# 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 | Term of office | Political party | State vice president | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | State vice president | Notes |
| 1 | | José Antônio Correia da Câmara (1824-1893) | — | 15 November 1889 | 11 February 1890 | Military | Vacant | Appointed by Deodoro da Fonseca. |
| 2 | | Júlio Frota (1836-1909) | — | 11 February 1890 | 6 May 1890 (resigned) | PRR | Francisco da Silva Tavares (PRR) (1-6 May 1890) | Appointed by Deodoro da Fonseca. |
| — | | 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 | | 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 | | Fernando Abbott (1857-1924) | — | 16 March 1891 | 15 July 1891 | PRR | Vacant | Acting president. |
| 6 | | Júlio de Castilhos (1860-1903) | 1891 | 15 July 1891 | 12 November 1891 (resigned) | PRR | Vacant | |
| — | | Gaúcho Governative Junta | — | 12 November 1891 | 8 June 1892 | — | — | |
| — | | José Antônio Correia da Câmara (1824-1893) | — | 8 June 1892 | 17 June 1892 (resigned) | Military | Vacant | |
| — | | Joca Tavares (1818-1906) | — | 17 June 1892 | 17 June 1892 (deposed) | Federalist | Vacant | |
| — | | Júlio de Castilhos (1860-1903) | — | 17 June 1892 | 17 June 1892 (resigned) | PRR | Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro (PRR) | |
| 7 | | Vitorino Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro (1859-1920) | — | 17 June 1892 | 27 September 1892 (resigned) | PRR | Vacant | Transferred his office to Fernando Abbott. |
| 8 | | Fernando Abbott (1857-1924) | — | 27 September 1892 | 25 January 1893 | PRR | Vacant | Acting president. |
| 9 | | Júlio de Castilhos (1860-1903) | 1892 | 25 January 1893 | 25 January 1898 | PRR | Vacant | |
| 10 | | Borges de Medeiros (1863-1961) | 1897 1902 | 25 January 1898 | 25 January 1908 | PRR | Vacant | |
| 11 | | Carlos Barbosa (1851-1933) | 1907 | 25 January 1908 | 25 January 1913 | PRR | Vacant | |
| 12 | | Borges de Medeiros (1863-1961) | 1912 1917 1922 | 25 January 1913 | 25 January 1928 | PRR | Salvador Pinheiro Machado (PRC) (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. |
| 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 | Term of office | Political party | Vice governor | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | Vice governor | Notes |
| 12 | | Oswaldo Aranha (1894-1960) | — | 9 October 1930 | 27 October 1930 | PRR | Vacant | Federal interventor. |
| 13 | | Sinval Saldanha (1886-1963) | — | 27 October 1930 | 28 November 1931 | PRR | Vacant | Acting interventor. |
| 14 | | José Antônio Flores da Cunha (1880-1959) | 1934 | 28 November 1931 | 17 October 1937 (resigned) | PL PRL | Vacant | Federal interventor from 1931 to 1935. |
| 15 | | Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho (1882-1938) | — | 17 October 1937 | 19 January 1938 | Military | Vacant | Federal interventor. |
| 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. |
| 18 | | Ernesto Dornelles (1897-1964) | — | 11 September 1943 | 1 November 1945 | Military | Vacant | Federal interventor. |
| 19 | | Samuel Figueiredo da Silva (1884-?) | — | 1 November 1945 | 7 February 1946 | Independent | Vacant | Federal interventor. |

### Fourth Republic (1946-1964)

| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Vice governor | Notes |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | Vice governor | Notes |
| 20 | | Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (1897-1987) | — | 7 February 1946 | 26 March 1947 | Independent | Vacant | Federal interventor. |
| 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 | Term of office | Political party | Vice governor |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | Vice governor |
| 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) |
| 28 | | José Amaral de Souza (1929-2012) | 1978 | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1983 | ARENA PDS | Otávio Germano (ARENA/PDS) |

### Sixth Republic (1985-present)

| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Vice governor |
| No. | Portrait | Name | Elected | Took office | Left office | Political party | Vice governor |
| 29 | | Jair Soares (born 1933) | 1982 | 15 March 1983 | 15 March 1987 | PDS PFL | Cláudio Strassburger (PDS) |
| 30 | | Pedro Simon (born 1930) | 1986 | 15 March 1987 | 2 April 1990 (resigned) | PMDB | Synval Guazzelli (PMDB) |
| (27) | | Synval Guazzelli (1930-2001) | — | 2 April 1990 | 15 March 1991 | PMDB | Vacant |
| 31 | | Alceu Collares (1927-2024) | 1990 | 15 March 1991 | 1 January 1995 | PDT | João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (PSDB) |
| 32 | | Antônio Britto (born 1952) | 1994 | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | PMDB | Vicente Bogo (PSDB) |
| 33 | | Olívio Dutra (born 1941) | 1998 | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2003 | PT | Miguel Rossetto (PT) |
| 34 | | Germano Rigotto (born 1949) | 2002 | 1 January 2003 | 1 January 2007 | PMDB | Antônio Hohlfeldt (PSDB/PMDB) |
| 35 | | Yeda Crusius (born 1944) | 2006 | 1 January 2007 | 1 January 2011 | PSDB | Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (DEM) |
| 36 | | Tarso Genro (born 1947) | 2010 | 1 January 2011 | 1 January 2015 | PT | Beto Grill (PSB) |
| 37 | | José Ivo Sartori (born 1948) | 2014 | 1 January 2015 | 1 January 2019 | MDB | José Paulo Cairoli (PSD) |
| 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) |