This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy .[1]
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.[2]
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[3]
Empire of Brazil
Reign of Pedro I
No.
Name
Start
End
Head of government
1
Manuel Antônio Farinha [4]
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
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
Republican period
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)
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
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)
Sixth Brazilian Republic
References
Leadership History and traditions General staff Commands Military regions
Chiefs of the navy by country
Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
DR Congo
Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Former
Biafra
Bophuthatswana
Ciskei
British Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
Rhodesia
Transkei
Venda
Zaire
Americas
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Canada
Chile
Colombia
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United States
Uruguay
Venezuela
Former
Asia
Europe
Oceania
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