List of governors of Amazonas

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Coat of arms of the Brazilian state of Amazonas

This is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

Imperial period[edit]

Presidents of the Province
# Name Start of term End of term
1 João Batista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha 1 January 1852 22 April 1853
2 Herculano Ferreira Pena 22 April 1853 28 April 1856
3 João Pedro Dias Vieira 28 April 1856 12 March 1857
4 Ângelo Tomás do Amaral 12 March 1857 10 November 1857
5 Francisco José Furtado 10 November 1857 24 November 1860
6 Manuel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha 24 November 1860 7 February 1863
7 Sinval Odorico de Moura 7 February 1863 7 April 1864
8 Adolfo de Barros Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Lacerda 7 April 1864 24 August 1865
9 Antônio Epaminondas de Melo 24 August 1865 24 November 1867
10 José Coelho da Gama e Abreu 24 November 1867 9 February 1868
11 Jacinto Pereira do Rego 9 February 1868 26 November 1868
12 João Wilkens de Matos 26 November 1868 8 August 1870
13 José de Miranda da Silva Reis 8 June 1870 8 July 1872
14 Domingos Monteiro Peixoto 8 July 1872 7 August 1875
15 Antônio dos Passos Miranda 7 August 1875 26 July 1876
16 Domingos Jaci Monteiro 26 July 1876 26 May 1877
17 Agesilão Pereira da Silva 26 May 1877 7 March 1878
18 Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão 7 March 1878 15 November 1879
19 José Clarindo de Queirós 15 November 1879 26 June 1880
20 Satiro de Oliveira Dias 26 June 1880 16 May 1881
21 Alarico José Furtado 16 May 1881 17 March 1882
22 José Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá 17 March 1882 11 March 1884
23 Teodureto Carlos de Faria Souto 11 March 1884 11 May 1884
24 José Jansen Ferreira Júnior 11 May 1884 27 May 1885
25 Ernesto Adolfo de Vasconcelos Chaves 27 May 1885 23 March 1887
26 Conrado Jacó de Niemeyer 23 March 1887 10 January 1888
27 Francisco Antônio Pimenta Bueno 10 January 1888 12 July 1888
28 Joaquim Cardoso de Andrade 12 July 1888 12 February 1889
29 Joaquim de Oliveira Machado 12 February 1889 1 July 1889
30 Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão 1 July 1889 21 November 1889

Republic period[edit]

Governors of the state of Amazonas
Name Start of term End of term
1 Junta governativa amazonense de 1889 21 November 1889 4 January 1890
2 Augusto Ximeno de Villeroy 4 January 1890 2 November 1890
3 Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro 2 November 1890 5 May 1891
Guilherme José Moreira 5 May 1891 25 May 1891
4 Antônio Gomes Pimentel 25 May 1891 30 June 1891
5 Guilherme José Moreira 30 June 1891 1 September 1891
6 Gregório Taumaturgo Azevedo 1 September 1891 27 February 1892
José Inácio Borges Machado 27 February 1892 27 February 1892
7 Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro 27 February 1892 23 July 1896
8 Fileto Pires Ferreira 23 July 1896 4 April 1898
9 José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior 4 April 1898 23 July 1900
10 Silvério José Néri 23 July 1900 23 July 1904
11 Antônio Constantino Néri 23 July 1904 23 July 1908
12 Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt 23 July 1908 1 January 1913
13 Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa 1 January 1913 1 January 1917
14 Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar 1 January 1917 1 January 1921
15 César do Rego Monteiro 1 January 1921 30 October 1924
16 Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa 30 October 1924 2 December 1924
17 Alfredo Sá 2 December 1924 1 January 1926
18 Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales 1 January 1926 1 January 1930
19 Dorval Pires Porto 1 January 1930 24 October 1930
Junta governativa amazonense de 1889 24 October 1930 1 November 1930
Floriano da Silva Machado 1 November 1930 20 November 1930
20 Álvaro Botelho Maia 20 November 1930 10 October 1933
21 Nélson de Melo 10 October 1933 19 February 1935
22 Álvaro Botelho Maia 19 February 1935 7 November 1945
23 Emiliano Estanislau Afonso 7 November 1945 16 February 1946
24 Júlio José da Silva Néri 16 February 1946 18 May 1946
25 Raimundo Nicolau da Silva 18 May 1946 31 August 1946
João Nogueira da Mata 31 August 1946 13 September 1946
26 Siseno Sarmento 13 September 1946 1 March 1947
27 João Nogueira da Mata 1 March 1947 8 May 1947
28 Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves 8 May 1947 31 January 1951
30 Álvaro Botelho Maia 31 January 1951 25 March 1955
31 Plínio Ramos Coelho 25 March 1955 25 March 1959
32 Gilberto Mestrinho 25 March 1959 25 March 1963
33 Plínio Ramos Coelho 25 March 1963 27 June 1964
34 Artur César Ferreira Reis 27 June 1964 12 September 1966
35 Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa 12 September 1966 15 March 1971
36 João Walter de Andrade 15 March 1971 15 March 1975
37 Henoch da Silva Reis 15 March 1975 15 March 1979
38 José Bernardino Lindoso 15 March 1979 15 May 1982
39 Paulo Pinto Nery 15 May 1982 15 March 1983
40 Gilberto Mestrinho 15 March 1983 15 March 1987
41 Amazonino Mendes 15 March 1987 2 April 1990
42 Vivaldo Barroso Frota 2 April 1990 15 March 1991
43 Gilberto Mestrinho 15 March 1991 1 January 1995
44 Amazonino Mendes 1 January 1995 1 January 2003
45 Eduardo Braga 1 January 2003 31 March 2010
46 Omar Aziz 31 March 2010 4 April 2014
47 José Melo 4 April 2014 9 May 2017
David Almeida 9 May 2017 4 October 2017
48 Amazonino Mendes 4 October 2017 1 January 2019
49 Wilson Lima 1 January 2019 present

References[edit]

  • Encyclopædia Britannica do Brasil, volume 5, São Paulo, 2000.