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Commander of the Brazilian Navy
Comandante da Marinha
Coat of arms of the Navy
Flag of the Commander of the Navy
Incumbent
Marcos Sampaio Olsen
since 5 January 2023; 22 months ago (2023-01-05)
 Brazilian Navy
StyleAlmirante de Esquadra
Member ofJoint Staff of the Armed Forces
Reports toMinister of Defence
AppointerPresident of Brazil
Formation10 March 1808
First holderManuel Antônio Farinha

This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy.

With the creation of the Ministry of Defence, on 10 June 1999, by complementary law No. 97 of 9 June 1999, the Ministry of the Navy was transformed into Navy Command, and the Minister of the Navy came to be called Commander of the Navy.

United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves

Main article: United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
Name Start End Head of government
João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes 10 March 1808 30 December 1809 John VI
(also head of state)
Fernando José de Portugal e Castro 30 December 1809 7 January 1810
João de Almeida Melo e Castro 7 January 1810 18 January 1814
António de Araújo e Azevedo 18 January 1814 21 June 1817
João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas 21 June 1817 29 November 1817
Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal 29 November 1817 5 February 1818
Marcos de Noronha e Brito 5 February 1818 22 February 1821
Joaquim José Monteiro Torres 22 February 1821 22 April 1821
Manuel Antônio Farinha 22 April 1821 22 October 1822
  • Reference: Brazilian Navy

Empire of Brazil

Main article: Empire of Brazil

Reign of Pedro I

No. Name Start End Head of government
1 Manuel Antônio Farinha 16 January 1822 Pedro I
(also head of state)
2 Luís da Cunha Moreira 22 October 1822 15 November 1823
— Pedro José da Costa Barros (acting) 15 November 1823 17 November 1823
3 Francisco Vilela Barbosa 17 November 1823 16 January 1827
4 Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho 16 January 1827 22 November 1827
5 Diogo Jorge de Brito 22 November 1827 30 May 1828
— João Carlos Augusto von Oyenhausen-Gravenburg (acting) 30 May 1828 6 June 1828
— Diogo Jorge de Brito (acting) 6 June 1828 16 June 1828
6 Miguel de Sousa Melo e Alvim 16 June 1828 4 December 1829
7 Francisco Vilela Barbosa 4 December 1829 18 March 1831
— José Manuel de Almeida (acting) 19 March 1831 5 April 1831
— Francisco Vilela Barbosa (acting) 5 April 1831 7 April 1831

Regency period

Main article: Regency period (Empire of Brazil)
No. Name Start End Head of government
7 José Manuel de Almeida 7 April 1831 17 June 1831 Provisional Triumviral Regency
17 June 1831 28 October 1831 Permanent Triumviral Regency
8 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 28 October 1831 3 August 1832
— Bento Barroso Pereira (acting) 3 August 1832 14 September 1832
— Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) 14 September 1832 8 November 1832
9 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 8 November 1832 30 July 1834
— Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) 30 July 1834 16 January 1835
— João Paulo dos Santos Barreto (acting) 16 January 1835 14 March 1835
— Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa (acting) 14 March 1835 17 March 1835
10 José Pereira Pinto 17 March 1835 14 October 1835
— Manuel da Fonseca Lima e Silva (acting) 14 October 1835 5 February 1836 Diogo Antônio Feijó
11 Salvador José Maciel 5 February 1836 16 May 1837
12 Tristão Pio dos Santos 16 May 1837 18 September 1837
13 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 18 September 1837 16 April 1839 Pedro de Araújo Lima
14 Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira 16 April 1839 23 May 1840
15 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 23 May 1840 23 July 1840

Reign of Pedro II

No. Name Start End Head of government
16 Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque 24 July 1840 23 March 1841 Pedro II
(also head of state)
17 Francisco Vilela Barbosa 23 March 1841 26 August 1841
— José Clemente Pereira 26 August 1841 13 September 1841
Francisco Vilela Barbosa 13 September 1841 20 January 1843
18 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 20 January 1843 24 January 1843
— Salvador José Maciel 24 January 1843 2 February 1843
19 Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres 2 February 1843 2 February 1844
20 Jerônimo Francisco Coelho 2 February 1844 23 May 1844
21 Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque 23 May 1844 17 May 1847
— João Paulo dos Santos Barreto 17 May 1847 22 May 1847
22 Cândido Batista de Oliveira 22 May 1847 8 March 1848 Manuel Alves Branco
— Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo 8 March 1848 14 May 1848 José de Almeida Torres
23 Joaquim Antão Fernandes Leão 14 May 1848 29 September 1848 José de Almeida Torres
Sousa e Melo
24 Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo 29 September 1848 23 July 1849 Pedro de Araújo Lima
25 Manuel Vieira Tosta 23 July 1849 11 May 1852 Pedro de Araújo Lima
José da Costa Carvalho
26 Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos 11 May 1852 6 September 1853 Joaquim Rodrigues Torres
— Pedro de Alcântara Bellegarde 6 September 1853 15 December 1853 Honório Carneiro Leão
27 José Maria da Silva Paranhos 15 February 1853 14 June 1855
28 João Maurício Wanderley 14 June 1855 8 October 1856 Honório Carneiro Leão
Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
— José Maria da Silva Paranhos 8 October 1856 4 May 1857 Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
29 José Antônio Saraiva 4 May 1857 12 December 1858 Pedro de Araújo Lima
30 Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu 12 December 1858 10 August 1859 Antônio Limpo de Abreu
31 Francisco Xavier Pais Barreto 10 August 1859 2 March 1861 Ângelo da Silva Ferraz
32 Joaquim José Inácio 2 March 1861 24 May 1862 Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
— José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva 24 May 1862 30 May 1862 Zacarias de Góis
33 Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare 30 May 1862 15 January 1864 Pedro de Araújo Lima
34 João Pedro Dias Vieira 15 January 1864 31 March 1864 Zacarias de Góis
35 Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque 31 March 1864 31 August 1864
36 Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima 31 August 1864 12 May 1865 Francisco José Furtado
— José Antônio Saraiva 12 May 1865 27 June 1865 Pedro de Araújo Lima
37 Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo 27 June 1865 27 January 1866
— José Antônio Saraiva 27 January 1866 17 February 1866
38 Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo 17 February 1866 3 August 1866
39 Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo 3 August 1866 16 July 1868 Zacarias de Góis
40 João Maurício Wanderley 16 July 1868 29 September 1870 Joaquim Rodrigues Torres
41 Luís Antônio Pereira Franco 29 September 1870 7 March 1871 Pimenta Bueno
42 Manuel Antônio Duarte de Azevedo 7 March 1871 18 May 1872 José Paranhos
43 Joaquim Delfino Ribeiro da Luz 18 May 1872 25 June 1875
44 Luís Antônio Pereira Franco 25 June 1875 5 January 1878 Luís Alves de Lima e Silva
45 Eduardo de Andrade Pinto 5 January 1878 24 December 1878 Cansanção de Sinimbu
46 João Ferreira de Moura 24 December 1878 9 December 1879
— João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá 9 December 1879 24 January 1880
47 João Ferreira de Moura 24 January 1880 28 March 1880
— Pedro Luís Pereira de Sousa 28 March 1880 30 March 1880 José Antônio Saraiva
48 José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte 30 March 1880 21 January 1882
— Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena 21 January 1882 28 January 1882 Martinho Campos
49 Bento Francisco de Paula Sousa 28 January 1882 6 May 1882
50 Antônio Carneiro da Rocha 6 May 1882 3 July 1882
51 João Florentino Meira de Vasconcelos 3 July 1882 24 May 1883 João da Cunha Paranaguá
52 Antônio de Almeida e Oliveira 24 May 1883 6 June 1884 Lafayette Rodrigues Pereira
53 Joaquim Raimundo de Lamare 6 June 1884 6 May 1885 Manuel de Sousa Dantas
54 Luís Filipe de Sousa Leão 6 May 1885 20 August 1885 José Antônio Saraiva
55 Alfredo Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves 20 August 1885 12 June 1886 João Maurício Wanderley
56 Samuel Wallace MacDowell 12 June 1886 10 May 1887
57 Carlos Frederico Castrioto 10 May 1887 10 March 1888
58 Luís Antônio Vieira da Silva 10 March 1888 4 January 1889 João Correia de Oliveira
— Tomás José Coelho de Almeida 4 January 1889 8 February 1889
59 Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho 8 February 1889 7 June 1889
60 José da Costa Azevedo 7 June 1889 15 November 1889 Afonso Celso

Republican period

Further information: Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)

First Brazilian Republic

Main article: First Brazilian Republic
No. Name Start End President
61 Eduardo Wandenkolk 15 November 1889 22 January 1891 Deodoro da Fonseca
62 Fortunato Foster Vidal 22 January 1891 23 November 1891
63 Custódio José de Melo 23 November 1891 30 April 1893 Floriano Peixoto
64 Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves 30 April 1893 5 January 1894
65 Francisco José Coelho Neto 5 January 1894 26 June 1894
— Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat (acting) 26 June 1894 2 July 1894
66 João Gonçalves Duarte 2 July 1894 5 November 1894
67 Eliziário José Barbosa 15 November 1894 21 November 1896 Prudente de Morais
68 Manuel José Alves Barbosa 21 November 1896 15 November 1898
69 Carlos Baltasar da Silveira 15 November 1898 19 August 1899 Campos Sales
70 José Pinto da Luz 19 August 1899 15 November 1902
71 Júlio César de Noronha 15 November 1902 15 November 1906 Rodrigues Alves
72 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar 15 November 1906 14 June 1909 Afonso Pena
14 June 1909 15 November 1910 Nilo Peçanha
73 Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão 15 November 1910 11 January 1912 Hermes da Fonseca
74 Manuel Inácio Belfort Vieira 11 January 1912 12 July 1913
75 Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva (acting) 12 July 1913 2 August 1913
76 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar 2 August 1913 15 November 1914
15 November 1914 15 November 1918 Venceslau Brás
77 Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira 15 November 1918 26 July 1919 Delfim Moreira
78 Raul Soares de Moura 26 July 1919 20 October 1920 Epitácio Pessoa
79 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves 20 October 1920 12 September 1921
80 João Pedro da Veiga Miranda 12 September 1921 15 November 1922
81 Alexandrino Faria de Alencar 15 November 1922 18 April 1926 Artur Bernardes
82 Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz 20 April 1926 15 November 1926
15 November 1926 20 October 1930 Washington Luís

Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republics)

Main article: Vargas Era
No. Name Start End President
83 José Isaías de Noronha 25 October 1930 3 November 1930 Military Junta of 1930
3 November 1930 17 December 1930 Getúlio Vargas
84 Conrado Heck 17 December 1930 9 June 1931
85 Protógenes Pereira Guimarães 9 June 1931 12 November 1935
86 Henrique Aristides Guilhem 12 November 1935 30 October 19457
87 Jorge Dodsworth Martins 30 October 1945 31 January 1946 José Linhares

Fourth Brazilian Republic

Main article: Fourth Brazilian Republic
No. Name Start End President
87 Jorge Dodsworth Martins 31 January 1946 29 September 1946 Eurico Dutra
88 Sílvio de Noronha 29 August 1946 31 January 1951
89 Renato de Almeida Guillobel 31 January 1951 26 August 1954 Getúlio Vargas
90 Edmundo Jordão Amorim do Vale 26 August 1954 11 November 1955 Café Filho
91 Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior 11 November 1955 31 January 1956 Nereu Ramos
31 January 1956 19 August 1958 Juscelino Kubitschek
92 Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia 19 August 1958 3 January 1961
93 Sílvio Heck 3 January 1961 25 August 1961 Jânio Quadros
25 August 1961 8 September 1961 Ranieri Mazzilli
94 Ângelo Nolasco de Almeida 8 September 1961 27 June 1962 João Goulart
— Heitor Doyle Maia (acting) 27 June 1962 12 July 1962
95 Pedro Paulo de Araújo Suzano 12 July 1962 14 June 1963
96 Sílvio Borges de Sousa Mota 14 June 1963 27 March 1964
97 Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues 27 March 1964 4 April 1964

Military dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)

Main article: Fifth Brazilian Republic
No. Name Start End President
98 Augusto Rademaker 4 April 1964 20 April 1964 Ranieri Mazzilli
99 Ernesto de Melo Batista 20 April 1964 15 January 1965 Castelo Branco
100 Paulo Bosísio 15 January 1965 17 December 1965
101 Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo 17 December 1965 15 March 1967
102 Augusto Rademaker 15 March 1967 31 August 1969 Costa e Silva
31 August 1969 30 October 1969 Military Junta of 1969
103 Adalberto de Barros Nunes 30 October 1969 15 March 1974 Emílio Médici
104 Geraldo Azevedo Henning 15 March 1974 15 March 1979 Ernesto Geisel
105 Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca 15 March 1979 21 March 1984 João Figueiredo
106 Alfredo Karam 21 March 1984 15 March 1985

Sixth Brazilian Republic

Main article: Sixth Brazilian Republic
No. Name Start End President
107 Henrique Saboia 15 March 1985 15 March 1990 José Sarney
108 Mário César Flores 15 March 1990 8 October 1992 Fernando Collor
109 Ivan da Silveira Serpa 8 October 1992 1 January 1995 Itamar Franco
110 Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira 1 January 1995 31 December 1998 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
111 Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles 1 January 1999 10 June 1999
Commander of the Navy
— Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles 10 June 1999 3 January 2003 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
112 Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho 3 January 2003 1 March 2007 Lula da Silva
113 Julio Soares de Moura Neto 1 March 2007 1 January 2011
1 January 2011 7 February 2015 Dilma Rousseff
114 Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira 7 February 2015 31 August 2016
31 August 2016 9 January 2019 Michel Temer
115 Ilques Barbosa Junior 9 January 2019 31 March 2021 Jair Bolsonaro
116 Almir Garnier Santos 31 March 2021 5 January 2023
117 Marcos Sampaio Olsen 5 January 2023 incumbent Lula da Silva

References

  1. Marinha do Brasil. "Galeria dos ex-ministros e ex-comandantes" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2007.
  2. ^ Presidência da República - Casa Civil. "Lei complementar nº 97 de 9 de junho de 1999" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 28 July 2008.
  3. "Ministros da Marinha - Reinado". Marinha do Brasil. Archived from the original on 2012-01-11. Retrieved 2019-01-12.
  4. "Archivo Nobiliarchico Brasileiro". Retrieved 2019-01-12.
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