# List of governors of Rio Grande do Norte

| Order | Name | Political Party | Start of Term | End of Term | Notes |
| 1 | Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão | - | November 17, 1889 | December 6, 1889 | Appointed temporarily head of the provisional government in Rio Grande do Norte . |
| 2 | Adolfo Afonso da Silva Gordo | - | December 6, 1889 | February 8, 1890 | Head of the Provisional Government appointed by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca. |
| 3 | Jerome Américo Raposo Chamber | - | February 8, 1890 | March 10, 1890 | |
| 4 | Joaquim Xavier da Silveira Júnior | - | March 10, 1890 | September 19, 1890 | |
| 5 | Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão | - | September 19, 1890 | November 8, 1890 | |
| 6 | John Gomes Ribeiro | - | November 8, 1890 | December 7, 1890 | |
| 7 | Castro and Manuel do Nascimento Silva | - | December 7, 1890 | March 2, 1891 | |
| 8 | Amintas Francisco da Costa Barros | | March 2, 1891 | June 13, 1891 | |
| 9 | José Inácio Fernandes Barros | - | June 13, 1891 | August 6, 1891 | |
| 10 | Francisco Gurgel de Oliveira | - | August 6, 1891 | September 9, 1891 | |
| 11 | Miguel Joaquim de Almeida Castro | - | September 9, 1891 | November 28, 1891 | |
| 12 | *Francisco de Lima e Silva *Joaquim Ferreira Chaves *Manuel do Nascimento Castro and Silva | - | November 28, 1891 | February 22, 1892 | Governing Board following the resignation of Marshal Diodorus . |
| 13 | Jerome Américo Raposo Chamber | - | February 22, 1892 | February 28, 1892 | Appointed by Marechal Floriano Peixoto . |
| 14 | Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão | - | February 28, 1892 | March 25, 1896 | First governor elected by the vote . |
| 15 | Joaquim Ferreira Chaves | - | March 25, 1896 | March 25, 1900 | First governor elected by direct vote . |
| 16 | Alberto Maranhão | - | March 25, 1900 | March 25, 1904 | |
| 17 | Augusto Tavares Lira | - | March 25, 1904 | November 5, 1906 | |
| 18 | Manuel Moreira Dias | - | November 5, 1906 | February 23, 1907 | |
| 19 | Antonio José de Melo e Sousa | - | February 23, 1907 | March 25, 1908 | |
| 20 | Alberto Maranhão | - | March 25, 1908 | December 31, 1913 | |
| 21 | Joaquim Ferreira Chaves | - | January 1, 1914 | December 31, 1920 | |
| 22 | Antonio José de Melo e Sousa | - | January 1, 1921 | 1 January 1924 | |
| 23 | José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros | - | 1 January 1924 | December 31, 1927 | |
| 24 | Juvenal Lamartine de Faria | - | 1 January 1928 | October 5, 1930 | Governor deposed by the Revolution of 1930 |
| 25 | Luis Tavares Guerreiro Abelardo Torres da Silva Castro Julius Perouse Bridges | - | October 6, 1930 | October 12, 1930 | Military Governing Board |
| 26 | Irenaeus Jofili | - | October 12, 1930 | January 28, 1931 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 27 | Aluisio de Moura Andrade | - | January 29, 1931 | July 31, 1931 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 28 | Hercolino Cascardo | - | July 31, 1931 | June 11, 1932 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 29 | Bertino Dutra da Silva | - | June 11, 1932 | August 2, 1933 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 30 | Mario Leopoldo Pereira da Camera | - | August 2, 1933 | October 27, 1935 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 31 | Liberato da Cruz Barroso | - | October 27, 1935 | October 29, 1935 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 32 | Rafael Fernandes Gurjão | AL | October 29, 1935 | July 3, 1943 | |
| 33 | Antonio Fernandes Dantas | - | July 3, 1943 | August 15, 1945 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 34 | José Avelino Georgino | - | August 15, 1945 | November 7, 1945 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 35 | Miguel Seabra Fagundes | - | November 7, 1945 | February 13, 1946 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 36 | Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo | - | February 13, 1946 | January 15, 1947 | Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas |
| 37 | Orestes da Rocha Lima | - | January 15, 1947 | July 31, 1947 | He was general and was the last of 11 stakeholders of Rio Grande do Norte |
| 38 | José Augusto Varela | PSD | July 31, 1947 | January 31, 1951 | |
| 39 | Jerome Dix - Sept Rosado Maia | PSD | January 31, 1951 | July 16, 1951 | |
| 40 | Silvio Piza Pedrosa | PSD | July 16, 1951 | January 31, 1956 | |
| 41 | Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz | UDN | January 31, 1956 | January 31, 1961 | |
| 42 | Aluízio Alves | PSD | January 31, 1961 | January 31, 1966 | |
| 43 | Walfredo Gurgel Dantas | PSD | January 31, 1966 | March 15, 1971 | |
| 44 | Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez | ARENA | March 15, 1971 | March 15, 1975 | |
| 45 | Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia | ARENA | March 15, 1975 | March 15, 1979 | |
| 46 | Lavoisier Maia | ARENA | March 15, 1979 | March 15, 1983 | |
| 47 | José Agripino Maia | PDS | March 15, 1983 | May 15, 1986 | |
| 48 | Radir Pereira de Araujo | PDS | May 15, 1986 | March 15, 1987 | |
| 49 | Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo | PMDB | March 15, 1987 | March 15, 1991 | |
| 50 | José Agripino Maia | PFL | March 15, 1991 | April 2, 1994 | |
| 51 | Vivaldo Costa | PL | April 2, 1994 | 1 January 1995 | |
| 52 | Garibaldi Alves Filho | PMDB | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | |
| - | Garibaldi Alves Filho(reelected) | PMDB | 1 January 1999 | April 6, 2002 | |
| 53 | Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire | PPB | April 6, 2002 | January 1, 2003 | |
| 54 | Wilma Maria de Faria | PSB | January 1, 2003 | January 1, 2007 | |
| - | Wilma Maria de Faria (reelected) | PSB | January 1, 2007 | March 31, 2010 | |
| 55 | Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza | PSB | March 31, 2010 | January 1, 2011 | |
| 56 | Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado | DEM | January 1, 2011 | January 1, 2015 | |
| 57 | Robinson Faria | PSD | January 1, 2015 | January 1, 2019 | |
| 58 | Fátima Bezerra | PT | January 1, 2019 | present | |