Commander of the Brazilian Navy

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

Name	Start	End	Head of government
João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes	10 March 1808	30 December 1809	John VI
Fernando José de Portugal e Castro	30 December 1809	7 January 1810	John VI
João de Almeida Melo e Castro	7 January 1810	18 January 1814	John VI
António de Araújo e Azevedo	18 January 1814	21 June 1817	John VI
João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas	21 June 1817	29 November 1817	John VI
Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal	29 November 1817	5 February 1818	John VI
Marcos de Noronha e Brito	5 February 1818	22 February 1821	John VI
Joaquim José Monteiro Torres	22 February 1821	22 April 1821	John VI
Manuel Antônio Farinha	22 April 1821	22 October 1822	John VI

Reference: Brazilian Navy

Empire of Brazil

Regency period

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

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	Deodoro da Fonseca
63	Custódio José de Melo	23 November 1891	30 April 1893	Floriano Peixoto
64	Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves	30 April 1893	5 January 1894	Floriano Peixoto
65	Francisco José Coelho Neto	5 January 1894	26 June 1894	Floriano Peixoto
—	Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat	26 June 1894	2 July 1894	Floriano Peixoto
66	João Gonçalves Duarte	2 July 1894	5 November 1894	Floriano Peixoto
67	Eliziário José Barbosa	15 November 1894	21 November 1896	Prudente de Morais
68	Manuel José Alves Barbosa	21 November 1896	15 November 1898	Prudente de Morais
69	Carlos Baltasar da Silveira	15 November 1898	19 August 1899	Campos Sales
70	José Pinto da Luz	19 August 1899	15 November 1902	Campos Sales
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
72	Alexandrino Faria de Alencar	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	Hermes da Fonseca
75	Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva	12 July 1913	2 August 1913	Hermes da Fonseca
76	Alexandrino Faria de Alencar	2 August 1913	15 November 1914	Hermes da Fonseca
76	Alexandrino Faria de Alencar	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	Epitácio Pessoa
80	João Pedro da Veiga Miranda	12 September 1921	15 November 1922	Epitácio Pessoa
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	Artur Bernardes
82	Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz	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
83	José Isaías de Noronha	3 November 1930	17 December 1930	Getúlio Vargas
84	Conrado Heck	17 December 1930	9 June 1931	Getúlio Vargas
85	Protógenes Pereira Guimarães	9 June 1931	12 November 1935	Getúlio Vargas
86	Henrique Aristides Guilhem	12 November 1935	30 October 1945	Getúlio Vargas
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	Eurico Dutra
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
91	Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior	31 January 1956	19 August 1958	Juscelino Kubitschek
92	Jorge do Paço Matoso Maia	19 August 1958	3 January 1961	Juscelino Kubitschek
93	Sílvio Heck	3 January 1961	25 August 1961	Jânio Quadros
93	Sílvio Heck	25 August 1961	8 September 1961	Ranieri Mazzilli
94	Ângelo Nolasco de Almeida	8 September 1961	27 June 1962	João Goulart
—	Heitor Doyle Maia	27 June 1962	12 July 1962	João Goulart
95	Pedro Paulo de Araújo Suzano	12 July 1962	14 June 1963	João Goulart
96	Sílvio Borges de Sousa Mota	14 June 1963	27 March 1964	João Goulart
97	Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues	27 March 1964	4 April 1964	João Goulart

Military dictatorship (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	Castelo Branco
101	Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo	17 December 1965	15 March 1967	Castelo Branco
102	Augusto Rademaker	15 March 1967	31 August 1969	Costa e Silva
102	Augusto Rademaker	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	João Figueiredo