1858 - 1916
1893 João Felippe Pereira 1863 - 1950
1893 Carlos Augusto de Carvalho 1851 - 1905
1893 - 1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento 1856 - 1912
1894 - 1896 Carlos Augusto de Carvalho (2x)
1896 - 1898 Dionysio Evangelista de Castro Cerqueira 1847 - 1910
1898 - 1902 Olyntho Máximo de Magalhães 1867 - 1948
1902 José Joaquim Seabra* 1855 - 1942
1902 - 1912 José Maria da Silva Paranhos,(barão do
Rio Branco) 1845 - 1912
1912 Enéas Martins* 1872 - 1919
1912 - 1917 Lauro Severiano Müller 1863 - 1926
1917 - 1918 Nilo Procópio Peçanha s.a.
1918 - 1919 DomÍcio da Gama 1863 - 1925
1919 Augusto Cochrane de Alencar* 1865 - 1927
1919 - 1922 José Manuel de Azevedo Marques 1865 - 1943
1922 - 1926 José Félix Alves Pacheco 1879 - 1935
1926 - 1930 Octávio Mangabeira 1886 - 1960
1930 - 1933 Afrânio de Mello Franco 1870 - 1943
1933 - 1934 Félix de Barros Cavalcânti de Lacerda* 1880 - 1950
1934 - 1936 José Carlos de Macedo Soares 1883 - 1968
1936 - 1938 Mário de Pimentel Brandão 1889 - 1956
1938 - 1944 Oswaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960
1944 - 1945 Pedro Lão Velloso* 1887 - 1947
1945 José Roberto de Macedo Soares* 1893 - 1953
1945 Pedro Lão Velloso* (2x)
1945 José Roberto de Macedo Soares* (2x)
Ministers of Defence
Ministers of State of War
Ministros de Estado da Guerra
1889 - 1890 Benjamin Constant Botelho de Magalhães 1836 - 1891
1890 Eduardo Wandenkolk* s.a.
1890 - 1891 Floriano Vieira Peixoto s.a.
1891 Antônio Nicoláo Falcão da Frota 1834 - 1900
1891 - 1892 José Simião de Oliveira 1838 - 1893
1892 Custódio José de Mello* s.a.
1892 - 1893 Francisco Antônio de Moura 1839 - 1910
1893 - 1894 Antônio Enéias Gustavo Galvão* 1832 - 1895
1894 Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura
Costallat 1845 - 1904
1894 - 1896 Bernardo Vasques 1837 - 1902
1896 - 1897 Dionysio Evangelista de Castro Cerqueira* s.a.
1897 Francisco de Paula Argollo 1847 - 1930
1897 Carlos Machado de Bittencourt 1840 - 1897
1897 - 1898 João Thomaz de Cantuária 1835 - 1908
1898 - 1902 João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet 1840 - 1907
1902 - 1906 Francisco de Paula Argollo (2x)
1906 - 1908 Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca s.a.
1908 - 1909 Luís Mendes de Morais 1850 - 1914
1909 Carlos Eugênio de Andrade Guimarães 1851 - 1920
1909 - 1910 José Bernardino Bormann 1844 - 1919
1910 - 1911 Emigdio Dantas Barreto 1848 - 1931
1911 - 1912 Antônio Adolpho da Fontoura Menna Barreto 1846 - 1923
1912 - 1914 Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva 1852 - 1924
1914 - 1918 José Caetano de Faria 1855 - 1920
1918 - 1919 Alberto Cardoso de Aguiar 1864 - 1919
1919 Alfredo Pinto Vieira de Mello* 1847 - 1923
1919 - 1922 João Pandiá Callógeras 1870 - 1934
1922 - 1926 Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho 1861 - 1947
1926 - 1930 Nestor Sezefredo dos Passos 1872 - 1941
1930 - 1932 José Fernandes Leite de Castro 1871 - 1950
1932 - 1933 Augusto Inácio do Espírito Santo Cardoso 1867 - 1947
1933 - 1934 Pedro de Alcântara Cavalcânti de Albuquerque 1884 -
1934 - 1935 Pedro Aurélio de Góis Monteiro 1889 - 1956
1935 - 1936 Joâo Gomes Ribeiro Filho 1871 - 1947
1936 - 1945 Eurico Gaspar Dutra 1883 - 1947
Ministers of State of the Navy
Ministros de Estado da Marinha
1889 - 1891 Eduardo Wandenkolk s.a.
1891 Fortunato Fóster Vidal 1832 - 1915
1891 - 1893 Custódio José de Mello s.a.
1893 - 1894 Felipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves 1831 - 1902
1894 Francisco José Coelho Neto 1830 - 1911
1894 Bibiano Sérgio Macedo da Fontoura
Costallat* s.a.
1894 José Gonçalves Duarte 1836 - 1913
1894 - 1896 Elizário José Barboza 1830 - 1896
1896 - 1898 Manoel José Alves Barboza 1845 - 1907
1898 - 1899 Carlos Baltazar da Silveira 1843 - 1913
1899 - 1902 José Pinto da Luz 1843 - 1903
1902 - 1906 Júlio César de Noronha 1845 - 1923
1906 - 1910 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar 1848 - 1926
1910 - 1912 Joaquim Marques Baptista de Leão 1847 - 1913
1912 - 1913 Manoel Ignácio Belfort Vieira 1854 - 1913
1913 Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e
Silva* s.a.
1913 - 1918 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar (2x)
1918 - 1919 Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira 1865 - 1926
1919 - 1920 Raul Soares de Moura 1877 - 1924
1920 - 1921 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves 1852 - 1937
1921 - 1922 João Pedro da Veiga Miranda 1881 - 1936
1922 - 1926 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar (3x)
1926 - 1930 Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz 1875 - 1961
1930 José Isaías de Noronha s.a.
1930 - 1931 Conrado Heck 1873 - 1931
1931 - 1935 Protógenes Pereira Guimarães 1876 - 1938
1935 - 1945 Henrique Aristides Guilhem 1875 - 1949
Minister of State for the Air Force
Ministro de Esrado da Aeronáutica
(The Ministry of the Air Force was set up in 1941 by the merger of the
Divisions of Air of the Ministries of War and Navy, established since
1913/1918)
1941 - 1945 Joaquim Pedro Salgado Filho 1888 - 1950
Ministers of Home Affairs and Justice
Ministers and Secretaries of State of Affairs of the Interior
Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios do Interior
1889 - 1890 Aristides da Silveira Lobo 1838 -1896
1890 - 1891 José Cesário de Faria Alvim 1839 - 1903
1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe s.a.
1891 - 1892 José Hygino Duarte Pereira 1857 - 1901
1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a.
Ministers and Secretaries of State of Affairs of Justice
Ministros e Secretarios de Estado dos Negócios da Justiça
1889 Ruy Barbosa* 1849 - 1923
1889 - 1891 Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales s.a.
1891 Henrique Pereira de Lucena (barão
de Lucena) 1835 - 1913
1891 Antonio Luiz Affonso de Carvalho 1828 - 1892
1891 - 1892 José Hygino Duarte Pereira* s.a.
1892 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a.
Ministers of State of Justice and of Affairs of the Interior
Ministros de Estado da Justiça e Negócios Interiores
1892 - 1893 Fernando Lobo Leite Pereira s.a.
1893 - 1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento* s.a.
1894 - 1896 Antônio Gonçalves Pereira 1846 - 1930
1896 - 1897 Alberto de Seixas Martins Torres 1865 - 1917
1897 Bernardino José de Campos Júnior* 1841 - 1915
1897 - 1898 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque 1851 - 1922
1898 - 1901 Epitácio da Silva Pessoa 1865 - 1942
1901 - 1902 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919
1902 - 1906 José Joaquim Seabra 1855 - 1942
1906 Félix Gaspar de Barros e Almeida 1865 - 1907
1906 - 1909 Augusto Tavares de Lyra 1872 - 1958
1909 - 1910 Esmeraldino Olympio de Torres Bandeira 1865 - 1928
1910 - 1913 Rivadávia da Cunha Corrêa 1866 - 1920
1913 - 1914 Uladislau Herculano de Freitas Guimarães 1867 - 1926
1914 - 1918 Carlos Maximiliano Pereira dos Santos 1873 - 1960
1918 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque* 1851 - 1922
1918 - 1919 Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo 1859 - 1922
1919 - 1921 Alfredo Pinto Vieira de Mello 1847 - 1923
1921 - 1922 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves* 1852 - 1937
1922 - 1925 João Luís Alves 1872 - 1925
1925 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca* 1884 - 1970
1925 - 1926 Affonso Augusto Moreira Penna Júnior 1879 - 1968
1926 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca* (2x)
1926 - 1930 Augusto Viana do Castello 1874 - 1953
1930 Gabriel Loureiro Bernardes* 1890 - 1935
1930 Afrânio de Melo Franco* 1870 - 1943
1930 - 1931 Osvaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960
1931 - 1932 Joaquim Maurício Cardoso 1888 - 1938
1932 Francisco Luís da Silva Campos* 1891 - 1968
1932 Afrânio de Mello Franco* 1870 - 1943
1932 - 1934 Francisco Antunes Maciel Júnior 1879 - 1966
1934 - 1937 Vincente Ráo 1892 - 1978
1937 Agamenon Sérgio Godoy de Magalhães* 1893 - 1952
1937 José Carlos de Macedo Soares 1883 - 1968
1937 - 1942 Francisco Luís da Silva Campos 1891 - 1968
1942 - 1943 Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho* 1892 -
1943 Fernando Antunes* 1887 - 1950
1943 - 1945 Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho* (2x)
1945 Agamenon Sérgio Godóy de Magalhães 1893 - 1952
Ministers of Finance
Ministers of State of Finance
Ministros de Estado da Fazenda
1889 - 1891 Ruy Barbosa s.a.
1891 Tristão de Alencar Araripe s.a.
1891 Henrique Pereira de Lucena (barão
de Lucena) s.a.
1891 Antão Gonçalves de Faria 1854 - 1936
1891 - 1892 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves Filho 1848 - 1919
1892 - 1893 Innocêncio Serzedello Corrêa s.a.
1893 - 1894 Felisbello Firmo de Oliveira Freire s.a.
1894 Alexandre Cassiano do Nascimento* s.a.
1894 - 1896 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves 1848 - 1919
1896 - 1898 Bernardino José de Campos Júnior 1841 - 1915
1898 - 1902 Joaquim Duarte Murtinho 1848 - 1911
1902 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919
1902 - 1906 José Leopoldo de Bulhões Jardim 1857 - 1928
1906 - 1909 David Moretzson Campista 1863 - 1911
1909 - 1910 José Leopoldo de Bulhões Jardim (2x)
1910 - 1913 Francisco Antônio de Salles 1865 - 1933
1913 - 1914 Rivadávia da Cunha Corrêa 1866 - 1920
1914 - 1915 Sabino Alves Barroso Júnior 1859 - 1919
1915 - 1917 João Pandiá Callógeras s.a.
1917 - 1918 Antonio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada 1870 - 1946
1918 Augusto Tavares de Lyra* 1872 - 1958
1918 - 1919 Amaro Bezerra Cavalcânti de Albuquerque s.a.
1919 João Ribeiro de Oliveira e Sousa 1863 - 1933
1919 - 1922 Homero Baptista 1861 - 1924
1922 - 1925 Rafael de Abreu Sampaio Vidal 1873 - 1941
1925 - 1926 Anníbal Freire da Fonseca s.a.
1926 - 1928 Getúlio Dornelles Vargas s.a.
1928 - 1930 Francisco Chaves de Oliveira Botelho 1868 - 1943
1930 Agenor Lafayette de Roure 1870 - 1935
1930 - 1931 José Maria Whitaker 1878 - 1970
1931 - 1934 Oswaldo Euclydes de Souza Aranha 1894 - 1960
1934 - 1945 Artur de Souza Costa 1893 - 1957
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