List of governors of Rio Grande do Norte explained

Order	Name^[1]	bgcolor=#cccccc	Political Party!	Start of Term	End of Term	Notes
1	Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão	-	November 17, 1889	December 6, 1889	Appointed temporarily head of the provisional government in Rio Grande do Norte .
2	Adolfo Afonso da Silva Gordo	-	December 6, 1889	February 8, 1890	Head of the Provisional Government appointed by Marechal Deodoro da Fonseca.
3	Jerome Américo Raposo Chamber	-	February 8, 1890	March 10, 1890
4	Joaquim Xavier da Silveira Júnior	-	March 10, 1890	September 19, 1890
5	Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão	-	September 19, 1890	November 8, 1890
6	John Gomes Ribeiro	-	November 8, 1890	December 7, 1890
7	Castro and Manuel do Nascimento Silva	-	December 7, 1890	March 2, 1891
8	Amintas Francisco da Costa Barros		March 2, 1891	June 13, 1891
9	José Inácio Fernandes Barros	-	June 13, 1891	August 6, 1891
10	Francisco Gurgel de Oliveira	-	August 6, 1891	September 9, 1891
11	Miguel Joaquim de Almeida Castro	-	September 9, 1891	November 28, 1891
12	Francisco de Lima e Silva *Joaquim Ferreira Chaves *Manuel do Nascimento Castro and Silva	-	November 28, 1891	February 22, 1892	Governing Board following the resignation of Marshal Diodorus .
13	Jerome Américo Raposo Chamber	-	February 22, 1892	February 28, 1892	Appointed by Marechal Floriano Peixoto .
14	Pedro de Albuquerque Maranhão	-	February 28, 1892	March 25, 1896	First governor elected by the vote .
15	Joaquim Ferreira Chaves	-	March 25, 1896	March 25, 1900	First governor elected by direct vote .
16	Alberto Maranhão	-	March 25, 1900	March 25, 1904
17	Augusto Tavares Lira	-	March 25, 1904	November 5, 1906
18	Manuel Moreira Dias	-	November 5, 1906	February 23, 1907
19	Antonio José de Melo e Sousa	-	February 23, 1907	March 25, 1908
20	Alberto Maranhão	-	March 25, 1908	December 31, 1913
21	Joaquim Ferreira Chaves	-	January 1, 1914	December 31, 1920
22	Antonio José de Melo e Sousa	-	January 1, 1921	1 January 1924
23	José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros	-	1 January 1924	December 31, 1927
24	Juvenal Lamartine de Faria	-	1 January 1928	October 5, 1930	Governor deposed by the Revolution of 1930
25	Luis Tavares Guerreiro Abelardo Torres da Silva Castro Julius Perouse Bridges	-	October 6, 1930	October 12, 1930	Military Governing Board
26	Irenaeus Jofili	-	October 12, 1930	January 28, 1931	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
27	Aluisio de Moura Andrade	-	January 29, 1931	July 31, 1931	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
28	Hercolino Cascardo	-	July 31, 1931	June 11, 1932	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
29	Bertino Dutra da Silva	-	June 11, 1932	August 2, 1933	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
30	Mario Leopoldo Pereira da Camera	-	August 2, 1933	October 27, 1935	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
31	Liberato da Cruz Barroso	-	October 27, 1935	October 29, 1935	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
32	Rafael Fernandes Gurjão	AL	October 29, 1935	July 3, 1943
33	Antonio Fernandes Dantas	-	July 3, 1943	August 15, 1945	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
34	José Avelino Georgino	-	August 15, 1945	November 7, 1945	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
35	Miguel Seabra Fagundes	-	November 7, 1945	February 13, 1946	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
36	Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo	-	February 13, 1946	January 15, 1947	Interventor appointed by Getulio Vargas
37	Orestes da Rocha Lima	-	January 15, 1947	July 31, 1947	He was general and was the last of 11 stakeholders of Rio Grande do Norte
38	José Augusto Varela	PSD	July 31, 1947	January 31, 1951
39	Jerome Dix - Sept Rosado Maia	PSD	January 31, 1951	July 16, 1951
40	Silvio Piza Pedrosa	PSD	July 16, 1951	January 31, 1956
41		UDN	January 31, 1956	January 31, 1961
42	Aluízio Alves	PSD	January 31, 1961	January 31, 1966
43		PSD	January 31, 1966	March 15, 1971
44	Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez		March 15, 1971	March 15, 1975
45	Tarcisio Maia	Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia	ARENA	March 15, 1975	March 15, 1979
46		ARENA	March 15, 1979	March 15, 1983
47	José Agripino Maia	PDS	March 15, 1983	May 15, 1986
48	Radir Pereira de Araujo	PDS	May 15, 1986	March 15, 1987
49	Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo	PMDB	March 15, 1987	March 15, 1991
50	José Agripino Maia	PFL	March 15, 1991	April 2, 1994
51	Vivaldo Costa	PL	April 2, 1994	1 January 1995
52	Garibaldi Alves Filho	PMDB	1 January 1995	1 January 1999
-	Garibaldi Alves Filho(reelected)	PMDB	1 January 1999	April 6, 2002
53	Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire	PPB	April 6, 2002	January 1, 2003
54	Wilma Maria de Faria	PSB	January 1, 2003	January 1, 2007
-	Wilma Maria de Faria (reelected)	PSB	January 1, 2007	March 31, 2010
55	Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza	PSB	March 31, 2010	January 1, 2011
56	Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado	DEM	January 1, 2011	January 1, 2015
57	Robinson Faria	PSD	January 1, 2015	January 1, 2019
58	Fátima Bezerra	PT	January 1, 2019	present

Notes and References

1. http://apps.tre-rn.gov.br/legado/centro_de_memoria/artigos/biografia_governadores_cm.pdf Biography of Governors of Rio Grande do Norte (in Portuguese)