Below is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Ceará.
No. Name Term begins Terms endsNew Republic (since 1985) 61 Elmano de Freitas 1 Jan 2023 Incumbent 60 Izolda Cela 2 Apr 2022 1 Jan 2023 59 Camilo Santana 1 Jan 2015 2 Apr 2022 58 Cid Gomes 1 Jan 2007 1 Jan 2015 57 Lúcio Alcântara 1 Jan 2003 1 Jan 2007 56 Beni Veras 6 Apr 2002 1 Jan 2003 55 Tasso Jereissati 1 Jan 1995 6 Apr 2002 54 Francisco Aguiar 9 Oct 1994 1 Jan 1995 53 Francisco de Barros 8 Sep 1994 9 Oct 1994 52 Ciro Gomes 15 Mar 1991 8 Sep 1994 51 Tasso Jereissati 15 Mar 1987 15 Mar 1991Military dictatorship (1964-1985) (43−50) 50 Gonzaga Mota 15 Mar 1983 15 Mar 1987 49 Manuel de Castro 15 Mar 1982 15 Mar 1983 48 Virgílio Távora 15 Mar 1979 15 Mar 1982 47 Waldemar Alcântara 28 Feb 1978 15 Mar 1979 46 José Adauto Bezerra 15 Mar 1975 28 Feb 1978 45 César Cals 25 Mar 1971 15 Mar 1975 44 Plácido Castelo 12 Sep 1966 25 Mar 1971 43 Franklin Chaves 12 Aug 1966 12 Sep 1966Fourth Brazilian Republic (1945-1964) (30−42) 42 Virgílio Távora 25 Mar 1963 12 Aug 1966 41 Parsifal Barroso 25 Mar 1959 25 Mar 1963 40 Flávio Marcílio 3 Jul 1958 25 Mar 1959 39 Paulo Sarasate 25 Mar 1955 3 Jul 1958 38 Stênio Gomes da Silva 1 Jul 1954 25 Mar 1955 37 Raul Barbosa 31 Jan 1951 1 Jul 1954 36 Faustino de Albuquerque 1 Mar 1947 31 Jan 1951 35 José Feliciano de Ataíde 3 Feb 1947 1 Mar 1947 34 José Machado Lopes 28 Oct 1946 3 Feb 1947 33 Pedro Firmeza 16 Feb 1946 28 Oct 1946 32 Acrísio Moreira da Rocha 21 Jan 1946 16 Feb 1946 31 Tomás Pompeu Filho 10 Jan 1946 21 Jan 1946 30 Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos 28 Oct 1945 10 Jan 1946Vargas Era (1930-1945)(24−29) 29 Francisco de Meneses Pimentel 25 May 1935 28 Oct 1945 28 Franklin Monteiro Gondim 10 May 1935 25 May 1935 27 Filipe Moreira Lima 5 Sep 1934 10 May 1935 26 Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça 22 Sep 1931 5 Sep 1934 25 João da Silva Leal 13 Jun 1931 22 Sep 1931 24 Manuel Fernandes Távora 8 Oct 1930 13 Jun 1931 First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930) (1−23) 23 José Carlos de Matos Peixoto 12 Jul 1928 8 Oct 1930 22 Eduardo Henrique Girão 19 May 1928 12 Jul 1928 21 José Moreira da Rocha 12 Jul 1924 19 May 1928 20 Ildefonso Albano 12 Jul 1923 12 Jul 1924 19 Justiniano de Serpa 12 Jul 1920 12 Jul 1923 18 João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva 12 Jul 1916 12 Jul 1920 17 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 24 Jun 1914 12 Jul 1916 16 Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho 15 Mar 1914 24 Jun 1914 − Floro Bartolomeu 10 Mar 1914 15 Mar 1914 15 Marcos Franco Rabelo 14 Jul 1912 14 Mar 1914 14 Belisário Cícero Alexandrino 12 Jul 1912 14 Jul 1912 13 Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota 24 Jan 1912 12 Jul 1912 12 Antônio Nogueira Accioli 12 Jul 1908 24 Jan 1912 11 Antônio Nogueira Accioli 12 Jul 1904 12 Jul 1908 10 Pedro Augusto Borges 12 Jul 1900 12 Jul 1904 9 Antônio Nogueira Accioli 12 Jul 1896 12 Jul 1900 8 José Bezerril Fontenelle 27 Aug 1892 12 Jul 1896 7 Antônio Nogueira Accioli 12 Jul 1892 27 Aug 1892 6 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 18 Feb 1892 12 Jul 1892 5 João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet 16 Feb 1892 18 Feb 1892 4 José Clarindo de Queirós 28 Apr 1891 16 Feb 1892 3 Feliciano Antônio Benjamim 6 Apr 1891 28 Apr 1891 2 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 22 Jan 1891 6 Apr 1891 1 Luís Antônio Ferraz 16 Nov 1889 22 Jan 1891
Living Governors So far, , , the ten living governors of Ceará are, in order of beginning of the first term: Gonzaga Mota, Tasso Jereissati, Ciro Gomes, Chico Aguiar, Lúcio Alcântara, Cid Gomes, Camilo Santana, Izolda Cela, and Elmano de Freitas.
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VARNHAGEN, Francisco Adolpho de. Historia geral do Brazil (v. 2). E. and H. Laemmert, 1857 :pt:Rita Krommen. Mathias Beck and the Cia. Of the West Indies. Fortaleza: UFC, 1994