List of governors of Rio de Janeiro

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

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 state 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 (1889-11-15)
Deputy	Vice Governor of Rio de Janeiro
Website	rj.gov.br

Governors

First Republic (1889–1930)

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		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.	Portrait	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.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		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)

Main article: Military dictatorship in Brazil

No.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		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.	Portrait	Governor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		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, 198 days		PSC PL	– 2022	Vacant Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO)