# Commander of the Brazilian Navy

This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy.
With the creation of the Ministry of Defence, on 10 June 1999, by complementary law No. 97 of 9 June 1999, the Ministry of the Navy was transformed into Navy Command, and the Minister of the Navy came to be called Commander of the Navy.

## United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

| Name | Start | End | Head of government |
| João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes | 10 March 1808 | 30 December 1809 | John VI (also head of state) |
| Fernando José de Portugal e Castro | 30 December 1809 | 7 January 1810 | John VI (also head of state) |
| João de Almeida Melo e Castro | 7 January 1810 | 18 January 1814 | John VI (also head of state) |
| António de Araújo e Azevedo | 18 January 1814 | 21 June 1817 | John VI (also head of state) |
| João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas | 21 June 1817 | 29 November 1817 | John VI (also head of state) |
| Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal | 29 November 1817 | 5 February 1818 | John VI (also head of state) |
| Marcos de Noronha e Brito | 5 February 1818 | 22 February 1821 | John VI (also head of state) |
| Joaquim José Monteiro Torres | 22 February 1821 | 22 April 1821 | John VI (also head of state) |
| Manuel Antônio Farinha | 22 April 1821 | 22 October 1822 | John VI (also head of state) |
* Reference: Brazilian Navy

## Empire of Brazil
### Reign of Pedro I

| No. | Name | Start | End | Head of government |
| 1 | Manuel Antônio Farinha | 16 January 1822 | | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 2 | Luís da Cunha Moreira | 22 October 1822 | 15 November 1823 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| — | Pedro José da Costa Barros (acting) | 15 November 1823 | 17 November 1823 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 3 | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 17 November 1823 | 16 January 1827 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 4 | Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho | 16 January 1827 | 22 November 1827 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 5 | Diogo Jorge de Brito | 22 November 1827 | 30 May 1828 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| — | João Carlos Augusto von Oyenhausen-Gravenburg (acting) | 30 May 1828 | 6 June 1828 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| — | Diogo Jorge de Brito (acting) | 6 June 1828 | 16 June 1828 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 6 | Miguel de Sousa Melo e Alvim | 16 June 1828 | 4 December 1829 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| 7 | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 4 December 1829 | 18 March 1831 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| — | José Manuel de Almeida (acting) | 19 March 1831 | 5 April 1831 | Pedro I (also head of state) |
| — | Francisco Vilela Barbosa (acting) | 5 April 1831 | 7 April 1831 | Pedro I (also head of state) |

### Regency period

| No. | Name | Start | End | Head of government |
| 7 | José Manuel de Almeida | 7 April 1831 | 17 June 1831 | Provisional Triumviral Regency |
| 7 | José Manuel de Almeida | 17 June 1831 | 28 October 1831 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| 8 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 28 October 1831 | 3 August 1832 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | Bento Barroso Pereira (acting) | 3 August 1832 | 14 September 1832 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) | 14 September 1832 | 8 November 1832 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| 9 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 8 November 1832 | 30 July 1834 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) | 30 July 1834 | 16 January 1835 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | João Paulo dos Santos Barreto (acting) | 16 January 1835 | 14 March 1835 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa (acting) | 14 March 1835 | 17 March 1835 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| 10 | José Pereira Pinto | 17 March 1835 | 14 October 1835 | Permanent Triumviral Regency |
| — | Manuel da Fonseca Lima e Silva (acting) | 14 October 1835 | 5 February 1836 | Diogo Antônio Feijó |
| 11 | Salvador José Maciel | 5 February 1836 | 16 May 1837 | Diogo Antônio Feijó |
| 12 | Tristão Pio dos Santos | 16 May 1837 | 18 September 1837 | Diogo Antônio Feijó |
| 13 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 18 September 1837 | 16 April 1839 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 14 | Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira | 16 April 1839 | 23 May 1840 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 15 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 23 May 1840 | 23 July 1840 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |

### Reign of Pedro II

| No. | Name | Start | End | Head of government |
| 16 | Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | 24 July 1840 | 23 March 1841 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 17 | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 23 March 1841 | 26 August 1841 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| — | José Clemente Pereira | 26 August 1841 | 13 September 1841 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| — | Francisco Vilela Barbosa | 13 September 1841 | 20 January 1843 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 18 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 20 January 1843 | 24 January 1843 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| — | Salvador José Maciel | 24 January 1843 | 2 February 1843 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 19 | Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | 2 February 1843 | 2 February 1844 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 20 | Jerônimo Francisco Coelho | 2 February 1844 | 23 May 1844 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 21 | Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque | 23 May 1844 | 17 May 1847 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| — | João Paulo dos Santos Barreto | 17 May 1847 | 22 May 1847 | Pedro II (also head of state) |
| 22 | Cândido Batista de Oliveira | 22 May 1847 | 8 March 1848 | Manuel Alves Branco |
| — | Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo | 8 March 1848 | 14 May 1848 | José de Almeida Torres |
| 23 | Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão | 14 May 1848 | 29 September 1848 | José de Almeida Torres Sousa e Melo |
| 24 | Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo | 29 September 1848 | 23 July 1849 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 25 | Manuel Vieira Tosta | 23 July 1849 | 11 May 1852 | Pedro de Araújo Lima José da Costa Carvalho |
| 26 | Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos | 11 May 1852 | 6 September 1853 | Joaquim Rodrigues Torres |
| — | Pedro de Alcântara Bellegarde | 6 September 1853 | 15 December 1853 | Honório Carneiro Leão |
| 27 | José Maria da Silva Paranhos | 15 February 1853 | 14 June 1855 | Honório Carneiro Leão |
| 28 | João Maurício Wanderley | 14 June 1855 | 8 October 1856 | Honório Carneiro Leão Luís Alves de Lima e Silva |
| — | José Maria da Silva Paranhos | 8 October 1856 | 4 May 1857 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva |
| 29 | José Antônio Saraiva | 4 May 1857 | 12 December 1858 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 30 | Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu | 12 December 1858 | 10 August 1859 | Antônio Limpo de Abreu |
| 31 | Francisco Xavier Pais Barreto | 10 August 1859 | 2 March 1861 | Ângelo da Silva Ferraz |
| 32 | Joaquim José Inácio | 2 March 1861 | 24 May 1862 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva |
| — | José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva | 24 May 1862 | 30 May 1862 | Zacarias de Góis |
| 33 | Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare | 30 May 1862 | 15 January 1864 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 34 | João Pedro Dias Vieira | 15 January 1864 | 31 March 1864 | Zacarias de Góis |
| 35 | Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque | 31 March 1864 | 31 August 1864 | Zacarias de Góis |
| 36 | Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima | 31 August 1864 | 12 May 1865 | Francisco José Furtado |
| — | José Antônio Saraiva | 12 May 1865 | 27 June 1865 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 37 | Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo | 27 June 1865 | 27 January 1866 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| — | José Antônio Saraiva | 27 January 1866 | 17 February 1866 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 38 | Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo | 17 February 1866 | 3 August 1866 | Pedro de Araújo Lima |
| 39 | Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo | 3 August 1866 | 16 July 1868 | Zacarias de Góis |
| 40 | João Maurício Wanderley | 16 July 1868 | 29 September 1870 | Joaquim Rodrigues Torres |
| 41 | Luís Antônio Pereira Franco | 29 September 1870 | 7 March 1871 | Pimenta Bueno |
| 42 | Manuel Antônio Duarte de Azevedo | 7 March 1871 | 18 May 1872 | José Paranhos |
| 43 | Joaquim Delfino Ribeiro da Luz | 18 May 1872 | 25 June 1875 | José Paranhos |
| 44 | Luís Antônio Pereira Franco | 25 June 1875 | 5 January 1878 | Luís Alves de Lima e Silva |
| 45 | Eduardo de Andrade Pinto | 5 January 1878 | 24 December 1878 | Cansanção de Sinimbu |
| 46 | João Ferreira de Moura | 24 December 1878 | 9 December 1879 | Cansanção de Sinimbu |
| — | João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá | 9 December 1879 | 24 January 1880 | Cansanção de Sinimbu |
| 47 | João Ferreira de Moura | 24 January 1880 | 28 March 1880 | Cansanção de Sinimbu |
| — | Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa | 28 March 1880 | 30 March 1880 | José Antônio Saraiva |
| 48 | José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte | 30 March 1880 | 21 January 1882 | José Antônio Saraiva |
| — | Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena | 21 January 1882 | 28 January 1882 | Martinho Campos |
| 49 | Bento Francisco de Paula Sousa | 28 January 1882 | 6 May 1882 | Martinho Campos |
| 50 | Antônio Carneiro da Rocha | 6 May 1882 | 3 July 1882 | Martinho Campos |
| 51 | João Florentino Meira de Vasconcelos | 3 July 1882 | 24 May 1883 | João da Cunha Paranaguá |
| 52 | Antônio de Almeida e Oliveira | 24 May 1883 | 6 June 1884 | Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira |
| 53 | Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare | 6 June 1884 | 6 May 1885 | Manuel de Sousa Dantas |
| 54 | Luís Filipe de Sousa Leão | 6 May 1885 | 20 August 1885 | José Antônio Saraiva |
| 55 | Alfredo Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves | 20 August 1885 | 12 June 1886 | João Maurício Wanderley |
| 56 | Samuel Wallace MacDowell | 12 June 1886 | 10 May 1887 | João Maurício Wanderley |
| 57 | Carlos Frederico Castrioto | 10 May 1887 | 10 March 1888 | João Maurício Wanderley |
| 58 | Luís Antônio Vieira da Silva | 10 March 1888 | 4 January 1889 | João Correia de Oliveira |
| — | Tomás José Coelho de Almeida | 4 January 1889 | 8 February 1889 | João Correia de Oliveira |
| 59 | Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho | 8 February 1889 | 7 June 1889 | João Correia de Oliveira |
| 60 | José da Costa Azevedo | 7 June 1889 | 15 November 1889 | Afonso Celso |

## Republican period
### First Brazilian Republic

| No. | Name | Start | End | President |
| 61 | Eduardo Wandenkolk | 15 November 1889 | 22 January 1891 | Deodoro da Fonseca |
| 62 | Fortunato Foster Vidal | 22 January 1891 | 23 November 1891 | Deodoro da Fonseca |
| 63 | Custódio José de Melo | 23 November 1891 | 30 April 1893 | Floriano Peixoto |
| 64 | Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves | 30 April 1893 | 5 January 1894 | Floriano Peixoto |
| 65 | Francisco José Coelho Neto | 5 January 1894 | 26 June 1894 | Floriano Peixoto |
| — | Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat (acting) | 26 June 1894 | 2 July 1894 | Floriano Peixoto |
| 66 | João Gonçalves Duarte | 2 July 1894 | 5 November 1894 | Floriano Peixoto |
| 67 | Eliziário José Barbosa | 15 November 1894 | 21 November 1896 | Prudente de Morais |
| 68 | Manuel José Alves Barbosa | 21 November 1896 | 15 November 1898 | Prudente de Morais |
| 69 | Carlos Baltasar da Silveira | 15 November 1898 | 19 August 1899 | Campos Sales |
| 70 | José Pinto da Luz | 19 August 1899 | 15 November 1902 | Campos Sales |
| 71 | Júlio César de Noronha | 15 November 1902 | 15 November 1906 | Rodrigues Alves |
| 72 | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 15 November 1906 | 14 June 1909 | Afonso Pena |
| 72 | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 14 June 1909 | 15 November 1910 | Nilo Peçanha |
| 73 | Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão | 15 November 1910 | 11 January 1912 | Hermes da Fonseca |
| 74 | Manuel Inácio Belfort Vieira | 11 January 1912 | 12 July 1913 | Hermes da Fonseca |
| 75 | Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva (acting) | 12 July 1913 | 2 August 1913 | Hermes da Fonseca |
| 76 | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 2 August 1913 | 15 November 1914 | Hermes da Fonseca |
| 76 | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 15 November 1914 | 15 November 1918 | Venceslau Brás |
| 77 | Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira | 15 November 1918 | 26 July 1919 | Delfim Moreira |
| 78 | Raul Soares de Moura | 26 July 1919 | 20 October 1920 | Epitácio Pessoa |
| 79 | Joaquim Ferreira Chaves | 20 October 1920 | 12 September 1921 | Epitácio Pessoa |
| 80 | João Pedro da Veiga Miranda | 12 September 1921 | 15 November 1922 | Epitácio Pessoa |
| 81 | Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | 15 November 1922 | 18 April 1926 | Artur Bernardes |
| 82 | Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz | 20 April 1926 | 15 November 1926 | Artur Bernardes |
| 82 | Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz | 15 November 1926 | 20 October 1930 | Washington Luís |

### Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republics)

| No. | Name | Start | End | President |
| 83 | José Isaías de Noronha | 25 October 1930 | 3 November 1930 | Military Junta of 1930 |
| 83 | José Isaías de Noronha | 3 November 1930 | 17 December 1930 | Getúlio Vargas |
| 84 | Conrado Heck | 17 December 1930 | 9 June 1931 | Getúlio Vargas |
| 85 | Protógenes Pereira Guimarães | 9 June 1931 | 12 November 1935 | Getúlio Vargas |
| 86 | Henrique Aristides Guilhem | 12 November 1935 | 30 October 1945 | Getúlio Vargas |
| 87 | Jorge Dodsworth Martins | 30 October 1945 | 31 January 1946 | José Linhares |

### Fourth Brazilian Republic

| No. | Name | Start | End | President |
| 87 | Jorge Dodsworth Martins | 31 January 1946 | 29 September 1946 | Eurico Dutra |
| 88 | Sílvio de Noronha | 29 August 1946 | 31 January 1951 | Eurico Dutra |
| 89 | Renato de Almeida Guillobel | 31 January 1951 | 26 August 1954 | Getúlio Vargas |
| 90 | Edmundo Jordão Amorim do Vale | 26 August 1954 | 11 November 1955 | Café Filho |
| 91 | Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior | 11 November 1955 | 31 January 1956 | Nereu Ramos |
| 91 | Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior | 31 January 1956 | 19 August 1958 | Juscelino Kubitschek |
| 92 | Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia | 19 August 1958 | 3 January 1961 | Juscelino Kubitschek |
| 93 | Sílvio Heck | 3 January 1961 | 25 August 1961 | Jânio Quadros |
| 93 | Sílvio Heck | 25 August 1961 | 8 September 1961 | Ranieri Mazzilli |
| 94 | Ângelo Nolasco de Almeida | 8 September 1961 | 27 June 1962 | João Goulart |
| — | Heitor Doyle Maia (acting) | 27 June 1962 | 12 July 1962 | João Goulart |
| 95 | Pedro Paulo de Araújo Suzano | 12 July 1962 | 14 June 1963 | João Goulart |
| 96 | Sílvio Borges de Sousa Mota | 14 June 1963 | 27 March 1964 | João Goulart |
| 97 | Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues | 27 March 1964 | 4 April 1964 | João Goulart |

### Military dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)

| No. | Name | Start | End | President |
| 98 | Augusto Rademaker | 4 April 1964 | 20 April 1964 | Ranieri Mazzilli |
| 99 | Ernesto de Melo Batista | 20 April 1964 | 15 January 1965 | Castelo Branco |
| 100 | Paulo Bosísio | 15 January 1965 | 17 December 1965 | Castelo Branco |
| 101 | Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo | 17 December 1965 | 15 March 1967 | Castelo Branco |
| 102 | Augusto Rademaker | 15 March 1967 | 31 August 1969 | Costa e Silva |
| 102 | Augusto Rademaker | 31 August 1969 | 30 October 1969 | Military Junta of 1969 |
| 103 | Adalberto de Barros Nunes | 30 October 1969 | 15 March 1974 | Emílio Médici |
| 104 | Geraldo Azevedo Henning | 15 March 1974 | 15 March 1979 | Ernesto Geisel |
| 105 | Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca | 15 March 1979 | 21 March 1984 | João Figueiredo |
| 106 | Alfredo Karam | 21 March 1984 | 15 March 1985 | João Figueiredo |

### Sixth Brazilian Republic

| No. | Name | Start | End | President |
| 107 | Henrique Saboia | 15 March 1985 | 15 March 1990 | José Sarney |
| 108 | Mário César Flores | 15 March 1990 | 8 October 1992 | Fernando Collor |
| 109 | Ivan da Silveira Serpa | 8 October 1992 | 1 January 1995 | Itamar Franco |
| 110 | Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira | 1 January 1995 | 31 December 1998 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| 111 | Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 1 January 1999 | 10 June 1999 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| Commander of the Navy |||||
| — | Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | 10 June 1999 | 3 January 2003 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
| 112 | Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho | 3 January 2003 | 1 March 2007 | Lula da Silva |
| 113 | Julio Soares de Moura Neto | 1 March 2007 | 1 January 2011 | Lula da Silva |
| 113 | Julio Soares de Moura Neto | 1 January 2011 | 7 February 2015 | Dilma Rousseff |
| 114 | Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira | 7 February 2015 | 31 August 2016 | Dilma Rousseff |
| 114 | Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira | 31 August 2016 | 9 January 2019 | Michel Temer |
| 115 | Ilques Barbosa Junior | 9 January 2019 | 31 March 2021 | Jair Bolsonaro |
| 116 | Almir Garnier Santos | 31 March 2021 | 1 January 2023 | Jair Bolsonaro |
| 117 | Marcos Sampaio Olsen | 1 January 2023 | incumbent | Lula da Silva |