This is a list of Brazilian regents, a regent, from Latin regens, "one who reigns", is a person selected to act as head of state (ruling or not) because the ruler is a minor, not present, or debilitated.[1]
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| Regent during the incapacitation of Queen Maria I. | |||||||
| John | 16 December 1815 | 20 March 1816 Death of Queen Maria I. | |||||
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| Regent after the King John VI left Brazil. | |||||||
| Pedro | 22 April 1821 | 12 October 1822 Accession as Emperor of Brazil. | |||||
Regents during the minority of emperor Pedro II
The regencies took place from 1831 to 1840, between the abdication of Pedro I of Brazil until the majority of Pedro II legally declared by the Senate at the age of 14 on July 23, 1840.
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| Provisional Triumviral Regency | |||||||
| Francisco de Lima e Silva Nicolau Vergueiro José Carneiro de Campos | 7 April 1831 | 18 June 1831 | |||||
| Permanent Triumviral Regency | |||||||
| Francisco de Lima e Silva José da Costa Carvalho | 18 June 1831 | 12 October 1835 | |||||
| Regency of Priest Feijó | |||||||
| Diogo Antônio Feijó | 12 October 1835 | 18 September 1837 | |||||
| Regency of Araújo Lima | |||||||
| Pedro de Araújo Lima | 19 September 1837 | 23 July 1840 | |||||
Women heads of state during the Empire
In addition to the regencies listed above, two other people held the Head of State of Brazil during the imperial period, Maria Leopoldina and Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil. D. Leopoldina who acted as regent in 1822 and had a great influence on Brazil's independence process, having been responsible for signing the decree that separated Brazil from Portugal.
D. Isabel, heir presumptive to the throne, who was Regent of Brazil in various periods (1870–1871, 1876–1877 and 1887–1888) while her father, Emperor Pedro II, performed foreign visits. During her last regency she sanctioned on 13 May 1888, the Golden Law (Imperial Law n.º 3.353), which was the law that extinguished slavery in Brazil, considered a great milestone in the history of Brazil.
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| Maria Leopoldina of Austria | Pedro I of Brazil | ||
| Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil | Pedro II of Brazil | ||