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Queen Name From To Maria I👑 Monarch 1815 1816
King Name From To João VI👑 Monarch 1816 1822
Emperor Name From To Emperor Pedro II👑 Monarch 1841 1889 Emperor Pedro I👑 Monarch 1822 1831
Regency Name From To Trinal Regency 1831 1835
Regent Name From To Pedro de Araújo Lima 1837 1841 Diogo Antônio Feijó 1835 1837
President Name From To Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 2023 present Jair Bolsonaro⚠ Flagged 2019 2023 Michel Temer 2016 2019 Dilma Rousseff 2011 2016 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 2003 2011 Fernando Henrique Cardoso 1995 2003 Itamar Franco 1992 1995 Fernando Collor⚠ Flagged 1990 1992 José Sarney 1985 1990 João Figueiredo⚠ Flagged 1979 1985 Ernesto Geisel⚠ Flagged 1974 1979 Emílio Médici⚠ Flagged 1969 1974 Artur da Costa e Silva⚠ Flagged 1967 1969 Humberto Castelo Branco⚠ Flagged 1964 1967 João Goulart 1961 1964 Jânio Quadros 1961 1961 Juscelino Kubitschek 1956 1961 Café Filho 1954 1955 Getúlio Vargas 1951 1954 Eurico Gaspar Dutra 1946 1951 Getúlio Vargas⚠ Flagged 1930 1945 Washington Luís 1926 1930 Artur Bernardes 1922 1926 Epitácio Pessoa 1919 1922 Venceslau Brás 1914 1918 Hermes da Fonseca 1910 1914 Afonso Pena 1906 1909 Rodrigues Alves 1902 1906 Campos Sales 1898 1902 Prudente de Morais 1894 1898 Floriano Peixoto 1891 1894 Deodoro da Fonseca 1889 1891
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