List of Governors of Bahia

Below is a list of Governors of the Brazilian state of Bahia.

Order Name Term Begins Terms Ends Comments and Observations
51st Rui Costa January 1, 2015 Incumbent
50th Jaques Wagner January 1, 2007 January 1, 2015
49th Paulo Souto January 1, 2003 January 1, 2007
48th Otto Alencar April 6, 2002 January 1, 2003
47th César Borges January 1, 1999 April 6, 2002 (Resigned)
46th Paulo Souto January 1, 1995 January 1, 1999
45th Antônio Imbassahy 1994 1995 President of the Assembly
44th Ruy Trindade 1994 1994 President of the Court of Justice
43rd Antônio Carlos Magalhães 1991 1994
42nd Nilo Moraes Coelho 1989 1991 Lieutenant governor
41st Waldir Pires 1987 1989 Resigned
40th João Durval Carneiro 1983 1987
39th Antônio Carlos Magalhães 1979 1983
38th Roberto Santos 1975 1979
37th Antônio Carlos Magalhães 1971 1975
36th Luiz Viana Filho 1967 1971
35th Lomanto Júnior 1963 1967
34th Juracy Magalhães 1959 1963
33rd Antônio Balbino 1955 1959
32nd Régis Pacheco 1951 1955 João de Lima Teixeira / Augusto Públio Pereira*
31st Octávio Mangabeira 1947 1951
30th Cândido Caldas 1946 1947
29th Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback 1946 1946
28th João Vicente Bulcão Viana 1945 1946
27th Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo 1942 1945 Interim governor
26th Landulfo Alves 1938 1942 Interim governor
25th Antônio Fernandes Dantas 1937 1938 Interim governor
24th Juracy Magalhães 1931 1937 Interim governor
23rd Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa 1931 1931 Interim governor
22nd Artur Neiva 1931 1931 Interim governor
21st Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral 1930 1931
20th Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa 1930 1930 Wencesláo Guimarães / Custódio Reis Príncipe Júnior*
19th Vital Soares 1928 1930
18th Góis Calmon 1924 1928
17th José Joaquim Seabra 1920 1924
16th Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão 1916 1920
15th José Joaquim Seabra 1912 1916
14th Bráulio Xavier 1912 1912 President of the Court of Justice
13th Aurélio Rodrigues Viana 1911 1912
12th João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho 1908 1911
11th José Marcelino de Sousa 1904 1908 José Cupertino de Lacerda*
10th Severino Vieira 1900 1904
9th Luiz Vianna 1896 1900
8th Rodrigues Lima 1892 1896 1st governador eleito
7th Leal Ferreira 1891 1892
6th Tude Soares Neiva 1891 1891 Interim
5th José Gonçalves da Silva 1890 1891 Deposed
4th Virgílio Clímaco Damásio 1890 1890 Lieutenant governor
3rd Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca 1890 1890
2nd Manuel Vitorino Pereira 1889 1890
1st Virgílio Clímaco Damásio 1889 1889 Temporary
(*)Signifiies substitutes that legally occupied the office of governor.