| nº | Name | Begun on | Finished on | Party |
| 1 | José Antônio Correia da Câmara | 15 November 1889 | 11 February 1890 | militar |
| 2 | Júlio Anacleto Falcão da Frota | 11 February de 1892 | 6 May 1890 | militar |
| — | Francisco da Silva Tavares | 6 May 1890 | 13 May 1890 | PRR |
| 3 | Carlos Machado Bittencourt | 13 May 1890 | 24 May 1890 | militar |
| 4 | Cândido José da Costa | 24 May 1890 | 16 March 1891 | militar |
| 5 | Fernando Abbott | 10 january 2000 |align=right|15 July 2011|align=right|PRR | ||
| 6 | Júlio Prates de Castilhos | 15 July 1891 | 12 November 1891 | PRR |
| — | Gaucha Governing Goup of 1891 | 12 November 1891 | 8 June 1892 | - |
| — | José Antônio Correia da Câmara | 8 June 1892 | 17 June 1892 | militar |
| — | Júlio Prates de Castilhos | 17 June 1892 | 17 June 1892 | PRR |
| 7 | Vitoriano Ribeiro Carneiro Monteiro | 17 June 1892 | 27 September 1892 | - |
| 8 | Fernando Abbott | 27 September 1892 | 25 January 1893 | PRR |
| 9 | Júlio Prates de Castilhos | 25 January 1893 | 25 January 1898 | PRR |
| 10 | Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros | 25 January 1898 | 25 January 1908 | PRR |
| 11 | Carlos Barbosa Gonçalves | 25 January 1908 | 25 January 1913 | PRR |
| 12 | Antônio Augusto Borges de Medeiros | 25 January 1913 | 25 January 1928 | PRR |
| 13 | Getúlio Dorneles Vargas | 25 January 1928 | 9 October 1930 | PRR |
| — | Osvaldo Aranha | 9 October 1930 | 27 October 1930 | PRR |
| — | Sinval Saldanha | 27 October 1930 | 28 October 1930 | PRR |
| 14 | José Antônio Flores da Cunha | 28 October 1930 | 17 October 1937 | militar |
| 15 | Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho | 17 October 1937 | 19 January 1938 | militar |
| — | Joaquim Maurício Cardoso | 19 January 1938 | 4 March 1938 | - |
| 16 | Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias | 4 March 1938 | 4 September 1943 | militar |
| 17 | Ernesto Dornelles | 11 September 1943 | 1 November 1945 | militar |
| 18 | Samuel Figueiredo da Silva | 1 November 1945 | 7 February 1946 | - |
| 19 | Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa | 7 February 1946 | 26 March 1947 | PSD |
| 20 | Walter Só Jobim | 26 March 1947 | 31 January 1951 | PSD |
| 21 | Ernesto Dornelles | 31 January 1951 | 25 March 1955 | PTB |
| 22 | Ildo Meneghetti | 25 March 1955 | 25 March 1959 | PSD |
| 23 | Leonel Brizola | 25 March 1959 | 25 March 1963 | PTB |
| 24 | Ildo Meneghetti | 25 March 1963 | 12 September 1966 | PSD |
| 25 | Walter Peracchi Barcelos | 12 September 1966 | 15 March 1971 | ARENA |
| 26 | Euclides Triches | 15 March 1971 | 15 March 1975 | ARENA |
| 27 | Sinval Guazzelli | 15 March 1975 | 15 March 1979 | ARENA |
| 28 | José Augusto Amaral de Souza | 15 March 1979 | 15 March 1983 | ARENA/PDS |
| 29 | Jair Soares | 15 March 1983 | 15 March 1987 | PDS/PFL |
| 30 | Pedro Simon | 15 March 1987 | 2 April 1990 | PMDB |
| 31 | Sinval Guazzelli | 2 April 1990 | 15 March 1991 | PMDB |
| 32 | Alceu de Deus Collares | 15 March 1991 | 1 January 1995 | PDT |
| 33 | Antônio Britto | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 1999 | PMDB |
| 34 | Olívio Dutra | 1 January 1999 | 1 January 2003 | PT |
| 35 | Germano Rigotto | 1 January 2003 | 1 January 2007 | PMDB |
| 36 | Yeda Rorato Crusius | 1 January 2007 | 1 January 2011 | PSDB |
| 36 | Tarso Genro | 1 January 2011 | just elected | PT |