# List of governors of Ceará

Below is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Ceará.
| No. | Name | Term begins | Terms ends |
| New Republic (since 1985) ||||
| 60 | Izolda Cela | 2 Apr 2022 | Incumbent |
| 59 | Camilo Santana | 1 Jan 2015 | 2 Apr 2022 |
| 58 | Cid Gomes | 1 Jan 2007 | 1 Jan 2015 |
| 57 | Lúcio Alcântara | 1 Jan 2003 | 1 Jan 2007 |
| 56 | Beni Veras | 6 Apr 2002 | 1 Jan 2003 |
| 55 | Tasso Jereissati | 1 Jan 1995 | 6 Apr 2002 |
| 54 | Francisco Aguiar | 9 Oct 1994 | 1 Jan 1995 |
| 53 | Francisco de Barros | 8 Sep 1994 | 9 Oct 1994 |
| 52 | Ciro Gomes | 15 Mar 1991 | 8 Sep 1994 |
| 51 | Tasso Jereissati | 15 Mar 1987 | 15 Mar 1991 |
| Military dictatorship (1964-1985) (43−50) ||||
| 50 | Gonzaga Mota | 15 Mar 1983 | 15 Mar 1987 |
| 49 | Manuel de Castro | 15 Mar 1982 | 15 Mar 1983 |
| 48 | Virgílio Távora | 15 Mar 1979 | 15 Mar 1982 |
| 47 | Waldemar Alcântara | 28 Feb 1978 | 15 Mar 1979 |
| 46 | José Adauto Bezerra | 15 Mar 1975 | 28 Feb 1978 |
| 45 | César Cals | 25 Mar 1971 | 15 Mar 1975 |
| 44 | Plácido Castelo | 12 Sep 1966 | 25 Mar 1971 |
| 43 | Franklin Chaves | 12 Aug 1966 | 12 Sep 1966 |
| Fourth Brazilian Republic (1945-1964) (30−42) ||||
| 42 | Virgílio Távora | 25 Mar 1963 | 12 Aug 1966 |
| 41 | Parsifal Barroso | 25 Mar 1959 | 25 Mar 1963 |
| 40 | Flávio Marcílio | 3 Jul 1958 | 25 Mar 1959 |
| 39 | Paulo Sarasate | 25 Mar 1955 | 3 Jul 1958 |
| 38 | Stênio Gomes da Silva | 1 Jul 1954 | 25 Mar 1955 |
| 37 | Raul Barbosa | 31 Jan 1951 | 1 Jul 1954 |
| 36 | Faustino de Albuquerque | 1 Mar 1947 | 31 Jan 1951 |
| 35 | José Feliciano de Ataíde | 3 Feb 1947 | 1 Mar 1947 |
| 34 | José Machado Lopes | 28 Oct 1946 | 3 Feb 1947 |
| 33 | Pedro Firmeza | 16 Feb 1946 | 28 Oct 1946 |
| 32 | Acrísio Moreira da Rocha | 21 Jan 1946 | 16 Feb 1946 |
| 31 | Tomás Pompeu Filho | 10 Jan 1946 | 21 Jan 1946 |
| 30 | Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos | 28 Oct 1945 | 10 Jan 1946 |
| Vargas Era (1930-1945)(24−29) ||||
| 29 | Francisco de Meneses Pimentel | 25 May 1935 | 28 Oct 1945 |
| 28 | Franklin Monteiro Gondim | 10 May 1935 | 25 May 1935 |
| 27 | Filipe Moreira Lima | 5 Sep 1934 | 10 May 1935 |
| 26 | Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça | 22 Sep 1931 | 5 Sep 1934 |
| 25 | João da Silva Leal | 13 Jun 1931 | 22 Sep 1931 |
| 24 | Manuel Fernandes Távora | 8 Oct 1930 | 13 Jun 1931 |
| First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930) (1−23) ||||
| 23 | José Carlos de Matos Peixoto | 12 Jul 1928 | 8 Oct 1930 |
| 22 | Eduardo Henrique Girão | 19 May 1928 | 12 Jul 1928 |
| 21 | José Moreira da Rocha | 12 Jul 1924 | 19 May 1928 |
| 20 | Ildefonso Albano | 12 Jul 1923 | 12 Jul 1924 |
| 19 | Justiniano de Serpa | 12 Jul 1920 | 12 Jul 1923 |
| 18 | João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva | 12 Jul 1916 | 12 Jul 1920 |
| 17 | Benjamin Liberato Barroso | 24 Jun 1914 | 12 Jul 1916 |
| 16 | Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho | 15 Mar 1914 | 24 Jun 1914 |
| − | Floro Bartolomeu | 10 Mar 1914 | 15 Mar 1914 |
| 15 | Marcos Franco Rabelo | 14 Jul 1912 | 14 Mar 1914 |
| 14 | Belisário Cícero Alexandrino | 12 Jul 1912 | 14 Jul 1912 |
| 13 | Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota | 24 Jan 1912 | 12 Jul 1912 |
| 12 | Antônio Nogueira Accioli | 12 Jul 1908 | 24 Jan 1912 |
| 11 | Antônio Nogueira Accioli | 12 Jul 1904 | 12 Jul 1908 |
| 10 | Pedro Augusto Borges | 12 Jul 1900 | 12 Jul 1904 |
| 9 | Antônio Nogueira Accioli | 12 Jul 1896 | 12 Jul 1900 |
| 8 | José Bezerril Fontenelle | 27 Aug 1892 | 12 Jul 1896 |
| 7 | Antônio Nogueira Accioli | 12 Jul 1892 | 27 Aug 1892 |
| 6 | Benjamin Liberato Barroso | 18 Feb 1892 | 12 Jul 1892 |
| 5 | João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet | 16 Feb 1892 | 18 Feb 1892 |
| 4 | José Clarindo de Queirós | 28 Apr 1891 | 16 Feb 1892 |
| 3 | Feliciano Antônio Benjamim | 6 Apr 1891 | 28 Apr 1891 |
| 2 | Benjamin Liberato Barroso | 22 Jan 1891 | 6 Apr 1891 |
| 1 | Luís Antônio Ferraz | 16 Nov 1889 | 22 Jan 1891 |

## Living Governors

So far, September 27, 2024, the nine living governors of Ceará are, in order of beginning of the first term: Gonzaga Mota, Tasso Jereissati, Ciro Gomes, Chico Aguiar, Lúcio Alcântara, Cid Gomes, Camilo Santana and Izolda Cela.

## Links

* "Governor's Office - Ceará State Government".
* VARNHAGEN, Francisco Adolpho de. Historia geral do Brazil (v. 2). E. and H. Laemmert, 1857
* pt:Rita Krommen. Mathias Beck and the Cia. Of the West Indies. Fortaleza: UFC, 1994
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) :