List of governors of Ceará

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Below is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Ceará.

Governor of Ceará
Governor's Flag of the State of Ceará
Flag of Ceará
Incumbent
Izolda Cela
since 2 Apr 2022
ResidencePalácio da Abolição
PrecursorPedro Taques
Formation1889
First holderLuís Antônio Ferraz
Websiteceara.gov.br
No. Name Term begins Terms ends
New Republic (since 1985)
60 Izolda Cela
Izolda Cela
2 Apr 2022 Incumbent
59 Camilo Santana
Camilo Santana
1 Jan 2015 2 Apr 2022
58 Cid Gomes
Cid Gomes
1 Jan 2007 1 Jan 2015
57
Lúcio Alcântara
1 Jan 2003 1 Jan 2007
56 Beni Veras 6 Apr 2002 1 Jan 2003
55 Tasso Jereissati
Tasso Jereissati
1 Jan 1995 6 Apr 2002
54 Francisco Aguiar 9 Oct 1994 1 Jan 1995
53 Francisco de Barros 8 Sep 1994 9 Oct 1994
52 Ciro Gomes
Ciro Gomes
15 Mar 1991 8 Sep 1994
51 Tasso Jereissati
Tasso Jereissati
15 Mar 1987 15 Mar 1991
Military dictatorship (1964-1985) (43−50)
50 Gonzaga Mota 15 Mar 1983 15 Mar 1987
49 Manuel de Castro 15 Mar 1982 15 Mar 1983
48
Virgílio Távora
15 Mar 1979 15 Mar 1982
47
Waldemar Alcântara
28 Feb 1978 15 Mar 1979
46
José Adauto Bezerra
15 Mar 1975 28 Feb 1978
45
César Cals
25 Mar 1971 15 Mar 1975
44 Plácido Castelo 12 Sep 1966 25 Mar 1971
43 Franklin Chaves 12 Aug 1966 12 Sep 1966
Fourth Brazilian Republic (1945-1964) (30−42)
42
Virgílio Távora
25 Mar 1963 12 Aug 1966
41
Parsifal Barroso
25 Mar 1959 25 Mar 1963
40
Flávio Marcílio
3 Jul 1958 25 Mar 1959
39 Paulo Sarasate 25 Mar 1955 3 Jul 1958
38 Stênio Gomes da Silva 1 Jul 1954 25 Mar 1955
37
Raul Barbosa
31 Jan 1951 1 Jul 1954
36 Faustino de Albuquerque 1 Mar 1947 31 Jan 1951
35 José Feliciano de Ataíde 3 Feb 1947 1 Mar 1947
34 José Machado Lopes 28 Oct 1946 3 Feb 1947
33 Pedro Firmeza 16 Feb 1946 28 Oct 1946
32 Acrísio Moreira da Rocha 21 Jan 1946 16 Feb 1946
31 Tomás Pompeu Filho 10 Jan 1946 21 Jan 1946
30 Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos 28 Oct 1945 10 Jan 1946
Vargas Era (1930-1945)(24−29)
29 Francisco de Meneses Pimentel 25 May 1935 28 Oct 1945
28 Franklin Monteiro Gondim 10 May 1935 25 May 1935
27 Filipe Moreira Lima 5 Sep 1934 10 May 1935
26 Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça 22 Sep 1931 5 Sep 1934
25 João da Silva Leal 13 Jun 1931 22 Sep 1931
24 Manuel Fernandes Távora 8 Oct 1930 13 Jun 1931
First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930) (1−23)
23 José Carlos de Matos Peixoto 12 Jul 1928 8 Oct 1930
22 Eduardo Henrique Girão 19 May 1928 12 Jul 1928
21 José Moreira da Rocha 12 Jul 1924 19 May 1928
20 Ildefonso Albano 12 Jul 1923 12 Jul 1924
19
Justiniano de Serpa
12 Jul 1920 12 Jul 1923
18 João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva 12 Jul 1916 12 Jul 1920
17 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 24 Jun 1914 12 Jul 1916
16
Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho
15 Mar 1914 24 Jun 1914

Floro Bartolomeu
10 Mar 1914 15 Mar 1914
15
Marcos Franco Rabelo
14 Jul 1912 14 Mar 1914
14 Belisário Cícero Alexandrino 12 Jul 1912 14 Jul 1912
13 Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota 24 Jan 1912 12 Jul 1912
12
Antônio Nogueira Accioli
12 Jul 1908 24 Jan 1912
11
Antônio Nogueira Accioli
12 Jul 1904 12 Jul 1908
10 Pedro Augusto Borges 12 Jul 1900 12 Jul 1904
9
Antônio Nogueira Accioli
12 Jul 1896 12 Jul 1900
8 José Bezerril Fontenelle 27 Aug 1892 12 Jul 1896
7
Antônio Nogueira Accioli
12 Jul 1892 27 Aug 1892
6 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 18 Feb 1892 12 Jul 1892
5
João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet
16 Feb 1892 18 Feb 1892
4 José Clarindo de Queirós 28 Apr 1891 16 Feb 1892
3 Feliciano Antônio Benjamim 6 Apr 1891 28 Apr 1891
2 Benjamin Liberato Barroso 22 Jan 1891 6 Apr 1891
1 Luís Antônio Ferraz 16 Nov 1889 22 Jan 1891

Living Governors

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So far, November 26, 2024, the nine living governors of Ceará are, in order of beginning of the first term: Gonzaga Mota, Tasso Jereissati, Ciro Gomes, Chico Aguiar, Lúcio Alcântara, Cid Gomes, Camilo Santana and Izolda Cela.

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