# List of governors-general of Brazil

This is a list of governors-general of colonial Brazil (Portuguese: governadores-gerais). The office was created by D. João III in 1549. From 1640 onward, some governors-general held the title of viceroy (Portuguese: vice-rei). The office was the same, only the title was different in order to correspond to the dignity of the individual appointed to the office. From 1720, however, until the arrival of D. João VI, king of Portugal, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1808, all governors-general were viceroys.

## List

| | Name | Title | Time in office (approx.) | Ref. |
| 1 | Tomé de Sousa | governor | 7 July 1549 — 1 May 1553 | |
| 2 | Duarte da Costa | governor | 1 May 1553 — 3 January 1558 | |
| 3 | Mem de Sá | governor | 3 January 1558 — 2 March 1572 | |
| 1572 - Division of Brazil into two governor-generalship, one in Bahia (north) and the other in Rio de Janeiro (south) ||||||
| 4 | Luís de Brito e Almeida | governor (in Bahia) | 10 December 1572 — 12 April 1578 | |
| 1578 - Reunification of the governor-generalship in Bahia ||||||
| 5 | Lourenço da Veiga | governor-general | 12 April 1578 — 17 June 1581 | [6][7][8] [9][10] |
| 6 | Manuel Teles Barreto | governor-general | 11 May 1582 — 9 May 1587 | [6][11] [12][13] |
| 7 | Francisco de Sousa | governor-general | 1592 — 1 April 1602 | |
| 8 | Diogo Botelho | governor-general | 1 April 1602 — 1607 | |
| 1608 - Division of Brazil into two governor-generalship, one in Bahia (north) and the other in Rio de Janeiro (south) ||||||
| 9 | Diogo de Meneses e Sequeira | governor-general (in Bahia) | 1608 — 22 August 1612 | |
| 1612 - Reunification of the governor-generalship in Bahia ||||||
| 10 | Gaspar de Sousa | governor-general | 1613 — 1 January 1617 | [6][19] [20][21] |
| 11 | Luís de Sousa Count of Prado | governor-general | 1 January 1617 — 12 October 1621 | |
| 1621 - State of Maranhão becomes autonomous (1621) ||||||
| 12 | Diogo de Mendonça Furtado | governor-general | 12 October 1621 — 26 July 1624 | |
| 13 | Francisco de Moura Rolim | governor-general | 1625 - 1627 | |
| 14 | Diogo Luís de Oliveira | governor-general | 1627 — 11 December 1635 | |
| 15 | Pedro da Silva Count of São Lourenço | governor-general | 11 December 1635 — 23 January 1639 | |
| 16 | Fernando de Mascarenhas Count of Torre | governor-general | 23 January 1639 — 1640 | |
| 17 | Jorge de Mascarenhas Marquis of Montalvão | 1# viceroy | 26 May 1640 — 16 April 1641 | |
| 18 | António Teles da Silva | governor-general | 1642 — 26 December 1647 | |
| 19 | António Teles de Meneses Count of Vila Pouca de Aguiar | governor-general | 26 December 1647 — 10 March 1650 | |
| 20 | João Rodrigues de Vasconcelos e Sousa, 2nd Count of Castelo Melhor Count of Castelo Melhor | governor-general | 10 March 1650 — 14 December 1654 | |
| 21 | Jerónimo de Ataíde Count of Atouguia | governor-general | 14 December 1654 — 20 June 1657 | |
| 22 | Francisco Barreto de Meneses | governor-general | 20 June 1657 — 21 July 1663 | |
| 23 | Vasco Mascarenhas Count of Óbidos | 2# viceroy | 21 July 1663 — 13 June 1667 | |
| 24 | Alexandre de Sousa Freire | governor-general | 13 July 1667 — 8 May 1671 | |
| 25 | Afonso Furtado de Castro de Mendonça Viscount of Barbacena | governor-general | 8 May 1671 — 26 November 1675 | |
| 26 | Roque da Costa Barreto | governor-general | 5 March 1678 — 23 May 1682 | |
| 27 | António de Sousa Meneses | governor-general | 23 May 1682 — 4 June 1684 | |
| 28 | António Luís de Sousa Telo de Meneses Marquis of Minas | governor-general | 4 June 1684 — 4 June 1687 | |
| 29 | Matias da Cunha | governor-general | 4 June 1687 — 24 October 1688 | |
| 30 | Antônio Luís Gonçalves da Câmara Coutinho | governor-general | 8 October 1690 — 22 May 1694 | |
| 31 | João de Lencastre | governor-general | 22 May 1694 — 3 July 1702 | |
| 32 | Rodrigo da Costa | governor-general | 3 July 1702 — 8 September 1705 | |
| 33 | Luís César de Meneses | governor-general | 8 September 1705 — 3 May 1710 | |
| 34 | Lourenço de Almada Count of Avranches | governor-general | 3 May 1710 — 14 October 1711 | |
| 35 | Pedro de Vasconcelos e Sousa | governor-general | 14 October 1711 — 14 October 1714 | |
| 36 | Pedro António de Meneses Noronha Marquis of Angeja | 3# viceroy | 14 October 1714 — 11 June 1718 | |
| 37 | Sancho de Faro e Sousa Count of Vimieiro | governor-general | 21 August 1718 — 13 October 1719 | |
| 38 | Vasco Fernandes César de Meneses Count of Sabugosa | 4# viceroy | 23 November 1720 — 11 May 1735 | |
| 39 | André de Melo e Castro Count of Galveias | 5# viceroy | 11 May 1735 — 17 December 1749 | |
| 40 | Luís Pedro Peregrino de Carvalho e Ataíde Count of Atouguia | 6# viceroy | 17 December 1749 — 17 August 1754 | |
| 41 | Marcos José de Noronha e Brito Count of Arcos | 7# viceroy | 23 December 1755 — 9 January 1760 | |
| 42 | António de Almeida Soares Portugal Marquis of Lavradio | 8# viceroy | 9 January 1760 — 4 July 1760 | |
| 43 | António Álvares da Cunha Count of Cunha | 9# viceroy | 27 June 1763 — 31 August 1767 | |
| 44 | Antônio Rolim de Moura Tavares Count of Azambuja | 10# viceroy | 17 November 1767 — 4 November 1769 | |
| 45 | Luís de Almeida Portugal Soares Mascarenhas Marquis of Lavradio and Count of Avintes | 11# viceroy | 4 November 1769 — 30 April 1778 | |
| 1775 - Reunification of the State of Brazil ||||||
| 46 | Luís de Vasconcelos e Sousa Count of Figueiró | 12# viceroy | 30 April 1778 — 9 May 1790 | |
| 47 | José Luís de Castro Count of Resende | 13# viceroy | 4 June 1790 — 14 October 1801 | |
| 48 | Fernando José de Portugal e Castro Marquis of Aguiar | 14# viceroy | 14 October 1801 — 14 October 1806 | |
| 49 | Marcos de Noronha e Brito Count of Arcos | 15# viceroy | 14 October 1806 — 22 January 1808 | |