# Prosecutor General of the Republic (Brazil)

The Prosecutor General of the Republic (Portuguese: Procurador-Geral da República) is the head of the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Office, an autonomous agency in charge of criminal prosecution and the defense of society in general. The Prosecutor General heads a group of independent prosecutors (Procuradores da República), who work to investigate and prosecute criminal, labor, and civil offenses committed against society. It is a position appointed by the President of the Republic and the nomination must be approved by the Federal Senate.
Paulo Gustavo Gonet Branco has been the Prosecutor General of Brazil since 18 December 2023.

## List of Prosecutors General

| No. | Prosecutor General | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Appointer |
| 1 | José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros, Baron of Sobral (1836–1893) | 3 March 1891 (1891-03-03) | 31 August 1893 (1893-08-31) | 2 years, 181 days | Deodoro da Fonseca (Ind) |
| 2 | Ovídio Fernandes (1828–1904) | 18 September 1894 (1894-09-18) | 29 September 1894 (1894-09-29) | 11 days | Floriano Peixoto (Ind) |
| 3 | Antônio de Sousa Martins (1829–1896) | 20 October 1894 (1894-10-20) | 25 December 1896 (1896-12-25) | 2 years, 66 days | Floriano Peixoto (Ind) |
| 4 | Lúcio de Mendonça (1854–1909) | 7 January 1897 (1897-01-07) | 2 August 1897 (1897-08-02) | 207 days | Prudente de Morais (PR Federal) |
| 5 | Joaquim Antunes Júnior (1844–1917) | 2 August 1897 (1897-08-02) | 23 August 1897 (1897-08-23) | 21 days | Prudente de Morais (PR Federal) |
| 6 | João Pedro Belfort (1846–1910) | 24 August 1897 (1897-08-24) | 2 August 1898 (1898-08-02) | 343 days | Prudente de Morais (PR Federal) |
| 7 | Antonio Castro (1838–1919) | 17 December 1898 (1898-12-17) | 11 March 1901 (1901-03-11) | 2 years, 84 days | Campos Sales (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 8 | Epitácio Pessoa (1865–1942) | 7 June 1902 (1902-06-07) | 21 October 1905 (1905-10-21) | 3 years, 136 days | Campos Sales (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 9 | Pedro Ribeiro (1851–1917) | 21 October 1905 (1905-10-21) | 6 December 1909 (1909-12-06) | 4 years, 46 days | Rodrigues Alves (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 10 | Joaquim Natal (1860–1933) | 6 December 1909 (1909-12-06) | 14 November 1910 (1910-11-14) | 343 days | Nilo Peçanha (PRF) |
| 11 | Antônio Cardoso de Castro (1860–1911) | 25 November 1910 (1910-11-25) | 26 October 1911 (1911-10-26) | 335 days | Hermes da Fonseca (PRC) |
| 12 | Edmundo Barreto (1864–1934) | 6 September 1911 (1911-09-06) | 29 June 1919 (1919-06-29) | 7 years, 296 days | Hermes da Fonseca (PRC) |
| 13 | Joaquim Pires de Carvalho (1865–1954) | 6 August 1919 (1919-08-06) | 18 February 1931 (1931-02-18) | 105 years, 88 days | Epitácio Pessoa (Minas Republican Party) |
| 14 | Antônio Bento de Faria (1876–1959) | 28 March 1931 (1931-03-28) | 2 August 1934 (1934-08-02) | 3 years, 127 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 15 | Carlos Maximiliano (1873–1960) | 2 August 1934 (1934-08-02) | 21 April 1936 (1936-04-21) | 1 year, 263 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 16 | Gabriel Passos (1901–1962) | 27 May 1936 (1936-05-27) | 17 May 1945 (1945-05-17) | 8 years, 355 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 17 | Hahnemann Guimarães (1901–1980) | 17 May 1945 (1945-05-17) | 31 January 1946 (1946-01-31) | 259 days | Getúlio Vargas (Ind) |
| 18 | Themístocles Cavalcanti (1899–1980) | 20 February 1946 (1946-02-20) | 6 October 1947 (1947-10-06) | 1 year, 228 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 19 | Luís Gallotti (1904–1978) | 13 October 1947 (1947-10-13) | 12 September 1949 (1949-09-12) | 1 year, 334 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 20 | Plínio Travassos (1893–1962) | 23 September 1949 (1949-09-23) | 24 January 1957 (1957-01-24) | 7 years, 123 days | Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD) |
| 21 | Carlos Medeiros (1907–1983) | 7 February 1957 (1957-02-07) | 5 December 1960 (1960-12-05) | 3 years, 302 days | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 22 | Cândido de Oliveira Neto (1902–1973) | 12 December 1960 (1960-12-12) | 31 January 1961 (1961-01-31) | 50 days | Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD) |
| 23 | Joaquim Mendes de Almeida (1906–1990) | 20 March 1961 (1961-03-20) | 13 September 1961 (1961-09-13) | 177 days | Jânio Quadros (PTN) |
| 24 | Evandro Lins e Silva (1912–2002) | 14 September 1961 (1961-09-14) | 23 January 1963 (1963-01-23) | 1 year, 131 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 25 | Cândido de Oliveira Neto (1902–1973) | 12 February 1963 (1963-02-12) | 6 April 1964 (1964-04-06) | 1 year, 54 days | João Goulart (PTB) |
| 26 | Osvaldo Trigueiro (1905–1989) | 6 June 1964 (1964-06-06) | 24 November 1965 (1965-11-24) | 1 year, 171 days | Castelo Branco (Military dictatorship in Brazil) |
| 27 | Alcino Salazar | 2 December 1965 (1965-12-02) | 10 March 1967 (1967-03-10) | 1 year, 98 days | Castelo Branco (ARENA) |
| 28 | Haroldo Valladão (1901–1987) | 30 March 1967 (1967-03-30) | 13 November 1967 (1967-11-13) | 228 days | Costa e Silva (ARENA) |
| 29 | Décio Miranda (1916–2000) | 24 November 1967 (1967-11-24) | 30 October 1969 (1969-10-30) | 1 year, 340 days | Costa e Silva (ARENA) |
| 30 | Francisco Xavier de Albuquerque (1926–2015) | 6 November 1969 (1969-11-06) | 18 April 1972 (1972-04-18) | 2 years, 164 days | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) |
| 31 | Moreira Alves (1933–2023) | 18 April 1972 (1972-04-18) | 18 June 1975 (1975-06-18) | 3 years, 61 days | Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA) |
| 32 | Henrique Fonseca de Araújo (1913–1996) | 10 July 1975 (1975-07-10) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 3 years, 248 days | Ernesto Geisel (ARENA) |
| 33 | Firmino Paz (1912–1991) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 11 June 1981 (1981-06-11) | 2 years, 88 days | João Figueiredo (ARENA) |
| 34 | Inocêncio Mártires Coelho (born 1941) | 11 June 1981 (1981-06-11) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 3 years, 277 days | João Figueiredo (PDS) |
| 35 | Sepúlveda Pertence (1937–2023) | 15 March 1985 (1985-03-15) | 17 May 1989 (1989-05-17) | 4 years, 63 days | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 36 | Aristides Junqueira (born 1942) | 20 June 1989 (1989-06-20) | 28 June 1995 (1995-06-28) | 6 years, 8 days | José Sarney (MDB) |
| 37 | Geraldo Brindeiro (1948–2021) | 28 June 1995 (1995-06-28) | 28 June 2003 (2003-06-28) | 8 years, 0 days | Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB) |
| 38 | Claudio Fonteles (born 1946) | 30 June 2003 (2003-06-30) | 29 January 2005 (2005-01-29) | 1 year, 213 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 39 | Antonio Fernando de Souza (born 1948) | 30 January 2005 (2005-01-30) | 28 June 2009 (2009-06-28) | 4 years, 149 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |
| 40 | Roberto Gurgel (born 1954) | 22 July 2009 (2009-07-22) | 15 August 2013 (2013-08-15) | 4 years, 24 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 41 | Rodrigo Janot (born 1956) | 17 September 2013 (2013-09-17) | 17 September 2017 (2017-09-17) | 4 years, 0 days | Dilma Rousseff (PT) |
| 42 | Raquel Dodge (born 1961) | 18 September 2017 (2017-09-18) | 17 September 2019 (2019-09-17) | 1 year, 364 days | Michel Temer (MDB) |
| – | Alcides Martins (born 1948) Acting | 18 September 2019 (2019-09-18) | 25 September 2019 (2019-09-25) | 7 days | – |
| 43 | Augusto Aras (born 1958) | 26 September 2019 (2019-09-26) | 26 September 2023 (2023-09-26) | 4 years, 0 days | Jair Bolsonaro (PSL) |
| – | Elizeta Ramos (born 1954) Acting | 27 September 2023 (2023-09-27) | 17 December 2023 (2023-12-17) | 81 days | – |
| 44 | Paulo Gonet Branco (born 1961) | 18 December 2023 (2023-12-18) | Incumbent | 320 days | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) |