# List of governors of Rio de Janeiro

This is a list of governadores (Portuguese "governors"), interventores ("inspectors") and presidents of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

## Governors
### First Republic (1889–1930)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 1 | Fonseca e Silva (1848–1906) | 15 November 1889 (1889-11-15) | 16 November 1889 (1889-11-16) | 1 day | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 2 | Francisco Portela (1833–1913) | 16 November 1889 (1889-11-16) | 10 December 1891 (1891-12-10) | 2 years, 24 days | PRF | 1891 | Manuel Torres (PRF) Teófilo Almeida (PRF) Cirilo Fagundes (PRF) |
| 3 | José Guimarães (1838–1903) | 10 December 1891 (1891-12-10) | 11 December 1891 (1891-12-11) | 1 day | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 4 | Baltasar da Silveira (1843–1913) | 11 December 1891 (1891-12-11) | 3 May 1892 (1892-05-03) | 144 days | Independent | – | Leopoldo Teixeira Leite (Ind) Miguel de Carvalho (Ind) |
| 5 | José Porciúncula (1854–1901) | 3 May 1892 (1892-05-03) | 31 December 1894 (1894-12-31) | 2 years, 242 days | PRF | 1892 | Manuel Torres (PRF) |
| 6 | Maurício de Abreu (1852–1913) | 31 December 1894 (1894-12-31) | 31 December 1897 (1897-12-31) | 3 years, 0 days | PRF | 1894 | Bento Pereira (PRF) |
| 7 | Alberto Torres (1865–1917) | 31 December 1897 (1897-12-31) | 31 December 1900 (1900-12-31) | 3 years, 0 days | PRF | 1897 | Francisco de Souza Mota (PRF) |
| 8 | Quintino Bocaiuva (1836–1912) | 31 December 1900 (1900-12-31) | 31 December 1903 (1903-12-31) | 3 years, 0 days | Independent | 1900 | Rangel Pestana (Ind) |
| 9 | Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924) | 31 December 1903 (1903-12-31) | 1 November 1906 (1906-11-01) | 2 years, 305 days | PRF | 1903 | Oliveira Botelho (PRF) |
| 10 | Oliveira Botelho (1868–1943) | 1 November 1906 (1906-11-01) | 31 December 1906 (1906-12-31) | 60 days | PRF | – | José Oliveira (PRF) |
| 11 | Alfredo Backer (1851–1937) | 31 December 1906 (1906-12-31) | 31 December 1910 (1910-12-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PRF | 1906 | Luiz da Silva Castro (PRF) |
| 12 | Oliveira Botelho (1868–1943) | 31 December 1910 (1910-12-31) | 31 December 1914 (1914-12-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PRF PRC | 1910 | João de Oliveira Guimarães (PRF) |
| 13 | Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924) | 31 December 1914 (1914-12-31) | 7 May 1917 (1917-05-07) | 2 years, 127 days | PRF | 1914 | Francisco Guimarães (PRF) |
| 14 | Francisco Guimarães (1857–1917) | 7 May 1917 (1917-05-07) | 19 June 1917 (1917-06-19) | 43 days | PRF | – | Agnelo Collet (PRF) |
| 15 | Agnelo Collet (1862–1929) | 19 June 1917 (1917-06-19) | 31 December 1918 (1918-12-31) | 1 year, 195 days | PRF | – | Antônio Leite Pinto (PRF) |
| 16 | Raul Veiga (1878–1947) | 31 December 1918 (1918-12-31) | 31 December 1922 (1922-12-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PRF | 1918 | Domingos Almeida (PRF) |
| 17 | Raul Fernandes (1877–1968) | 31 December 1922 (1922-12-31) | 11 January 1923 (1923-01-11) | 11 days | PRF | 1922 | Artur Costa (PRF) |
| 18 | Aurelino Leal (1877–1924) | 11 January 1923 (1923-01-11) | 23 December 1923 (1923-12-23) | 346 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 19 | Feliciano Sodré (1881–1945) | 23 December 1923 (1923-12-23) | 23 December 1927 (1927-12-23) | 4 years, 0 days | PRC | 1923 | Paulino de Souza Júnior (PRC) João Werneck (PRC) |
| 20 | Manuel Duarte (1877–1944) | 23 December 1927 (1927-12-23) | 24 October 1930 (1930-10-24) | 2 years, 305 days | PRF | 1927 | Eduardo Portella (PRF) Humberto Pentagna (PRF) |

### Vargas Era (1930–1945)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office |
| 21 | Demócrito Barbosa (1880–1961) | 24 October 1930 (1930-10-24) | 27 October 1930 (1930-10-27) | 3 days |
| 22 | Plínio Casado (1870–1964) | 27 October 1930 (1930-10-27) | 29 May 1931 (1931-05-29) | 214 days |
| 23 | Mena Barreto (1874–1933) | 29 May 1931 (1931-05-29) | 4 November 1931 (1931-11-04) | 159 days |
| 24 | Pantaleão Pessoa (1885–1980) | 4 November 1931 (1931-11-04) | 14 December 1931 (1931-12-14) | 40 days |
| 25 | Ari Parreiras | 16 December 1931 (1931-12-16) | 7 November 1935 (1935-11-07) | 3 years, 326 days |
| 26 | Newton Cavalcanti (1885–1965) | 7 November 1935 (1935-11-07) | 12 November 1935 (1935-11-12) | 5 days |
| 27 | Protógenes Guimarães (1876–1938) | 12 November 1935 (1935-11-12) | 9 November 1937 (1937-11-09) | 1 year, 362 days |
| 28 | Amaral Peixoto (1905–1989) | 9 November 1937 (1937-11-09) | 29 October 1945 (1945-10-29) | 7 years, 354 days |

### Fourth Republic (1945–1964)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 29 | Alfredo Neves (1887–1975) | 29 October 1945 (1945-10-29) | 6 November 1945 (1945-11-06) | 8 days | PSD | – | Vacant |
| 30 | Abel Magalhães (1881–1969) | 6 November 1945 (1945-11-06) | 10 February 1946 (1946-02-10) | 96 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 31 | Lúcio Meira (1907–1991) | 10 February 1946 (1946-02-10) | 23 September 1946 (1946-09-23) | 225 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 32 | Hugo Silva (1900–1982) | 23 September 1946 (1946-09-23) | 6 February 1947 (1947-02-06) | 136 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 33 | Francisco Santos (1898–1977) | 6 February 1947 (1947-02-06) | 8 February 1947 (1947-02-08) | 2 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 34 | Álvaro Rocha (1874–1964) | 8 February 1947 (1947-02-08) | 24 February 1947 (1947-02-24) | 16 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 35 | Macedo Soares (1901–1989) | 24 February 1947 (1947-02-24) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 3 years, 341 days | PSD | 1947 | João Guimarães (PSD) |
| 36 | Amaral Peixoto (1805–1989) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 31 January 1955 (1955-01-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PSD | 1950 | Tarcísio Miranda (PST) |
| 37 | Miguel Couto Filho (1900–1969) | 31 January 1955 (1955-01-31) | 2 July 1958 (1958-07-02) | 3 years, 152 days | PSD | 1954 | Roberto Silveira (PTB) |
| 38 | Togo Barros (1914–2007) | 2 July 1958 (1958-07-02) | 31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) | 213 days | PSD | – | Roberto Silveira (PTB) |
| 39 | Roberto Silveira (1923–1961) | 31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) | 28 February 1961 (1961-02-28) | 2 years, 28 days | PTB | 1958 | Celso Peçanha (PSD) |
| 40 | Celso Peçanha (1916–2016) | 28 February 1961 (1961-02-28) | 7 July 1962 (1962-07-07) | 1 year, 129 days | PSD | – | Vacant |
| 41 | José Janotti (1916–1980) | 7 July 1962 (1962-07-07) | 18 January 1963 (1963-01-18) | 195 days | PSD | – | Vacant |
| 42 | Luís Miguel Pinaud (1897–1973) | 18 January 1963 (1963-01-18) | 31 January 1963 (1963-01-31) | 13 days | Independent | – | Vacant |
| 43 | Badger da Silveira (1916–1999) | 31 January 1963 (1963-01-31) | 1 May 1964 (1964-05-01) | 1 year, 91 days | PTB | 1962 | João Batista da Costa (PSD) |

### Military Dictatorship (1964–1985)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 44 | Cordolino Ambrósio (1904–1979) | 1 May 1964 (1964-05-01) | 4 May 1964 (1964-05-04) | 3 days | PTB | – | Vacant |
| 45 | Paulo Torres (1903–2000) | 4 May 1964 (1964-05-04) | 12 August 1966 (1966-08-12) | 2 years, 100 days | ARENA | 1964 | Simão Mansur (UDN) Teotônio Araújo (ARENA) |
| 46 | Teotônio Araújo (1918–1978) | 12 August 1966 (1966-08-12) | 31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) | 172 days | ARENA | – | Vacant |
| 47 | Geremias Fontes (1930–2010) | 31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) | 31 March 1971 (1971-03-31) | 4 years, 59 days | ARENA | 1966 | Heli Ribeiro Gomes (ARENA) |
| 48 | Raimundo Padilha (1899–1988) | 31 March 1971 (1971-03-31) | 15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) | 3 years, 349 days | ARENA | 1970 | Teotônio Araújo (ARENA) |
| 49 | Faria Lima (1917–2011) | 15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | ARENA | 1974 | Vacant |
| 50 | Chagas Freitas (1914–1991) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1978 | Hamilton Xavier (MDB) |

### Sixth Republic (1985–present)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 51 | Leonel Brizola (1922–2004) | 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) | 15 March 1987 (1987-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | PDT | 1982 | Darcy Ribeiro (PDT) |
| 52 | Moreira Franco (born 1944) | 15 March 1987 (1987-03-15) | 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1986 | Francisco Amaral (MDB) |
| 53 | Leonel Brizola (1922–2004) | 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) | 2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) | 3 years, 18 days | PDT | 1990 | Nilo Batista (PDT) |
| 54 | Nilo Batista (born 1944) | 2 April 1994 (1994-04-02) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 274 days | PDT | – | Vacant |
| 55 | Marcello Alencar (1925–2014) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 4 years, 0 days | PSDB | 1994 | Luiz Paulo (PSDB) |
| 56 | Anthony Garotinho (born 1960) | 1 January 1999 (1999-01-01) | 6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) | 3 years, 95 days | PDT PSB | 1998 | Benedita da Silva (PT) |
| 57 | Benedita da Silva (born 1942) | 6 April 2002 (2002-04-06) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 270 days | PT | – | Vacant |
| 58 | Rosinha Garotinho (born 1963) | 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01) | 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) | 4 years, 0 days | PSB MDB | 2002 | Luiz Paulo Conde (PSB) |
| 59 | Sérgio Cabral Filho (born 1963) | 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) | 3 April 2014 (2014-04-03) | 7 years, 92 days | MDB | 2006 2010 | Luiz Fernando Pezão (MDB) |
| 60 | Luiz Fernando Pezão (born 1955) | 3 April 2014 (2014-04-03) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 4 years, 273 days | MDB | – 2014 | Vacant Francisco Dornelles (PP) |
| 61 | Wilson Witzel (born 1968) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) | 2 years, 119 days | PSC | 2018 | Cláudio Castro (PSC) |
| 62 | Cláudio Castro (born 1979) | 30 April 2021 (2021-04-30) | Incumbent | 3 years, 240 days | PSC PL | – 2022 | Vacant Thiago Pampolha (UNIÃO) |
vteCurrent governors of states, districts and territories of Brazil :
AC: Gladson Cameli (PP)
AL: Paulo Dantas (MDB)
AP: Clécio Luís (Solidariedade)
AM: Wilson Lima (UNIÃO)
BA: Jerônimo Rodrigues (PT)
CE: Elmano de Freitas (PT)
DF: Ibaneis Rocha (MDB)
ES: Renato Casagrande (PSB)
GO: Ronaldo Caiado (UNIÃO)
MA: Carlos Brandão (PSB)
MT: Mauro Mendes (UNIÃO)
MS: Eduardo Riedel (PSDB)
MG: Romeu Zema (NOVO)
PA: Helder Barbalho (MDB)
PB: João Azevêdo (PSB)
PR: Ratinho Júnior (PSD)
PE: Raquel Lyra (PSDB)
PI: Rafael Fonteles (PT)
RJ: Cláudio Castro (PL)
RN: Fátima Bezerra (PT)
RS: Eduardo Leite (PSDB)
RO: Marcos Rocha (UNIÃO)
RR: Antonio Denarium (PP)
SP: Tarcísio de Freitas (Republicanos)
SC: Jorginho Mello (PL)
SE: Fábio Mitidieri (PSD)
TO: Wanderlei Barbosa (Republicanos) :