# List of governors of São Paulo

The Governor of São Paulo is the position of the head of government of São Paulo, Brazil.

## Line of succession

According to Article 40 of the State Constitution, the line of succession is as follows:
* Vice-Governor
* President of the Legislative Assembly
* President of the State Court of Justice

## First Republic (1889–1930)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| – | Provisional Governative Junta Acting | 15 November 1889 (1889-11-15) | 14 December 1889 (1889-12-14) | 29 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | None |
| 1 | Prudente de Morais (1841–1902) | 14 December 1889 (1889-12-14) | 18 October 1890 (1890-10-18) | 308 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Francisco Glicério (Republican Party of São Paulo) Luís Pereira Barreto (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 2 | Jorge Tibiriçá (1855–1928) | 18 October 1890 (1890-10-18) | 7 March 1891 (1891-03-07) | 140 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Francisco Glicério (Republican Party of São Paulo) Luís Pereira Barreto (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 3 | Américo Brasiliense (1833–1896) | 7 March 1891 (1891-03-07) | 15 December 1891 (1891-12-15) | 283 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – 1891 | Francisco Glicério (Republican Party of São Paulo) Luís Pereira Barreto (Republican Party of São Paulo) Cerqueira César (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 4 | Sérgio Castelo Branco (1844–1894) | 15 December 1891 (1891-12-15) | 16 December 1891 (1891-12-16) | 1 day | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | None |
| 5 | Cerqueira César (1835–1911) | 16 December 1891 (1891-12-16) | 23 August 1892 (1892-08-23) | 251 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | None |
| 6 | Bernardino de Campos (1841–1915) | 23 August 1892 (1892-08-23) | 15 April 1896 (1896-04-15) | 3 years, 236 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1892 | Cerqueira César (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 7 | Peixoto Gomide (1849–1906) | 15 April 1896 (1896-04-15) | 1 May 1896 (1896-05-01) | 16 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Cerqueira César (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 8 | Campos Sales (1841–1913) | 1 May 1896 (1896-05-01) | 31 October 1897 (1897-10-31) | 1 year, 183 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1896 | Peixoto Gomide (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 9 | Peixoto Gomide (1849–1906) | 31 October 1897 (1897-10-31) | 10 November 1898 (1898-11-10) | 1 year, 10 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Vacant |
| 10 | Fernando Prestes (1855–1937) | 10 November 1898 (1898-11-10) | 1 May 1900 (1900-05-01) | 1 year, 172 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1898 | Peixoto Gomide (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 11 | Rodrigues Alves (1848–1919) | 1 May 1900 (1900-05-01) | 13 February 1902 (1902-02-13) | 1 year, 288 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1900 | Domingos de Morais (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 12 | Domingos de Morais (1851–1917) | 13 February 1902 (1902-02-13) | 3 July 1902 (1902-07-03) | 140 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Vacant |
| 13 | Bernardino de Campos (1841–1915) | 3 July 1902 (1902-07-03) | 1 May 1904 (1904-05-01) | 1 year, 303 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1902 | Domingos de Morais (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 14 | Jorge Tibiriçá (1855–1928) | 1 May 1904 (1904-05-01) | 1 May 1908 (1908-05-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1904 | João Baptista de Mello Oliveira (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 15 | Albuquerque Lins (1852–1926) | 1 May 1908 (1908-05-01) | 1 May 1912 (1912-05-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1908 | Francisco Prestes (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 16 | Rodrigues Alves (1848–1919) | 1 May 1912 (1912-05-01) | 1 May 1916 (1916-05-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1912 | Carlos Augusto Pereira Guimarães (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 17 | Altino Arantes (1876–1965) | 1 May 1916 (1916-05-01) | 1 May 1920 (1920-05-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1916 | Antônio Cândido Rodrigues (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 18 | Washington Luís (1869–1957) | 1 May 1920 (1920-05-01) | 1 May 1924 (1924-05-01) | 4 years, 0 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1920 | Virgílio Rodrigues Alves (Republican Party of São Paulo) Vacant |
| 19 | Carlos de Campos (1866–1927) | 1 May 1924 (1924-05-01) | 27 April 1927 (1927-04-27) | 2 years, 361 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1924 | Fernando Prestes (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 20 | Antônio Dino Bueno (1854–1931) | 27 April 1927 (1927-04-27) | 14 July 1927 (1927-07-14) | 78 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Vacant |
| 21 | Júlio Prestes (1882–1946) | 14 July 1827 (1827-07-14) | 21 May 1930 (1930-05-21) | 2 years, 311 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | 1927 | Heitor Penteado (Republican Party of São Paulo) |
| 22 | Heitor Penteado (1878–1947) | 21 May 1930 (1930-05-21) | 24 October 1930 (1930-10-24) | 156 days | Republican Party of São Paulo | – | Vacant |

## Second and Third Republic "Vargas Era" (1930–1945)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party |
| 23 | Hastínfilo de Moura (1865–1956) | 24 October 1930 (1930-10-24) | 28 October 1930 (1930-10-28) | 4 days | PD |
| 24 | José Maria Whitaker (1879–1971) | 28 October 1930 (1930-10-28) | 4 November 1930 (1930-11-04) | 7 days | PD |
| 25 | Plínio Barreto (1882–1958) | 4 November 1930 (1930-11-04) | 25 November 1930 (1930-11-25) | 21 days | PD |
| 26 | João Alberto de Barros (1897–1955) | 25 November 1930 (1930-11-25) | 25 July 1931 (1931-07-25) | 242 days | UDR |
| 27 | Laudo Camargo (1881–1963) | 25 July 1931 (1931-07-25) | 13 November 1931 (1931-11-13) | 111 days | PP |
| 28 | Manuel Rabelo (1873–1945) | 13 November 1931 (1931-11-13) | 7 March 1932 (1932-03-07) | 115 days | PP |
| 29 | Pedro Toledo (1860–1935) | 7 March 1932 (1932-03-07) | 2 October 1932 (1932-10-02) | 209 days | PP |
| 30 | Herculano de Carvalho e Silva (1892–1963) | 2 October 1932 (1932-10-02) | 6 October 1932 (1932-10-06) | 4 days | Republican Party of São Paulo |
| 31 | Valdomiro Castilho de Lima (1873–1938) | 6 October 1932 (1932-10-06) | 27 July 1933 (1933-07-27) | 294 days | Republican Party of São Paulo |
| 32 | Manuel Daltro Filho (1882–1938) | 27 July 1933 (1933-07-27) | 21 August 1933 (1933-08-21) | 25 days | Republican Party of São Paulo |
| 33 | Armando Sales (1887–1945) | 21 August 1933 (1933-08-21) | 29 December 1936 (1936-12-29) | 3 years, 130 days | PCSP UDB |
| 34 | Henrique Smith Bayma (1891–1974) | 29 December 1936 (1936-12-29) | 5 January 1937 (1937-01-05) | 7 days | PCSP |
| 35 | José Cardoso de Melo Neto (1883–1965) | 5 January 1937 (1937-01-05) | 25 April 1938 (1938-04-25) | 1 year, 110 days | UDB |
| 36 | Francisco da Silva Júnior (1879–1948) | 25 April 1938 (1938-04-25) | 27 April 1938 (1938-04-27) | 2 days | Independent |
| 37 | Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969) | 27 April 1938 (1938-04-27) | 4 June 1941 (1941-06-04) | 3 years, 38 days | Independent |
| 38 | Fernando de Sousa Costa (1886–1946) | 4 June 1941 (1941-06-04) | 27 October 1945 (1945-10-27) | 4 years, 145 days | Independent |
| 39 | Sebastião Nogueira de Lima (1881–1964) | 27 October 1945 (1945-10-27) | 7 November 1945 (1945-11-07) | 11 days | Independent |

## Fourth Republic (1945–1964)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 40 | José Macedo Soares (1883–1968) | 7 November 1945 (1945-11-07) | 14 March 1947 (1947-03-14) | 1 year, 127 days | PDC | – | Vacant |
| 41 | Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969) | 14 March 1947 (1947-03-14) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 3 years, 323 days | PSP | 1947 | Luís Novelli Júnior (PSP) |
| 42 | Lucas Nogueira Garcez (1913–1982) | 31 January 1951 (1951-01-31) | 31 January 1955 (1955-01-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PSP | 1950 | Erlindo Salzano (PSP) |
| 43 | Jânio Quadros (1917–1992) | 31 January 1955 (1955-01-31) | 31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PTN | 1954 | Porfírio da Paz (PTN) |
| 44 | Carvalho Pinto (1910–1987) | 31 January 1959 (1959-01-31) | 31 January 1963 (1963-01-31) | 4 years, 0 days | PDC | 1958 | Porfírio da Paz (PTN) |
| 45 | Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969) | 31 January 1963 (1963-01-31) | 6 June 1966 (1966-06-06) | 3 years, 126 days | PSP | 1962 | Laudo Natel (PR) |

## Fifth Republic "Military Dictatorship" (1964–1985)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 46 | Laudo Natel (1920–2020) | 6 June 1966 (1966-06-06) | 31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) | 239 days | ARENA | – | Vacant |
| 47 | Abreu Sodré (1917–1999) | 31 January 1967 (1967-01-31) | 15 March 1971 (1971-03-15) | 4 years, 43 days | ARENA | 1966 | Hilário Torloni (ARENA) |
| 48 | Laudo Natel (1920–2020) | 15 March 1971 (1971-03-15) | 15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | ARENA | 1970 | Antônio Rodrigues Filho (ARENA) |
| 49 | Paulo Egydio Martins (1928–2021) | 15 March 1975 (1975-03-15) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | ARENA | 1974 | Ferreira Filho (ARENA) |
| 50 | Paulo Maluf (born 1931) | 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15) | 14 May 1982 (1982-05-14) | 3 years, 60 days | PDS | 1978 | José Maria Marin (PDS) |
| 51 | José Maria Marin (born 1932) | 14 May 1982 (1982-05-14) | 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) | 305 days | PDS | – | Vacant |
| 52 | Franco Montoro (1916–1999) | 15 March 1983 (1983-03-15) | 15 March 1987 (1987-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1982 | Orestes Quércia (MDB) Vacant |

## Sixth Republic (1985–present)

| No. | Governor | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Party | Election | Vice Governor |
| 53 | Orestes Quércia (1938–2010) | 15 March 1987 (1987-03-15) | 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) | 4 years, 0 days | MDB | 1986 | Almino Afonso (MDB) Vacant |
| 54 | Luiz Antônio Fleury Filho (1949–2022) | 15 March 1991 (1991-03-15) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 3 years, 292 days | MDB | 1990 | Aloysio Nunes (MDB) |
| 55 | Mário Covas (1930–2001) | 1 January 1995 (1995-01-01) | 6 March 2001 (2001-03-06) | 6 years, 64 days | PSDB | 1994 1998 | Geraldo Alckmin (PSDB) |
| 56 | Geraldo Alckmin (born 1952) | 6 March 2001 (2001-03-06) | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 5 years, 25 days | PSDB | – 2002 | Vacant Cláudio Lembo (PFL) |
| 57 | Cláudio Lembo (1934–2025) | 31 March 2006 (2006-03-31) | 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) | 276 days | PFL | – | Vacant |
| 58 | José Serra (born 1942) | 1 January 2007 (2007-01-01) | 2 April 2010 (2010-04-02) | 3 years, 91 days | PSDB | 2006 | Alberto Goldman (PSDB) |
| 59 | Alberto Goldman (1937–2019) | 2 April 2010 (2010-04-02) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 274 days | PSDB | – | Vacant |
| 60 | Geraldo Alckmin (born 1952) | 1 January 2011 (2011-01-01) | 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) | 7 years, 95 days | PSDB | 2010 2014 | Guilherme Afif Domingos (DEM) Márcio França (PSB) |
| 61 | Márcio França (born 1963) | 6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 270 days | PSB | – | Vacant |
| 62 | João Doria (born 1957) | 1 January 2019 (2019-01-01) | 1 April 2022 (2022-04-01) | 3 years, 90 days | PSDB | 2018 | Rodrigo Garcia (DEM) |
| 63 | Rodrigo Garcia (born 1974) | 1 April 2022 (2022-04-01) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | 275 days | PSDB | – | Vacant |
| 64 | Tarcísio de Freitas (born 1975) | 1 January 2023 (2023-01-01) | Incumbent | 2 years, 77 days | Republicanos | 2022 | Felicio Ramuth (PSD) |