# President of the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

The president of the Chamber of Deputies is the speaker of the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil, elected by his peers for a two-year term. The president is assisted by a board of directors.
Hugo Motta, a deputy from Paraíba and a member of Republicanos, currently holds the office since 1 February 2025.

## List of presidents of the Chamber of Deputies
### Empire of Brazil (1826–1889)

| No. | President | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Province |
| 1 | Luís da Nóbrega Sousa Coutinho (1760–1826) | 8 May 1826 (1826-05-08) | 21 December 1826 (1826-12-21) | 227 days | Moderate | Rio de Janeiro |
| 2 | Francisco de Paula Sousa e Melo (1791–1854) | 4 May 1827 (1827-05-04) | 2 June 1827 (1827-06-02) | 29 days | Liberal-Radical | Rio de Janeiro |
| 3 | Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1793–1870) | 2 June 1827 (1827-06-02) | 5 May 1828 (1828-05-05) | 338 days | Moderate | Pernambuco |
| 4 | José da Costa Carvalho, Marquis of Monte Alegre (1796–1860) | 5 May 1828 (1828-05-05) | 6 July 1828 (1828-07-06) | 62 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 5 | Romualdo Antônio de Seixas, Marquis of Santa Cruz (1787–1860) | 6 July 1828 (1828-07-06) | 4 May 1829 (1829-05-04) | 302 days | Progressive League | Grão-Pará |
| 6 | Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1793–1870) | 4 May 1829 (1829-05-04) | 4 May 1830 (1830-05-04) | 1 year, 0 days | Moderate | Pernambuco |
| 7 | José da Costa Carvalho, Marquis of Monte Alegre (1796–1860) | 4 May 1830 (1830-05-04) | 3 July 1830 (1830-07-03) | 60 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 8 | José Ribeiro Soares da Rocha | 3 July 1830 (1830-07-03) | 3 August 1830 (1830-08-03) | 31 days | Independent | Bahia |
| 9 | José da Costa Carvalho, Marquis of Monte Alegre (1796–1860) | 3 August 1830 (1830-08-03) | 4 May 1831 (1831-05-04) | 274 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 10 | Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada (1775–1844) | 4 May 1831 (1831-05-04) | 11 July 1831 (1831-07-11) | 68 days | Conservative | Minas Gerais |
| 11 | José Martiniano de Alencar (1829–1877) | 11 July 1831 (1831-07-11) | 16 May 1832 (1832-05-16) | 310 days | Liberal-Radical | Ceará |
| 12 | Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté (1798–1883) | 16 May 1832 (1832-05-16) | 2 May 1834 (1834-05-02) | 1 year, 351 days | Conservative | Minas Gerais |
| 13 | Bento de Oliveira Braga | 2 May 1834 (1834-05-02) | 7 June 1834 (1834-06-07) | 36 days | Liberal-Radical | Rio de Janeiro |
| 14 | Venâncio Henriques de Resende (1781–1866) | 7 June 1834 (1834-06-07) | 11 August 1834 (1834-08-11) | 65 days | Progressive League | Pernambuco |
| 15 | Antônio Maria de Moura (1794–1842) | 11 August 1834 (1834-08-11) | 2 May 1835 (1835-05-02) | 264 days | Popular | Minas Gerais |
| 16 | Pedro de Araújo Lima, Marquis of Olinda (1793–1870) | 2 May 1835 (1835-05-02) | 27 September 1837 (1837-09-27) | 2 years, 148 days | Conservative | Pernambuco |
| 17 | Cândido José de Araújo Viana, Marquis of Sapucaí (1793–1875) | 27 September 1837 (1837-09-27) | 6 May 1840 (1840-05-06) | 2 years, 222 days | Popular | Minas Gerais |
| 18 | Joaquim Marcelino de Brito (1799–1879) | 6 May 1840 (1840-05-06) | 16 May 1841 (1841-05-16) | 1 year, 10 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 19 | Romualdo Antônio de Seixas, Marquis of Santa Cruz (1787–1860) | 16 May 1841 (1841-05-16) | 7 August 1841 (1841-08-07) | 83 days | Progressive League | Grão-Pará |
| 20 | Venâncio Henriques de Resende (1781–1866) | 7 August 1841 (1841-08-07) | 4 April 1842 (1842-04-04) | 240 days | Progressive League | Pernambuco |
| 21 | Martim Francisco Ribeiro de Andrada (1825–1886) | 4 April 1842 (1842-04-04) | 12 January 1843 (1843-01-12) | 283 days | Conservative | São Paulo |
| 22 | Manuel Inácio Cavalcanti de Lacerda, Baron of Pirapama (1799–1882) | 12 January 1843 (1843-01-12) | 1 January 1845 (1845-01-01) | 1 year, 355 days | Conservative | Pernambuco |
| 23 | Antonio Paulino Limpo de Abreu, Viscount of Abaeté (1798–1883) | 1 January 1845 (1845-01-01) | 21 June 1845 (1845-06-21) | 171 days | Conservative | Minas Gerais |
| 24 | José Joaquim Fernandes Torres (1797–1869) | 21 June 1845 (1845-06-21) | 25 June 1846 (1846-06-25) | 1 year, 4 days | Progressive League | Minas Gerais |
| 25 | Francisco Muniz Tavares (1793–1876) | 25 June 1846 (1846-06-25) | 2 May 1847 (1847-05-02) | 311 days | Conservative | Pernambuco |
| 26 | José Pedro Dias de Carvalho (1808–1881) | 2 May 1847 (1847-05-02) | 24 June 1848 (1848-06-24) | 1 year, 53 days | Conservative | Minas Gerais |
| 27 | Antônio Pinto Chichorro da Gama (1800–1887) | 24 June 1848 (1848-06-24) | 1 January 1850 (1850-01-01) | 1 year, 191 days | Liberal | Pernambuco |
| 28 | Gabriel Mendes dos Santos (1800–1873) | 1 January 1850 (1850-01-01) | 30 April 1852 (1852-04-30) | 2 years, 120 days | Liberal | Minas Gerais |
| 29 | José Ildefonso de Sousa Ramos, Viscount of Jaguari (1812–1883) | 30 April 1852 (1852-04-30) | 20 May 1852 (1852-05-20) | 20 days | Conservative | Rio de Janeiro |
| 30 | Antônio Peregrino Maciel Monteiro, 2nd Baron of Itamaracá (1804–1868) | 20 May 1852 (1852-05-20) | 16 May 1854 (1854-05-16) | 1 year, 361 days | Liberal | Pernambuco |
| 31 | Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama, Count of Baependi (1812–1887) | 16 May 1854 (1854-05-16) | 15 May 1861 (1861-05-15) | 6 years, 364 days | Conservative | Rio de Janeiro |
| 32 | Pedro Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Viscount of Camaragibe (1806–1875) | 15 May 1861 (1861-05-15) | 1 January 1864 (1864-01-01) | 2 years, 231 days | Conservative | Pernambuco |
| 33 | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos (1815–1877) | 1 January 1864 (1864-01-01) | 1 January 1865 (1865-01-01) | 31 days | Conservative | Paraná |
| 34 | Francisco José Furtado (1818–1870) | 1 February 1864 (1864-02-01) | 10 August 1864 (1864-08-10) | 191 days | Liberal | Maranhão |
| 35 | Camilo Ferreira Armond, Count of Prados (1815–1882) | 10 August 1864 (1864-08-10) | 31 August 1866 (1866-08-31) | 2 years, 21 days | Liberal | Minas Gerais |
| 36 | Saldanha Marinho (1816–1895) | 31 August 1866 (1866-08-31) | 15 May 1867 (1867-05-15) | 257 days | Liberal | Rio de Janeiro |
| 37 | Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo (1826–1886) | 15 May 1867 (1867-05-15) | 15 May 1869 (1869-05-15) | 2 years, 0 days | Conservative | Minas Gerais |
| 38 | Pedro Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Viscount of Camaragibe (1806–1875) | 15 May 1869 (1869-05-15) | 8 June 1869 (1869-06-08) | 24 days | Conservative | Pernambuco |
| 39 | Joaquim Otávio Nébias (1811–1872) | 8 June 1869 (1869-06-08) | 15 May 1870 (1870-05-15) | 341 days | Conservative | São Paulo |
| 40 | Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Costa e Gama, Count of Baependi (1812–1887) | 15 May 1870 (1870-05-15) | 14 August 1871 (1871-08-14) | 1 year, 91 days | Conservative | Rio de Janeiro |
| 41 | Jerônimo José Teixeira Júnior, Viscount of Cruzeiro (1830–1892) | 14 August 1871 (1871-08-14) | 30 March 1873 (1873-03-30) | 1 year, 228 days | Liberal | Rio de Janeiro |
| 42 | Inocêncio de Araújo Góis, Baron of Araújo Góis (1811–1897) | 30 March 1873 (1873-03-30) | 17 June 1874 (1874-06-17) | 1 year, 79 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 43 | Manuel Francisco Correia (1831–1905) | 17 June 1874 (1874-06-17) | 9 February 1877 (1877-02-09) | 2 years, 237 days | Liberal | Paraná |
| 44 | Paulino de Sousa (1834–1901) | 9 February 1877 (1877-02-09) | 22 December 1878 (1878-12-22) | 1 year, 316 days | Conservative | Rio de Janeiro |
| 45 | Camilo Ferreira Armond, Count of Prados (1815–1882) | 22 December 1878 (1878-12-22) | 1 January 1882 (1882-01-01) | 3 years, 10 days | Liberal | Minas Gerais |
| 46 | Martinho Álvares da Silva Campos (1816–1887) | 1 January 1882 (1882-01-01) | 15 February 1882 (1882-02-15) | 45 days | Liberal | Minas Gerais |
| 47 | Martim Ribeiro de Andrada (1825–1886) | 15 February 1882 (1882-02-15) | 28 March 1882 (1882-03-28) | 41 days | Conservative | São Paulo |
| 48 | João Ferreira Moura (1830–1912) | 28 March 1882 (1882-03-28) | 11 July 1882 (1882-07-11) | 105 days | Conservative | Bahia |
| 49 | José Lima Duarte, Viscount of Lima Duarte (1826–1896) | 11 July 1882 (1882-07-11) | 18 June 1884 (1884-06-18) | 1 year, 343 days | Liberal | Minas Gerais |
| 50 | Antônio Moreira de Barros (1841–1896) | 18 June 1884 (1884-06-18) | 31 August 1884 (1884-08-31) | 74 days | Liberal | São Paulo |
| 51 | Manuel Alves de Araújo (1832–1908) | 31 August 1884 (1884-08-31) | 16 March 1885 (1885-03-16) | 197 days | Liberal | Paraná |
| 52 | Antônio Moreira de Barros (1841–1896) | 15 March 1885 (1885-03-15) | 5 May 1885 (1885-05-05) | 51 days | Liberal | São Paulo |
| 53 | Franklin Dória, Baron of Loreto (1836–1906) | 5 May 1885 (1885-05-05) | 7 August 1885 (1885-08-07) | 94 days | Conservative | Piauí |
| 54 | André Augusto de Pádua Fleury (1830–1895) | 7 August 1885 (1885-08-07) | 19 May 1886 (1886-05-19) | 285 days | Conservative | Goiás |
| 55 | Domingos de Andrade Figueira (1834–1910) | 19 May 1886 (1886-05-19) | 14 May 1887 (1887-05-14) | 360 days | Conservative | Rio de Janeiro |
| 56 | Augusto Gomes de Castro (1836–1909) | 14 May 1887 (1887-05-14) | 21 May 1888 (1888-05-21) | 1 year, 6 days | Conservative | Maranhão |
| 57 | Henrique de Lucena, Baron of Lucena (1835–1913) | 21 May 1888 (1888-05-21) | 15 November 1889 (1889-11-15) | 1 year, 178 days | Liberal | Pernambuco |

### Federative Republic of Brazil (1889–present)

| No. | President | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | State |
| 1 | João da Mata Machado (1850–1901) | 18 June 1891 (1891-06-18) | 31 October 1891 (1891-10-31) | 135 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 2 | Bernardino José de Campos Júnior (1841–1941) | 31 October 1891 (1891-10-31) | 18 August 1892 (1892-08-18) | 292 days | PRP | São Paulo |
| 3 | João Lopes Ferreira Filho (1854–1928) | 18 August 1892 (1892-08-18) | 17 May 1894 (1894-05-17) | 1 year, 272 days | Federalist | Ceará |
| 4 | Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva (1857–1929) | 17 May 1894 (1894-05-17) | 19 May 1896 (1896-05-19) | 2 years, 2 days | PR Federal | Pernambuco |
| 5 | Artur César Rios (1846–1906) | 19 May 1896 (1896-05-19) | 9 May 1899 (1899-05-09) | 2 years, 355 days | PRB | Bahia |
| 6 | Carlos Vaz de Melo (1842–1904) | 9 May 1899 (1899-05-09) | 6 May 1903 (1903-05-06) | 3 years, 362 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 7 | Francisco de Paula Oliveira Guimarães (1852–1909) | 6 May 1903 (1903-05-06) | 9 May 1907 (1907-05-09) | 4 years, 3 days | PRB | Bahia |
| 8 | Carlos Peixoto (1871–1917) | 9 May 1907 (1907-05-09) | 5 May 1909 (1909-05-05) | 1 year, 361 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 9 | Sabino Barroso (1859–1919) | 5 May 1909 (1909-05-05) | 21 November 1914 (1914-11-21) | 5 years, 200 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 10 | Astolfo Dutra Nicácio (1864–1920) | 21 November 1914 (1914-11-21) | 8 July 1917 (1917-07-08) | 2 years, 229 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 11 | Sabino Barroso (1859–1919) | 8 July 1917 (1917-07-08) | 15 June 1919 (1919-06-15) | 1 year, 342 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 12 | Astolfo Dutra Nicácio (1864–1920) | 15 June 1919 (1919-06-15) | 7 May 1920 (1920-05-07) | 0 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 13 | Júlio Bueno Brandão (1858–1931) | 7 May 1920 (1920-05-07) | 16 May 1921 (1921-05-16) | 1 year, 9 days | PRM | Minas Gerais |
| 14 | Arnolfo Azevedo (1868–1942) | 16 May 1921 (1921-05-16) | 1 January 1927 (1927-01-01) | 5 years, 230 days | PRP | São Paulo |
| 15 | Sebastião do Rego Barros (1879–1946) | 9 May 1927 (1927-05-09) | 11 November 1930 (1930-11-11) | 3 years, 186 days | PR Federal | Pernambuco |
| 16 | Antônio Ribeiro de Andrada IV (1870–1946) | 15 November 1933 (1933-11-15) | 4 May 1937 (1937-05-04) | 3 years, 170 days | AL | Minas Gerais |
| 17 | Pedro Aleixo (1901–1975) | 4 May 1937 (1937-05-04) | 10 November 1937 (1937-11-10) | 190 days | AL | Minas Gerais |
| 18 | Honório Fernandes Monteiro (1894–1968) | 4 February 1946 (1946-02-04) | 18 March 1947 (1947-03-18) | 1 year, 42 days | PSD | São Paulo |
| 19 | Samuel Duarte (1904–1979) | 18 March 1947 (1947-03-18) | 12 March 1949 (1949-03-12) | 1 year, 359 days | PSD | Paraíba |
| 20 | Carlos Cyrillo Júnior (1886–1965) | 12 March 1949 (1949-03-12) | 12 March 1951 (1951-03-12) | 2 years, 0 days | PSD | São Paulo |
| 21 | Nereu Ramos (1888–1958) | 12 March 1951 (1951-03-12) | 3 February 1955 (1955-02-03) | 3 years, 328 days | PSD | Santa Catarina |
| 22 | Carlos Luz (1894–1961) | 3 February 1955 (1955-02-03) | 15 November 1955 (1955-11-15) | 285 days | PSD | Rio de Janeiro |
| 23 | José Flores da Cunha (1880–1959) | 15 November 1955 (1955-11-15) | 11 March 1956 (1956-03-11) | 117 days | UDN | Rio Grande do Sul |
| 24 | Ulysses Guimarães (1916–1992) | 11 March 1956 (1956-03-11) | 11 March 1958 (1958-03-11) | 2 years, 0 days | PSD | São Paulo |
| 25 | Ranieri Mazzilli (1910–1975) | 11 March 1958 (1958-03-11) | 24 February 1965 (1965-02-24) | 6 years, 350 days | PSD | São Paulo |
| 26 | Olavo Bilac Pinto (1908–1985) | 24 February 1965 (1965-02-24) | 2 March 1966 (1966-03-02) | 1 year, 6 days | ARENA | Minas Gerais |
| 27 | Adauto Lúcio Cardoso (1904–1974) | 2 March 1966 (1966-03-02) | 3 February 1967 (1967-02-03) | 338 days | ARENA | Guanabara |
| 28 | João Batista Ramos (1910–2002) | 3 February 1967 (1967-02-03) | 23 February 1968 (1968-02-23) | 1 year, 20 days | ARENA | São Paulo |
| 29 | José Bonifácio Lafayette de Andrada (1904–1986) | 23 February 1968 (1968-02-23) | 30 March 1970 (1970-03-30) | 2 years, 35 days | ARENA | Minas Gerais |
| 30 | Geraldo Freire (1912–2002) | 30 March 1970 (1970-03-30) | 3 February 1971 (1971-02-03) | 310 days | ARENA | Minas Gerais |
| 31 | Ernesto Pereira Lopes (1905–1993) | 3 February 1971 (1971-02-03) | 28 February 1973 (1973-02-28) | 2 years, 25 days | ARENA | São Paulo |
| 32 | Flávio Marcílio (1917–1992) | 28 February 1973 (1973-02-28) | 2 February 1975 (1975-02-02) | 1 year, 339 days | ARENA | Ceará |
| 33 | Célio Borja (1928–2022) | 2 February 1975 (1975-02-02) | 28 February 1977 (1977-02-28) | 2 years, 26 days | ARENA | Rio de Janeiro |
| 34 | Marco Maciel (1940–2021) | 28 February 1977 (1977-02-28) | 2 February 1979 (1979-02-02) | 1 year, 339 days | ARENA | Pernambuco |
| 35 | Flávio Marcílio (1917–1992) | 2 February 1979 (1979-02-02) | 26 February 1981 (1981-02-26) | 2 years, 24 days | ARENA | Ceará |
| 36 | Nelson Marchezan (1938–2002) | 26 February 1981 (1981-02-26) | 2 February 1983 (1983-02-02) | 1 year, 341 days | PDS | Rio Grande do Sul |
| 37 | Flávio Marcílio (1917–1992) | 2 February 1983 (1983-02-02) | 28 February 1985 (1985-02-28) | 2 years, 26 days | PDS | Ceará |
| 38 | Ulysses Guimarães (1916–1992) | 28 February 1985 (1985-02-28) | 15 February 1989 (1989-02-15) | 3 years, 353 days | MDB | São Paulo |
| 39 | Antonio Paes de Andrade (1927–2015) | 15 February 1989 (1989-02-15) | 2 February 1991 (1991-02-02) | 1 year, 352 days | MDB | Ceará |
| 40 | Ibsen Pinheiro (1935–2020) | 2 February 1991 (1991-02-02) | 2 February 1993 (1993-02-02) | 2 years, 0 days | MDB | Rio Grande do Sul |
| 41 | Inocêncio de Oliveira (born 1938) | 2 February 1993 (1993-02-02) | 2 February 1995 (1995-02-02) | 2 years, 0 days | PFL | Pernambuco |
| 42 | Luís Eduardo Magalhães (1955–1998) | 2 February 1995 (1995-02-02) | 5 February 1997 (1997-02-05) | 2 years, 3 days | PFL | Bahia |
| 43 | Michel Temer (born 1940) | 5 February 1997 (1997-02-05) | 14 February 2001 (2001-02-14) | 4 years, 9 days | MDB | São Paulo |
| 44 | Aécio Neves (born 1960) | 14 February 2001 (2001-02-14) | 17 December 2002 (2002-12-17) | 1 year, 306 days | PSDB | Minas Gerais |
| 45 | Efraim Morais (born 1952) | 17 December 2002 (2002-12-17) | 2 February 2003 (2003-02-02) | 47 days | PFL | Paraíba |
| 46 | João Paulo Cunha (born 1958) | 2 February 2003 (2003-02-02) | 14 February 2005 (2005-02-14) | 2 years, 12 days | PT | São Paulo |
| 47 | Severino Cavalcanti (1930–2020) | 14 February 2005 (2005-02-14) | 21 September 2005 (2005-09-21) | 219 days | PP | Pernambuco |
| – | José Thomaz Nonô (born 1947) Acting | 21 September 2005 (2005-09-21) | 28 September 2005 (2005-09-28) | 7 days | PFL | Alagoas |
| 48 | Aldo Rebelo (born 1956) | 28 September 2005 (2005-09-28) | 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01) | 1 year, 126 days | PCdoB | São Paulo |
| 49 | Arlindo Chinaglia (born 1949) | 1 February 2007 (2007-02-01) | 2 February 2009 (2009-02-02) | 2 years, 1 day | PT | São Paulo |
| 50 | Michel Temer (born 1940) | 2 February 2009 (2009-02-02) | 17 December 2010 (2010-12-17) | 1 year, 318 days | MDB | São Paulo |
| 51 | Marco Maia (born 1965) | 17 December 2010 (2010-12-17) | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 2 years, 49 days | PT | Rio Grande do Sul |
| 52 | Henrique Eduardo Alves (born 1948) | 4 February 2013 (2013-02-04) | 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) | 1 year, 362 days | MDB | Rio Grande do Norte |
| 53 | Eduardo Cunha (born 1958) | 1 February 2015 (2015-02-01) | 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) | 1 year, 94 days | MDB | Rio de Janeiro |
| – | Waldir Maranhão (born 1955) Acting | 5 May 2016 (2016-05-05) | 14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) | 70 days | PP | Maranhão |
| 54 | Rodrigo Maia (born 1970) | 14 July 2016 (2016-07-14) | 1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) | 4 years, 202 days | DEM | Rio de Janeiro |
| 55 | Arthur Lira (born 1969) | 1 February 2021 (2021-02-01) | 1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) | 4 years, 0 days | PP | Alagoas |
| 56 | Hugo Motta (born 1989) | 1 February 2025 (2025-02-01) | Incumbent | 7 days | Republicanos | Paraíba |