List of governors of Rio de Janeiro

Governor of Rio de Janeiro
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	Head of government
Residence	Laranjeiras Palace
Term length	Four years,; renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	1989 State Constitution
Inaugural holder	Fonseca e Silva
Formation	15 November 1889; 135 years ago
Deputy	Vice 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.	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office		Election	Vice Governor
1	Fonseca e Silva (1848–1906)	15 November 1889 (1889-11-15)	16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)	1 day	Independent	–	Vacant
2	Francisco Portela (1833–1913)	16 November 1889 (1889-11-16)	10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)	2 years, 24 days	PRF	1891	Manuel Torres (PRF) Teófilo Almeida (PRF) Cirilo Fagundes (PRF)
3	José Guimarães (1838–1903)	10 December 1891 (1891-12-10)	11 December 1891 (1891-12-11)	1 day	Independent	–	Vacant
4	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 (1854–1901)	3 May 1892 (1892-05-03)	31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)	2 years, 242 days	PRF	1892	Manuel Torres (PRF)
6	Maurício de Abreu (1852–1913)	31 December 1894 (1894-12-31)	31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)	3 years, 0 days	PRF	1894	Bento Pereira (PRF)
7	Alberto Torres (1865–1917)	31 December 1897 (1897-12-31)	31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)	3 years, 0 days	PRF	1897	Francisco de Souza Mota (PRF)
8	Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912)	31 December 1900 (1900-12-31)	31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)	3 years, 0 days	Independent	1900	Rangel Pestana (Ind)
9	Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924)	31 December 1903 (1903-12-31)	1 November 1906 (1906-11-01)	2 years, 305 days	PRF	1903	Oliveira Botelho (PRF)
10	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 (1851–1937)	31 December 1906 (1906-12-31)	31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)	4 years, 0 days	PRF	1906	Luiz da Silva Castro (PRF)
12	Oliveira Botelho (1868–1943)	31 December 1910 (1910-12-31)	31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)	4 years, 0 days	PRF PRC	1910	João de Oliveira Guimarães (PRF)
13	Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924)	31 December 1914 (1914-12-31)	7 May 1917 (1917-05-07)	2 years, 127 days	PRF	1914	Francisco Guimarães (PRF)
14	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 (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 (1878–1947)	31 December 1918 (1918-12-31)	31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)	4 years, 0 days	PRF	1918	Domingos Almeida (PRF)
17	Raul Fernandes (1877–1968)	31 December 1922 (1922-12-31)	11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)	11 days	PRF	1922	Artur Costa (PRF)
18	Aurelino Leal (1877–1924)	11 January 1923 (1923-01-11)	23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)	346 days	Independent	–	Vacant
19	Feliciano Sodré (1881–1945)	23 December 1923 (1923-12-23)	23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)	4 years, 0 days	PRC	1923	Paulino de Souza Júnior (PRC) João Werneck (PRC)
20	Manuel Duarte (1877–1944)	23 December 1927 (1927-12-23)	24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)	2 years, 305 days	PRF	1927	Eduardo Portella (PRF) Humberto Pentagna (PRF)

Vargas Era (1930–1945)

No.	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office
21	Demócrito Barbosa (1880–1961)	24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)	27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)	3 days
22	Plínio Casado (1870–1964)	27 October 1930 (1930-10-27)	29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)	214 days
23	Mena Barreto (1874–1933)	29 May 1931 (1931-05-29)	4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)	159 days
24	Pantaleão Pessoa (1885–1980)	4 November 1931 (1931-11-04)	14 December 1931 (1931-12-14)	40 days
25	Ari Parreiras	16 December 1931 (1931-12-16)	7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)	3 years, 326 days
26	Newton Cavalcanti (1885–1965)	7 November 1935 (1935-11-07)	12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)	5 days
27	Protógenes Guimarães (1876–1938)	12 November 1935 (1935-11-12)	10 November 1937 (1937-11-10)	1 year, 363 days
28	Heitor Collet (1898–1974)	10 November 1937 (1937-11-10)	11 November 1937 (1937-11-11)	1 day
29	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.	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office		Election	Vice Governor
30	Alfredo Neves (1887–1975)	29 October 1945 (1945-10-29)	6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)	8 days	PSD	–	Vacant
31	Abel Magalhães (1881–1969)	6 November 1945 (1945-11-06)	10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)	96 days	Independent	–	Vacant
32	Lúcio Meira (1907–1991)	10 February 1946 (1946-02-10)	23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)	225 days	Independent	–	Vacant
33	Hugo Silva (1900–1982)	23 September 1946 (1946-09-23)	6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)	136 days	Independent	–	Vacant
34	Francisco Santos (1898–1977)	6 February 1947 (1947-02-06)	8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)	2 days	Independent	–	Vacant
35	Álvaro Rocha (1874–1964)	8 February 1947 (1947-02-08)	24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)	16 days	Independent	–	Vacant
36	Macedo Soares (1901–1989)	24 February 1947 (1947-02-24)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	3 years, 341 days	PSD	1947	João Guimarães (PSD)
37	Amaral Peixoto (1805–1989)	31 January 1951 (1951-01-31)	31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)	4 years, 0 days	PSD	1950	Tarcísio Miranda (PST)
38	Miguel Couto Filho (1900–1969)	31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)	2 July 1958 (1958-07-02)	3 years, 152 days	PSD	1954	Roberto Silveira (PTB)
39	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	30 January 1959 (1959-01-30)	31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)	1 day	PSD	–	Roberto Silveira (PTB)
41	Roberto Silveira (1923–1961)	31 January 1959 (1959-01-31)	28 February 1961 (1961-02-28)	2 years, 28 days	PTB	1958	Celso Peçanha (PSD)
42	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 (1916–1980)	7 July 1962 (1962-07-07)	18 January 1963 (1963-01-18)	195 days	PSD	–	Vacant
44	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 (1916–1999)	31 January 1963 (1963-01-31)	1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)	1 year, 91 days	PTB	1962	João Batista da Costa (PSD)

Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)

No.	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office		Election	Vice Governor
46	Cordolino Ambrósio (1904–1979)	1 May 1964 (1964-05-01)	4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)	3 days	PTB	–	Vacant
47	Paulo Torres (1903–2000)	4 May 1964 (1964-05-04)	12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)	2 years, 100 days	ARENA	1964	Simão Mansur (UDN) Teotônio Araújo (ARENA)
48	Teotônio Araújo (1918–1978)	12 August 1966 (1966-08-12)	31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)	172 days	ARENA	–	Vacant
49	Geremias Fontes (1930–2010)	31 January 1967 (1967-01-31)	31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)	4 years, 59 days	ARENA	1966	Heli Ribeiro Gomes (ARENA)
50	Raimundo Padilha (1899–1988)	31 March 1971 (1971-03-31)	15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)	3 years, 349 days	ARENA	1970	Teotônio Araújo (ARENA)
51	Faria Lima (1917–2011)	15 March 1975 (1975-03-15)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	4 years, 0 days	ARENA	1974	Vacant
52	Chagas Freitas (1914–1991)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)	4 years, 0 days	MDB	1978	Hamilton Xavier (MDB)

Sixth Republic (1985–present)

No.	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office		Election	Vice Governor
53	Leonel Brizola (1922–2004)	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)	15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)	4 years, 0 days	PDT	1982	Darcy Ribeiro (PDT)
54	Moreira Franco (born 1944)	15 March 1987 (1987-03-15)	15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)	4 years, 0 days	MDB	1986	Francisco Amaral (MDB)
55	Leonel Brizola (1922–2004)	15 March 1991 (1991-03-15)	2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)	3 years, 18 days	PDT	1990	Nilo Batista (PDT)
56	Nilo Batista (born 1944)	2 April 1994 (1994-04-02)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	274 days	PDT	–	Vacant
57	Marcello Alencar (1925–2014)	1 January 1995 (1995-01-01)	1 January 1999 (1999-01-01)	4 years, 0 days	PSDB	1994	Luiz Paulo (PSDB)
58	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 (born 1942)	6 April 2002 (2002-04-06)	1 January 2003 (2003-01-01)	270 days	PT	–	Vacant
60	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 (born 1963)	1 January 2007 (2007-01-01)	3 April 2014 (2014-04-03)	7 years, 92 days	MDB	2006 2010	Luiz Fernando Pezão (MDB)
62	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 (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 (born 1979)	30 April 2021 (2021-04-30)	Incumbent	3 years, 230 days	PSC PL	– 2022	Vacant Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO)

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