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This is a chronologically ordered list of Brazilian presidents. (See also Brazil; South America.)
- Manuel Deodoro da Fonseca (1891)
- Floriano Peixoto (1891–94)
- Prudente José de Morais Barros (1894–98)
- Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales (1898–1902)
- Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves (1902–06)
- Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena (1906–09)
- Nilo Procópio Peçanha (1909–10)
- Hermes Rodrigues da Fonseca (1910–14)
- Venceslau Brás Pereira Gomes (1914–18)
- Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro (1918–19)
- Epitácio Lindolfo da Silva Pessoa (1919–22)
- Artur da Silva Bernardes (1922–26)
- Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa (1926–30)
- (military junta; 1930)
- Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (1st time; 1930–45)
- José Linhares (1945–46)
- Eurico Gaspar Dutra (1946–51)
- Getúlio Dornelles Vargas (2nd time; 1951–54)
- João Fernandes Campos Café Filho (1954–55)
- Carlos Coimbra da Luz (1955)
- Nereu de Oliveira Ramos (1955–56)
- Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1956–61)
- Jânio da Silva Quadros (1961)
- Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (1st time; 1961)
- João Belchior Marques Goulart (1961–64)
- Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli (2nd time; 1964)
- Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco (1964–67)
- Artur da Costa e Silva (1967–69)
- (military junta; 1969)
- Emílio Garrastazú Médici (1969–74)
- Ernesto Geisel (1974–79)
- João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo (1979–85)
- José Sarney de Araújo Costa (1985–90)
- Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (1990–92)
- Itamar Augusto Cautiero Franco (1992–95)
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso (1995–2003)
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2003–11)
- Dilma Rousseff (2011–16)
- Michel Temer (2016–19)
- Jair Bolsonaro (2019–23)
- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (2nd time; 2023– )