List of Governors of São Paulo

Governor of São Paulo is the position of the head of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Governors in the Republican period (1889–present)

#	Name	Took office	Left office
—	Prudente José de Morais e Barros Francisco Rangel Pestana Joaquim de Sousa Mursa	November 16, 1889	December 14, 1889
—	Prudente de Morais	December 14, 1889	October 18, 1890
—	Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga	October 18, 1890	March 7, 1891
—	Américo Brasiliense	March 7, 1891	June 11, 1891
1	Américo Brasiliense de Almeida Melo	June 11, 1891	December 15, 1891
—	Sérgio Tertuliano Castelo Branco	December 15, 1891	December 15, 1891
—	José Alves de Cerqueira César	December 16, 1891	August 23, 1892
2	Bernardino José de Campos Júnior	August 23, 1892	April 15, 1896
—	Francisco de Assis Peixoto Gomide	April 15, 1896	May 1, 1896
3	Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales	May 1, 1896	October 31, 1897
—	Francisco de Assis Peixoto Gomide	October 31, 1897	November 10, 1898
4	Fernando Prestes de Albuquerque	November 10, 1898	May 1, 1900
5	Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves	May 1, 1900	February 13, 1902
—	Domingos Correia de Morais	February 13, 1902	July 3, 1902
6	Bernardino José de Campos Júnior	July 3, 1902	May 1, 1904
7	Jorge Tibiriçá Piratininga	May 1, 1904	May 1, 1908
8	Manuel Joaquim de Albuquerque Lins	May 1, 1908	May 1, 1912
9	Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves	May 1, 1912	May 1, 1916
10	Altino Arantes Marques	May 1, 1916	May 1, 1920
11	Washington Luís Pereira de Sousa	May 1, 1920	May 1, 1924
12	Carlos de Campos	May 1, 1924	April 27, 1927
—	Antônio Dino da Costa Bueno	April 27, 1927	July 14, 1927
13	Júlio Prestes de Albuquerque	July 14, 1927	October 24, 1930
—	Hastinfilo de Moura	October 24, 1930	October 28, 1930
—	José Maria Whitaker	October 28, 1930	November 4, 1930
—	Plínio Barreto	November 4, 1930	November 25, 1930
—	João Alberto Lins de Barros	November 25, 1930	July 25, 1931
—	Laudo Ferreira de Camargo	July 25, 1931	November 13, 1931
—	Manuel Rabelo	November 13, 1931	March 7, 1932
—	Pedro Manuel de Toledo	March 7, 1932	July 10, 1932
—	Pedro Manuel de Toledo	July 10, 1932	October 2, 1932
—	Herculano de Carvalho e Silva	October 2, 1932	October 6, 1932
—	Valdomiro Castilho de Lima	October 6, 1932	July 27, 1933
—	Manuel de Cerqueira Daltro Filho	July 27, 1933	August 21, 1933
—	Armando de Sales Oliveira	August 21, 1933	April 11, 1935
14	Armando de Sales Oliveira	April 11, 1935	December 29, 1936
—	Henrique Smith Baima	December 29, 1936	January 5, 1937
15	José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto	January 5, 1937	November 10, 1937
—	José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto	November 11, 1937	April 25, 1938
—	Francisco José da Silva Júnior	April 25, 1938	April 27, 1938
—	Ademar Pereira de Barros	April 27, 1938	June 4, 1941
—	Fernando de Sousa Costa	June 4, 1941	October 27 de 1945
—	Sebastião Nogueira de Lima	October 27, 1945	November 7, 1945
—	José Carlos de Macedo Soares	November 7, 1945	March 14, 1947
16	Ademar Pereira de Barros	March 14, 1947	January 31, 1951
17	Lucas Nogueira Garcez	January 31, 1951	January 31, 1955
18	Jânio da Silva Quadros	January 31, 1955	January 31, 1959
19	Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto	January 31, 1959	January 31, 1963
20	Ademar Pereira de Barros	January 31, 1963	June 6, 1966
21	Laudo Natel	June 6, 1966	January 31, 1967
22	Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré	January 31, 1967	March 15, 1971
23	Laudo Natel	March 15, 1971	March 15, 1975
24	Paulo Egídio Martins	March 15, 1975	March 15, 1979
25	Paulo Salim Maluf	March 15, 1979	May 14, 1982
26	José Maria Marin	May 14, 1982	March 15, 1983
27	André Franco Montoro	March 15, 1983	March 15, 1987
28	Orestes Quércia	March 15, 1987	March 15, 1991
29	Luís Antônio Fleury Filho	March 15, 1991	January 1, 1995
30	Mário Covas Júnior	January 1, 1995	January 1, 1999
—	Mário Covas Júnior	January 1, 1999	March 6, 2001
31	Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho	March 6, 2001	January 1, 2003
—	Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho	January 1, 2003	March 30, 2006
32	Cláudio Salvador Lembo	March 30, 2006	January 1, 2007
33	José Serra	January 1, 2007	April 2, 2010
34	Alberto Goldman	April 2, 2010	January 1, 2011
35	Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho	January 1, 2011	January 1, 2015
-	Geraldo José Rodrigues Alckmin Filho	January 1, 2015	incumbent

color	meaning
green	elected by direct suffrage
blue	elect by indirect suffrage or representing the Legislative Assembly
beige	designated by the central government

External links

• Official list