Vice President of Brazil

Vice President of Brazil

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Incumbent
Michel Temer
since January 01, 2011
Residence Palácio do Jaburu
Term length Four years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Marechal Floriano Vieira Peixoto
Formation February 26, 1891
Website vice-presidencia.gov.br
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The Vice President of Brazil is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of Brazil after the President. The vice president's primary job is to replace the president on the event of his or her death or resignation, and to assume the Presidency temporarily while the president is abroad, or otherwise temporarily unable to fulfill his or her duties. The vice president is elected jointly with the president as his or her running mate.

The vice president resides at the Palácio do Jaburu in Brasília.

List of Vice Presidents

# Name Birth Place Start of Term End of Term Party President(s) Served
1 Marechal Floriano Vieira Peixoto Alagoas February 26, 1891 November 23, 1891 Deodoro da Fonseca
2 Manuel Vitorino Pereira Bahia November 15, 1894 November 15, 1898 Prudente de Morais
3 Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva Pernambuco November 15, 1898 November 15, 1902 Campos Salles
4 Francisco Silviano de Almeida Brandão Minas Gerais PRM Rodrigues Alves
5 Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena Minas Gerais June 17, 1903 November 15, 1906 PRM Rodrigues Alves
6 Nilo Procopio Peçanha Rio de Janeiro November 15, 1906 June 14, 1909 Afonso Pena
7 Venceslau Braz Pereira Gomes Minas Gerais November 15, 1910 November 15, 1914 PRM Hermes da Fonseca
8 Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo Maranhão November 15, 1914 November 15, 1918 Venceslau Braz
9 Delfim Moreira da Costa Ribeiro Minas Gerais November 15, 1918 July 1, 1920 PRM Rodrigues Alves/Epitacio Pessoa
10 Francisco Álvaro Bueno de Paiva Minas Gerais November 10, 1920 November 15, 1922 PRM Epitacio Pessoa
11 Epitacio de Albuquerque Coimbra Pernambuco November 15, 1922 November 15, 1926 Artur Bernardes
12 Fernando de Melo Viana Minas Gerais November 15, 1926 October 24, 1930 PRM Washington Luiz
13 Vital Henrique Batista Soares Bahia Julio Prestes
The post of Vice-President was abolished in the 1934 Constitution and restored in the 1946 Constitution
14 Nereu de Oliveira Ramos Santa Catarina January 31, 1946 January 31, 1951 PSD Dutra
15 João Café Filho Rio Grande do Norte January 31, 1951 August 24, 1954 PSP Getulio Vargas
16 João Belchior Marques Goulart Rio Grande do Sul January 31, 1956 September 7, 1961 PTB Juscelino Kubitschek/Janio Quadros
17 José Maria Alckmin Minas Gerais April 15, 1964 March 15, 1967 PSD Castello Branco
18 Pedro Aleixo Minas Gerais March 15, 1967 October 6, 1969 ARENA Costa e Silva
19 Alm. Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald Guanabara October 30, 1969 March 15, 1974 ARENA Garrastazú Medici
20 Gen. Adalberto Pereira dos Santos Rio Grande do Sul March 15, 1974 March 15, 1979 ARENA Ernesto Geisel
21 Antonio Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça Minas Gerais March 15, 1979 March 15, 1985 ARENA João Figueiredo
22 José Sarney (José Ribamar Ferreira de Araújo Costa) Maranhão March 15, 1985 April 21, 1985 PMDB Tancredo Neves
23 Itamar Augusto Cantiero Franco born at sea between Bahia and Rio de Janeiro March 15, 1990 December 29, 1992 PMDB Fernando Collor de Mello
24 Marco Maciel Pernambuco January 1, 1995 January 1, 2003 PFL Fernando H. Cardoso
25 José Alencar Gomes da Silva Minas Gerais January 1, 2003 January 1, 2011 PL, PRB Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
26 Michel Temer São Paulo January 1, 2011 PMDB Dilma Rousseff

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