List of governors of Amazonas explained

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

Imperial period

Presidents of the Province
NameStart of termEnd of term
1João Batista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha1 January 185222 April 1853
2Herculano Ferreira Pena22 April 185328 April 1856
3João Pedro Dias Vieira28 April 185612 March 1857
4Ângelo Tomás do Amaral12 March 185710 November 1857
5Francisco José Furtado10 November 185724 November 1860
6Manuel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha24 November 18607 February 1863
7Sinval Odorico de Moura7 February 18637 April 1864
8Adolfo de Barros Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Lacerda7 April 186424 August 1865
9Antônio Epaminondas de Melo24 August 186524 November 1867
10José Coelho da Gama e Abreu24 November 18679 February 1868
11Jacinto Pereira do Rego9 February 186826 November 1868
12João Wilkens de Matos26 November 18688 August 1870
13José de Miranda da Silva Reis8 June 18708 July 1872
14Domingos Monteiro Peixoto8 July 18727 August 1875
15Antônio dos Passos Miranda7 August 187526 July 1876
16Domingos Jaci Monteiro26 July 187626 May 1877
17Agesilão Pereira da Silva26 May 18777 March 1878
18Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão7 March 187815 November 1879
19José Clarindo de Queirós15 November 187926 June 1880
20Satiro de Oliveira Dias26 June 188016 May 1881
21Alarico José Furtado16 May 188117 March 1882
22José Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá17 March 188211 March 1884
23Teodureto Carlos de Faria Souto11 March 188411 May 1884
24José Jansen Ferreira Júnior11 May 188427 May 1885
25Ernesto Adolfo de Vasconcelos Chaves27 May 188523 March 1887
26Conrado Jacó de Niemeyer23 March 188710 January 1888
27Francisco Antônio Pimenta Bueno10 January 188812 July 1888
28Joaquim Cardoso de Andrade12 July 188812 February 1889
29Joaquim de Oliveira Machado12 February 18891 July 1889
30Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão1 July 188921 November 1889

Republic period

Governors of the state of Amazonas
NameStart of termEnd of term
1Junta governativa amazonense de 188921 November 18894 January 1890
2Augusto Ximeno de Villeroy4 January 18902 November 1890
3Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro2 November 18905 May 1891
- Guilherme José Moreira5 May 189125 May 1891
4Antônio Gomes Pimentel25 May 189130 June 1891
5Guilherme José Moreira30 June 18911 September 1891
6Gregório Taumaturgo Azevedo1 September 189127 February 1892
- José Inácio Borges Machado27 February 189227 February 1892
7Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro27 February 189223 July 1896
8Fileto Pires Ferreira23 July 18964 April 1898
9José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior4 April 189823 July 1900
10Silvério José Néri23 July 190023 July 1904
11Antônio Constantino Néri23 July 190423 July 1908
12Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt23 July 1908 1 January 1913
13Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa1 January 1913 1 January 1917
14Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar1 January 1917 1 January 1921
15César do Rego Monteiro1 January 1921 30 October 1924
16Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa30 October 1924 2 December 1924
17Alfredo Sá2 December 19241 January 1926
18Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales1 January 1926 1 January 1930
19Dorval Pires Porto1 January 1930 24 October 1930
- Junta governativa amazonense de 188924 October 1930 1 November 1930
- Floriano da Silva Machado1 November 193020 November 1930
20Álvaro Botelho Maia20 November 193010 October 1933
21Nélson de Melo10 October 193319 February 1935
22Álvaro Botelho Maia19 February 19357 November 1945
23Emiliano Estanislau Afonso7 November 1945 16 February 1946
24Júlio José da Silva Néri16 February 194618 May 1946
25Raimundo Nicolau da Silva18 May 194631 August 1946
- João Nogueira da Mata31 August 194613 September 1946
26Siseno Sarmento13 September 19461 March 1947
27João Nogueira da Mata1 March 19478 May 1947
28Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves8 May 194731 January 1951
30Álvaro Botelho Maia31 January 195125 March 1955
31Plínio Ramos Coelho25 March 195525 March 1959
32Gilberto Mestrinho25 March 195925 March 1963
33Plínio Ramos Coelho25 March 196327 June 1964
34Artur César Ferreira Reis27 June 196412 September 1966
35Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa12 September 196615 March 1971
36João Walter de Andrade15 March 197115 March 1975
37Henoch da Silva Reis15 March 197515 March 1979
38José Bernardino Lindoso15 March 197915 May 1982
39Paulo Pinto Nery15 May 198215 March 1983
40Gilberto Mestrinho15 March 198315 March 1987
41Amazonino Mendes15 March 19872 April 1990
42Vivaldo Barroso Frota2 April 199015 March 1991
43Gilberto Mestrinho15 March 19911 January 1995
44Amazonino Mendes1 January 19951 January 2003
45Eduardo Braga1 January 200331 March 2010
46Omar Aziz31 March 20104 April 2014
47José Melo4 April 20149 May 2017
- David Almeida9 May 20174 October 2017
48Amazonino Mendes4 October 20171 January 2019
49Wilson Lima1 January 2019present

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