List of governors of Rio Grande do Sul

Below is a list of governors of Rio Grande do Sul, a federative unit of Brazil.

This article includes all those who have governed the territory now called the State of Rio Grande do Sul, from the period of Portuguese colonization to the present day. Throughout its history, Rio Grande do Sul has been governed by captaincy commanders, captains-general, provincial presidents, state presidents and federal interventors, with the current title "governor" being used recently. The incumbent governor is Eduardo Leite.

Republican Brazil (1889–present)

First Republic (1889-1930)

No. Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party State vice president Notes
Took office Left office
1 José Antônio Correia da Câmara
(1824-1893) 		— 15 November 1889 11 February 1890 Military Vacant Appointed by Deodoro da Fonseca.[1]
2 Júlio Frota
(1836-1909) 		— 11 February 1890 6 May 1890
(resigned) 		PRR Francisco da Silva Tavares (PRR)[2]
(1-6 May 1890) 		Appointed by Deodoro da Fonseca.[3]
— Francisco da Silva Tavares
(1844-1901) 		— 6 May 1890 13 May 1890
(resigned) 		PRR Vacant
3 Carlos Machado Bittencourt
(1840-1897) 		— 13 May 1890 24 May 1890 Military Vacant Acting president.[4]
4 Cândido José da Costa
(1827-1909) 		— 24 May 1890 16 March 1891
(resigned) 		Military Vacant Appointed by Deodoro da Fonseca. Transferred his office to Fernando Abbott.[5]
5 Fernando Abbott
(1857-1924) 		— 16 March 1891 15 July 1891 PRR Vacant Acting president.[6]
6 Júlio de Castilhos
(1860-1903) 		1891[7] 15 July 1891 12 November 1891
(resigned) 		PRR Vacant
— Gaúcho Governative Junta — 12 November 1891 8 June 1892 — — [note 1]
— José Antônio Correia da Câmara
(1824-1893) 		— 8 June 1892 17 June 1892
(resigned) 		Military Vacant [note 2]
— Joca Tavares
(1818-1906) 		— 17 June 1892 17 June 1892
(deposed) 		Federalist[9] Vacant [note 2]
— Júlio de Castilhos
(1860-1903) 		— 17 June 1892 17 June 1892
(resigned) 		PRR Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro (PRR) [note 2]
7 Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro
(1859-1920) 		— 17 June 1892 27 September 1892
(resigned) 		PRR Vacant Transferred his office to Fernando Abbott.[7]
8 Fernando Abbott
(1857-1924) 		— 27 September 1892 25 January 1893 PRR Vacant Acting president.[6]
9 Júlio de Castilhos
(1860-1903) 		1892[7] 25 January 1893 25 January 1898 PRR Vacant
10 Borges de Medeiros
(1863-1961) 		1897
1902[10] 		25 January 1898 25 January 1908 PRR Vacant
11 Carlos Barbosa
(1851-1933) 		1907[10] 25 January 1908 25 January 1913 PRR Vacant
12 Borges de Medeiros
(1863-1961) 		1912
1917
1922[10] 		25 January 1913 25 January 1928 PRR Salvador Pinheiro Machado (PRC)[11]
(1913-1919)
— Salvador Pinheiro Machado
(1859-1919) 		— May 1915 May 1916 PRC Vacant Assumed the state government while Borges de Medeiros was absent for health reasons.[12][11]
13 Getúlio Vargas
(1882-1954) 		1927 25 January 1928 9 October 1930 PRR Vacant

Vargas Era (1930-1946)

No. Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party Vice governor Notes
Took office Left office
12 Oswaldo Aranha
(1894-1960) 		— 9 October 1930 27 October 1930 PRR Vacant Federal interventor.[13]
13 Sinval Saldanha
(1886-1963) 		— 27 October 1930 28 November 1931 PRR Vacant Acting interventor.[13]
14 José Antônio Flores da Cunha
(1880-1959) 		1934[14] 28 November 1931 17 October 1937
(resigned) 		PL
PRL 		Vacant Federal interventor from 1931 to 1935.[14]
15 Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho
(1882-1938) 		— 17 October 1937 19 January 1938 Military Vacant Federal interventor.[15]
16 Joaquim Maurício Cardoso
(1888-1938) 		— 19 January 1938 4 March 1938 Independent Vacant Acting interventor.
17 Oswaldo Cordeiro de Farias
(1901-1981) 		— 4 March 1938 11 September 1943 Military Vacant Federal interventor.[16]
18 Ernesto Dornelles
(1897-1964) 		— 11 September 1943 1 November 1945 Military Vacant Federal interventor.[17]
19 Samuel Figueiredo da Silva
(1884-?) 		— 1 November 1945 7 February 1946 Independent Vacant Federal interventor.[18]

Fourth Republic (1946-1964)

No. Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party Vice governor Notes
Took office Left office
20 Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa
(1897-1987) 		— 7 February 1946 26 March 1947 Independent Vacant Federal interventor.[19]
21 Walter Só Jobim
(1892-1974) 		1947 26 March 1947 31 January 1951 PSD Vacant
22 Ernesto Dornelles
(1897-1964) 		1950 31 January 1951 25 March 1955 PTB Vacant
23 Ildo Meneghetti
(1895-1980) 		1954 25 March 1955 25 March 1959 PSD Vacant
24 Leonel Brizola
(1922-2004) 		1958 25 March 1959 25 March 1963 PTB Vacant
(23) Ildo Meneghetti
(1895-1980) 		1962 25 March 1963 31 January 1967 PSD Vacant

Military dictatorship (1964-1985)

No. Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party Vice governor
Took office Left office
25 Walter Peracchi Barcelos
(1907-1986) 		1966 31 January 1967 15 March 1971 ARENA Vacant
26 Euclides Triches
(1919-1994) 		1970 15 March 1971 15 March 1975 ARENA Vacant
27 Synval Guazzelli
(1930-2001) 		1974 15 March 1975 15 March 1979 ARENA José Amaral de Souza (ARENA)[20]
28 José Amaral de Souza
(1929-2012) 		1978 15 March 1979 15 March 1983 ARENA
PDS 		Otávio Germano (ARENA/PDS)[21]

Sixth Republic (1985-present)

No. Portrait Name Elected Term of office Political party Vice governor
Took office Left office
29 Jair Soares
(born 1933) 		1982 15 March 1983 15 March 1987 PDS
PFL 		Cláudio Strassburger (PDS)[22]
30 Pedro Simon
(born 1930) 		1986 15 March 1987 2 April 1990
(resigned) 		PMDB Synval Guazzelli (PMDB)[23]
(27) Synval Guazzelli
(1930-2001) 		— 2 April 1990 15 March 1991 PMDB Vacant
31 Alceu Collares
(born 1927) 		1990 15 March 1991 1 January 1995 PDT João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (PSDB)[24]
32 Antônio Britto
(born 1952) 		1994 1 January 1995 1 January 1999 PMDB Vicente Bogo (PSDB)[25]
33 Olívio Dutra
(born 1941) 		1998 1 January 1999 1 January 2003 PT Miguel Rossetto (PT)[26]
34 Germano Rigotto
(born 1949) 		2002 1 January 2003 1 January 2007 PMDB Antônio Hohlfeldt (PSDB/PMDB)[27]
35 Yeda Crusius
(born 1944) 		2006 1 January 2007 1 January 2011 PSDB Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (DEM)[28]
36 Tarso Genro
(born 1947) 		2010 1 January 2011 1 January 2015 PT Beto Grill (PSB)[29]
37 José Ivo Sartori
(born 1948) 		2014 1 January 2015 1 January 2019 MDB José Paulo Cairoli (PSD)[30]
38 Eduardo Leite
(born 1985) 		2018 1 January 2019 31 March 2022
(resigned) 		PSDB Ranolfo Vieira Júnior (PTB/PSDB)
39 Ranolfo Vieira Júnior
(born 1966) 		— 31 March 2022 1 January 2023 PSDB Vacant
(38) Eduardo Leite
(born 1985) 		2022 1 January 2023 Incumbent PSDB Gabriel Vieira de Souza (MDB)[31]

Timeline

Republican Brazil (1889-present)

Ranolfo Vieira JúniorEduardo LeiteJosé Ivo SartoriTarso GenroYeda CrusiusGermano RigottoOlívio DutraAntônio BrittoAlceu CollaresPedro SimonLeonel BrizolaOswaldo AranhaGetúlio VargasBorges de MedeirosJúlio de Castilhos (politician)José Antônio Correia da Câmara, 2nd Viscount of Pelotas

Notes

  1. ^ On 12 November 1891, following the attempted coup d'état by Deodoro da Fonseca and the subsequent resignation of his supporter, Júlio de Castilhos, a government junta was formed, consisting of Joaquim Francisco de Assis Brasil, João de Barros Cassal, General Domingos Barreto Leite and Manoel Luís da Rocha Osório. The political situation in Rio Grande do Sul was turbulent at the time, and the immediate aim of the junta was to maintain public order in the state. On 8 June 1892, the junta transferred its power to José Antônio Correia da Câmara in the face of threats from Júlio de Castilhos' supporters.[8]
  2. ^ a b c On 17 June 1982, José Antônio Correia da Câmara transferred his office to João Nunes da Silva Tavares, better known as Joca Tavares, as a result of strong opposition from Júlio de Castilhos' supporters. Concurrently, Júlio de Castilhos, following a political agreement with Floriano Peixoto - who wanted to prevent power in Rio Grande do Sul falling into the hands of his opponent Gaspar Silveira Martins - deposed Joca through an armed movement and returned to the government of the state. However, in accordance with the agreement, he resigned his office and handed it over to the state vice president he had appointed, Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro, who in turn was to call a general election.[7][9]

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