List of prime ministers of Brazil

Between 1847 and 1889, the holder of the office was officially called "President of the Council of Ministers", being referred to by the press usually as "President of the Cabinet". According to the Political Constitution of the Empire of Brazil, the head of the Executive Power was the Emperor.[1][2]

The position of President of the Council of Ministers was created by Decree No. 523 of 20 July 1847, and this parliamentary regime was never included in the Imperial Constitution. The ministerial offices that existed from 1840 to 1847 did not have a President of the council. The number of ministers was small by current Brazilian standards: there were six, and in 1860 the seventh ministry was created by Legislative Decree No. 1,067 of 28 July 1860, the Secretary of State for Agriculture, Commerce and Public Works.[3][4]

The duration of the Cabinet depended on the support it had in the Chamber of Deputies and on the support of the Emperor. If the Chamber of Deputies were incompatible with the Cabinet, it was up to the Emperor to either dissolve the Cabinet or dissolve the Chamber.[5] There were, in all, 32 cabinets with the figure of the President of the Council of Ministers.[5]

Parties

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party	Cabinet	Monarch (Reign)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Viscount Manuel Alves Branco (1797–1855)	20 July 1847	8 March 1848	232 days	Liberal	Alves Branco cabinet	Pedro II[lower-alpha 1] (1831–1889)	[6] [7]
	Viscount José de Almeida Torres (1799–1850)	8 March 1848	31 May 1848	84 days	Liberal	Macaé cabinet		[8] [9] [10]
	Francisco Sousa e Melo (1791–1851)	31 May 1848	28 September 1848	120 days	Liberal	Sousa e Melo cabinet		[11] [12] [13]
	Viscount Pedro de Araújo Lima (1793–1870)	28 September 1848	8 October 1849	1 year, 10 days	Conservative	Olinda cabinet (1848)		[14] [15] [16] [17]
	Viscount José da Costa Carvalho (1796–1860)	8 October 1849	11 May 1852	2 years, 216 days	Conservative	Monte Alegre cabinet		[18] [19] [20]
	Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres (1802–1872)	11 May 1852	6 September 1853	1 year, 118 days	Conservative	Itaboraí cabinet (1852)		[21]
	Marquess Honório Hermeto Carneiro Leão (1801–1856)	6 September 1853	3 September 1856	2 years, 363 days	Conservative	Paraná cabinet		[22] [23]
	Marquess Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (1803–1880)	3 September 1856	4 May 1857	243 days	Conservative	Caxias cabinet (1856)		[24][25]
	Marquess Pedro de Araújo Lima (1793–1870)	4 May 1857	12 December 1858	1 year, 222 days	Conservative	Olinda cabinet (1857)		[14] [15] [16] [17]
	Viscount Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu (1798–1883)	12 December 1858	10 August 1859	241 days	Conservative	Abaeté cabinet		[26] [27] [28] [29]
	Ângelo Moniz da Silva Ferraz (1812–1867)	10 August 1859	2 March 1861	1 year, 204 days	Conservative	Ferraz cabinet		[30]
	Marquess Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (1803–1880)	2 March 1861	24 May 1862	1 year, 83 days	Conservative	Caxias cabinet (1861)		[31] [32]
	Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1815–1877)	24 May 1862	30 May 1862	6 days	Progressive League	Zacarias cabinet (1862)		[33] [34]
	Marquess Pedro de Araújo Lima (1793–1870)	30 May 1862	15 January 1864	1 year, 230 days	Progressive League	Olinda cabinet (1862)		[14] [15] [16] [17]
	Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1815–1877)	15 January 1864	31 August 1864	229 days	Progressive League	Zacarias cabinet (1864)		[33] [34]
	Francisco José Furtado (1818–1870)	31 August 1864	12 May 1865	254 days	Liberal	Furtado cabinet		[35]
	Marquess Pedro de Araújo Lima (1793–1870)	12 May 1865	3 August 1866	1 year, 83 days	Liberal	Olinda cabinet (1865)		[14] [15] [16] [17]
	Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1815–1877)	3 August 1866	16 July 1868	1 year, 348 days	Liberal	Zacarias cabinet (1866)		[33]
	Viscount Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres (1802–1872)	16 July 1868	29 September 1870	2 years, 75 days	Conservative	Itaboraí cabinet (1868)		[36]
	Viscount José Antônio Pimenta Bueno (1803–1878)	29 September 1870	7 March 1871	159 days	Conservative	Pimenta Bueno cabinet		[37] [38]
	Viscount José Paranhos (1819–1880)	7 March 1871	25 June 1875	4 years, 110 days	Conservative	Rio Branco cabinet		[39] [40]
	Duke Luís Alves de Lima e Silva (1803–1880)	25 June 1875	5 January 1878	2 years, 194 days	Conservative	Caxias cabinet (1875)		[41] [42]
	João Lins Cansanção de Sinimbu (1810–1906)	5 January 1878	28 March 1880	2 years, 83 days	Liberal	Sinimbu cabinet		[43] [44]
	José Antônio Saraiva (1823–1895)	28 March 1880	21 January 1882	1 year, 299 days	Liberal	Saraiva cabinet (1880)		[45]
	Martinho Campos (1816–1887)	21 January 1882	3 July 1882	163 days	Liberal	Martinho Campos cabinet		[46] [47]
	Viscount João da Cunha Paranaguá (1821–1912)	3 July 1882	24 May 1883	325 days	Liberal	Paranaguá cabinet		[48] [49] [50]
	Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira (1834–1917)	24 May 1883	6 June 1884	1 year, 13 days	Liberal	Lafayette cabinet		[51] [52]
	Manuel Pinto de Sousa Dantas (1831–1894)	6 June 1884	6 May 1885	334 days	Liberal	Dantas cabinet		[53] [54] [55]
	José Antônio Saraiva (1823–1895)	6 May 1885	20 August 1885	106 days	Liberal	Saraiva cabinet (1885)		[56]
	Baron João Maurício Vanderlei (1815–1889)	20 August 1885	10 March 1888	2 years, 203 days	Conservative	Cotegipe cabinet		[57] [58]
	João Alfredo de Olveira (1835–1919)	10 March 1888	7 June 1889	1 year, 89 days	Conservative	João Alfredo cabinet		[59] [60]
	Viscount Afonso Celso (1836–1912)	7 June 1889	15 November 1889	161 days	Liberal	Ouro Preto cabinet		[61]

The second parliamentary experience lasted from 8 September 1961 to 24 January 1963, therefore one year, four months and sixteen exact days (504 days), when João Goulart was President of Brazil.[62] After 24 January 1963, the presidential regime was reestablished, which remains in the country to the present day.[63]

Parties

Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Party	President (Term)	Ref.
		Took office	Left office	Time in office
	Tancredo Neves (1910–1985)	8 September 1961	12 July 1962	307 days	Social Democratic Party	João Goulart (1961–1964)	[64] [65] [66]
	Francisco Brochado da Rocha (1910–1962)	12 July 1962	18 September 1962	68 days	Social Democratic Party		[67] [68] [69]
	Hermes Lima (1902–1978)	18 September 1962	24 January 1963	128 days	Brazilian Labour Party		[70] [71] [72]