Commander of the Brazilian Navy

This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy.

With the creation of the Ministry of Defence, on 10 June 1999, by complementary law No. 97 of 9 June 1999, the Ministry of the Navy was transformed into Navy Command, and the Minister of the Navy came to be called Commander of the Navy.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

NameStartEndHead of governmentJoão Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes10 March 180830 December 1809John VI(also head of state)Fernando José de Portugal e Castro30 December 18097 January 1810João de Almeida Melo e Castro7 January 181018 January 1814António de Araújo e Azevedo18 January 181421 June 1817João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas21 June 181729 November 1817Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal29 November 18175 February 1818Marcos de Noronha e Brito5 February 181822 February 1821Joaquim José Monteiro Torres22 February 182122 April 1821Manuel Antônio Farinha22 April 182122 October 1822

Reference: Brazilian Navy

Empire of Brazil

Reign of Pedro I No.NameStartEndHead of government1Manuel Antônio Farinha16 January 1822Pedro I(also head of state)2Luís da Cunha Moreira22 October 182215 November 1823—Pedro José da Costa Barros (acting)15 November 182317 November 18233Francisco Vilela Barbosa17 November 182316 January 18274Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho16 January 182722 November 18275Diogo Jorge de Brito22 November 182730 May 1828—João Carlos Augusto von Oyenhausen-Gravenburg (acting)30 May 18286 June 1828—Diogo Jorge de Brito (acting)6 June 182816 June 18286Miguel de Sousa Melo e Alvim16 June 18284 December 18297Francisco Vilela Barbosa4 December 182918 March 1831—José Manuel de Almeida (acting)19 March 18315 April 1831—Francisco Vilela Barbosa (acting)5 April 18317 April 1831

Regency period

No.NameStartEndHead of government7José Manuel de Almeida7 April 183117 June 1831Provisional Triumviral Regency17 June 183128 October 1831Permanent Triumviral Regency8Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres28 October 18313 August 1832—Bento Barroso Pereira (acting)3 August 183214 September 1832—Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting)14 September 18328 November 18329Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres8 November 183230 July 1834—Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting)30 July 183416 January 1835—João Paulo dos Santos Barreto (acting)16 January 183514 March 1835—Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa (acting)14 March 183517 March 183510José Pereira Pinto17 March 183514 October 1835—Manuel da Fonseca Lima e Silva (acting)14 October 18355 February 1836Diogo Antônio Feijó11Salvador José Maciel5 February 183616 May 183712Tristão Pio dos Santos16 May 183718 September 183713Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres18 September 183716 April 1839Pedro de Araújo Lima14Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira16 April 183923 May 184015Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres23 May 184023 July 1840

Reign of Pedro II No.NameStartEndHead of government16Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque24 July 184023 March 1841Pedro II(also head of state)17Francisco Vilela Barbosa23 March 184126 August 1841—José Clemente Pereira26 August 184113 September 1841Francisco Vilela Barbosa13 September 184120 January 184318Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres20 January 184324 January 1843—Salvador José Maciel24 January 18432 February 184319Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres2 February 18432 February 184420Jerônimo Francisco Coelho2 February 184423 May 184421Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque23 May 184417 May 1847—João Paulo dos Santos Barreto17 May 184722 May 184722Cândido Batista de Oliveira22 May 18478 March 1848Manuel Alves Branco—Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo8 March 184814 May 1848José de Almeida Torres23Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão14 May 184829 September 1848José de Almeida TorresSousa e Melo24Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo29 September 184823 July 1849Pedro de Araújo Lima25Manuel Vieira Tosta23 July 184911 May 1852Pedro de Araújo LimaJosé da Costa Carvalho26Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos11 May 18526 September 1853Joaquim Rodrigues Torres—Pedro de Alcântara Bellegarde6 September 185315 December 1853Honório Carneiro Leão27José Maria da Silva Paranhos15 February 185314 June 185528João Maurício Wanderley14 June 18558 October 1856Honório Carneiro LeãoLuís Alves de Lima e Silva—José Maria da Silva Paranhos8 October 18564 May 1857Luís Alves de Lima e Silva29José Antônio Saraiva4 May 185712 December 1858Pedro de Araújo Lima30Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu12 December 185810 August 1859Antônio Limpo de Abreu31Francisco Xavier Pais Barreto10 August 18592 March 1861Ângelo da Silva Ferraz32Joaquim José Inácio2 March 186124 May 1862Luís Alves de Lima e Silva—José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva24 May 186230 May 1862Zacarias de Góis33Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare30 May 186215 January 1864Pedro de Araújo Lima34João Pedro Dias Vieira15 January 186431 March 1864Zacarias de Góis35Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque31 March 186431 August 186436Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima31 August 186412 May 1865Francisco José Furtado—José Antônio Saraiva12 May 186527 June 1865Pedro de Araújo Lima37Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo27 June 186527 January 1866—José Antônio Saraiva27 January 186617 February 186638Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo17 February 18663 August 186639Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo3 August 186616 July 1868Zacarias de Góis40João Maurício Wanderley16 July 186829 September 1870Joaquim Rodrigues Torres41Luís Antônio Pereira Franco29 September 18707 March 1871Pimenta Bueno42Manuel Antônio Duarte de Azevedo7 March 187118 May 1872José Paranhos43Joaquim Delfino Ribeiro da Luz18 May 187225 June 187544Luís Antônio Pereira Franco25 June 18755 January 1878Luís Alves de Lima e Silva45Eduardo de Andrade Pinto5 January 187824 December 1878Cansanção de Sinimbu46João Ferreira de Moura24 December 18789 December 1879—João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá9 December 187924 January 188047João Ferreira de Moura24 January 188028 March 1880—Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa28 March 188030 March 1880José Antônio Saraiva48José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte30 March 188021 January 1882—Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena21 January 188228 January 1882Martinho Campos49Bento Francisco de Paula Sousa28 January 18826 May 188250Antônio Carneiro da Rocha6 May 18823 July 188251João Florentino Meira de Vasconcelos3 July 188224 May 1883João da Cunha Paranaguá52Antônio de Almeida e Oliveira24 May 18836 June 1884Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira53Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare6 June 18846 May 1885Manuel de Sousa Dantas54Luís Filipe de Sousa Leão6 May 188520 August 1885José Antônio Saraiva55Alfredo Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves20 August 188512 June 1886João Maurício Wanderley56Samuel Wallace MacDowell III12 June 188610 May 188757Carlos Frederico Castrioto10 May 188710 March 188858Luís Antônio Vieira da Silva10 March 18884 January 1889João Correia de Oliveira—Tomás José Coelho de Almeida4 January 18898 February 188959Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho8 February 18897 June 188960José da Costa Azevedo7 June 188915 November 1889Afonso Celso

Republican period

First Brazilian Republic

No.NameStartEndPresident61Eduardo Wandenkolk15 November 188922 January 1891Deodoro da Fonseca62Fortunato Foster Vidal22 January 189123 November 189163Custódio José de Melo23 November 189130 April 1893Floriano Peixoto64Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves30 April 18935 January 189465Francisco José Coelho Neto5 January 189426 June 1894—Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat (acting)26 June 18942 July 189466João Gonçalves Duarte2 July 18945 November 189467Eliziário José Barbosa15 November 189421 November 1896Prudente de Morais68Manuel José Alves Barbosa21 November 189615 November 189869Carlos Baltasar da Silveira15 November 189819 August 1899Campos Sales70José Pinto da Luz19 August 189915 November 190271Júlio César de Noronha15 November 190215 November 1906Rodrigues Alves72Alexandrino Faria de Alencar15 November 190614 June 1909Afonso Pena14 June 190915 November 1910Nilo Peçanha73Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão15 November 191011 January 1912Hermes da Fonseca74Manuel Inácio Belfort Vieira11 January 191212 July 191375Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva (acting)12 July 19132 August 191376Alexandrino Faria de Alencar2 August 191315 November 191415 November 191415 November 1918Venceslau Brás77Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira15 November 191826 July 1919Delfim Moreira78Raul Soares de Moura26 July 191920 October 1920Epitácio Pessoa79Joaquim Ferreira Chaves20 October 192012 September 192180João Pedro da Veiga Miranda12 September 192115 November 192281Alexandrino Faria de Alencar15 November 192218 April 1926Artur Bernardes82Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz20 April 192615 November 192615 November 192620 October 1930Washington Luís

Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republics)

No.NameStartEndPresident83José Isaías de Noronha25 October 19303 November 1930Military Junta of 19303 November 193017 December 1930Getúlio Vargas84Conrado Heck17 December 19309 June 193185Protógenes Pereira Guimarães9 June 193112 November 193586Henrique Aristides Guilhem12 November 193530 October 194587Jorge Dodsworth Martins30 October 194531 January 1946José Linhares

Fourth Brazilian Republic

No.NameStartEndPresident87Jorge Dodsworth Martins31 January 194629 September 1946Eurico Dutra88Sílvio de Noronha29 August 194631 January 195189Renato de Almeida Guillobel31 January 195126 August 1954Getúlio Vargas90Edmundo Jordão Amorim do Vale26 August 195411 November 1955Café Filho91Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior11 November 195531 January 1956Nereu Ramos31 January 195619 August 1958Juscelino Kubitschek92Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia19 August 19583 January 196193Sílvio Heck3 January 196125 August 1961Jânio Quadros25 August 19618 September 1961Ranieri Mazzilli94Ângelo Nolasco de Almeida8 September 196127 June 1962João Goulart—Heitor Doyle Maia (acting)27 June 196212 July 196295Pedro Paulo de Araújo Suzano12 July 196214 June 196396Sílvio Borges de Sousa Mota14 June 196327 March 196497Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues27 March 19644 April 1964

Military dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)

No.NameStartEndPresident98Augusto Rademaker4 April 196420 April 1964Ranieri Mazzilli99Ernesto de Melo Batista20 April 196415 January 1965Castelo Branco100Paulo Bosísio15 January 196517 December 1965101Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo17 December 196515 March 1967102Augusto Rademaker15 March 196731 August 1969Costa e Silva31 August 196930 October 1969Military Junta of 1969103Adalberto de Barros Nunes30 October 196915 March 1974Emílio Médici104Geraldo Azevedo Henning15 March 197415 March 1979Ernesto Geisel105Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca15 March 197921 March 1984João Figueiredo106Alfredo Karam21 March 198415 March 1985

Sixth Brazilian Republic

No.NameStartEndPresident107Henrique Saboia15 March 198515 March 1990José Sarney108Mário César Flores15 March 19908 October 1992Fernando Collor109Ivan da Silveira Serpa8 October 19921 January 1995Itamar Franco110Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira1 January 199531 December 1998Fernando Henrique Cardoso111Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles1 January 199910 June 1999Commander of the Navy—Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles10 June 19993 January 2003Fernando Henrique Cardoso112Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho3 January 20031 March 2007Lula da Silva113Julio Soares de Moura Neto1 March 20071 January 20111 January 20117 February 2015Dilma Rousseff114Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira7 February 201531 August 201631 August 20169 January 2019Michel Temer115Ilques Barbosa Junior9 January 201931 March 2021Jair Bolsonaro116Almir Garnier Santos31 March 20211 January 2023117Marcos Sampaio Olsen1 January 2023incumbentLula da Silva

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