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Vice President of Brazil

Second-highest constitutional office in the Brazilian government

Summary

Second-highest constitutional office in the Brazilian government

Field	Value
post	Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
native_name	Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil
insignia	Coat of arms of Brazil.svg
insigniasize	100px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Brazil
flag	Flag of the Vice President of Brazil.svg
flagcaption	Vice presidential standard
flagsize	150px
image	Alckmin 2024.jpg
incumbent	Geraldo Alckmin
incumbentsince	January 1, 2023
status	Second highest executive branch officer
style	Mr. Vice President
(informal)
The Most Excellent and His Excellency
(formal)
appointer	Direct popular vote (two rounds if necessary)
termlength	Four years, renewable once consecutively
seat	Brasília
member_of	Cabinet
National Defense Council
residence	Palácio do Jaburu
department	Federal government of Brazil
succession	First
constituting_instrument	Constitution of Brazil
inaugural	Floriano Peixoto
formation
salary	R$ 39,293.32 per month
website
imagecaption	Alckmin in 2024

(informal) The Most Excellent and His Excellency (formal) National Defense Council

The vice president of Brazil (), officially the vice president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (vice-presidente da República Federativa do Brasil), or simply the vice president of the republic (vice-presidente da República) is the second-highest ranking government official in the executive branch of the Government of Brazil, preceded only by the president. The vice president's primary role is to replace the president in the event of their death, resignation, or impeachment conviction, and to temporarily take over the presidential powers and duties while the president is abroad, or otherwise temporarily unable to carry out their duties. The vice president is elected jointly with the president as their running mate.

The office has existed since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, although it was only officially instituted as of the 1891 Constitution. It has been in place throughout all of Brazil's republican history, save for the fifteen years of the Vargas Era when it was officially abolished.

Requirements

The requirements to run for the office of vice president are exactly those of the presidency itself. In addition to the ordinary requirements to run for political office in Brazil, under the terms of article 14 of the Constitution, a candidate for the vice presidency must be a natural-born citizen of Brazil (which under certain circumstances may include the offspring of one or two Brazilian parents living abroad) and be at least 35 years of age.

Election and tenure

The president and the vice president are elected on a single ticket for a four-year term and are inaugurated on January 1 of the year following that of the election. Both may be re-elected for a subsequent term.

Vice presidents succeeding a sitting president may be reelected for an additional term. However, the vice president is not eligible to run for a second full term, as under Brazilian law any partial term counts toward the limit of two consecutive terms. Due to the wording of the constitution's provisions on term limits, whenever the vice president serves as acting president when the president is either abroad or suspended from office as a result of impeachment, it counts as a partial term.

Workplace and official residence

The vice president works in an annex building of the Palácio do Planalto. The official residence of the vice president is the Palácio do Jaburu, inaugurated in 1977.

Ascension to the presidency

Since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, eight vice presidents have been called upon to replace former presidents: four due to death of the incumbent (Nilo Peçanha, Delfim Moreira, Café Filho, and José Sarney), two due to resignation (Floriano Peixoto and João Goulart), and two due to impeachment conviction (Itamar Franco and Michel Temer).

List of vice presidents

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Term	Party	Election	President
1	[[File:Floriano_Peixoto_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Floriano Peixoto
(1839–1895)	February 26, 1891
–
November 23, 1891	None}};"		Unaffiliated	1891
Office vacant (November 23, 1891 – November 15, 1894)}}	Floriano Peixoto
2	[[File:Manoel_Victorino_Pereira_como_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Manuel Vitorino
(1853–1902)	November 15, 1894
–
November 15, 1898	Federal Republican Party (Brazil)}};"		PRF
(Federal)	1894
3	[[File:Senador Rosa e Silva.jpg	100px]]	Rosa e Silva
(1857–1929)	November 15, 1898
–
November 15, 1902	None}};"		Unaffiliated	1898
Office vacant (November 15, 1902 – June 17, 1903)}}	Rodrigues Alves
4	[[File:Afonso_Pena_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Afonso Pena
(1847–1909)	June 17, 1903
–
November 15, 1906	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1903
5	[[File:Nilo_Peçanha_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Nilo Peçanha
(1867–1924)	November 15, 1906
–
June 14, 1909	Fluminense Republican Party}};"		PRF
(Fluminense)	1906
Office vacant (June 14, 1909 – November 15, 1910)}}	Nilo Peçanha
6	[[File:Venceslau_Brás_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Venceslau Brás
(1868–1966)	November 15, 1910
–
November 15, 1914	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1910
7	[[File:Urbano_Santos_da_Costa_Araújo_como_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Urbano Santos
(1859–1922)	November 15, 1914
–
November 15, 1918	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1914
8	[[File:Delfim_Moreira_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Delfim Moreira
(1868–1920)	November 15, 1918
–
January 16, 1919	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1918
Office vacant (January 16 – July 28, 1919)}}	Delfim Moreira
8	[[File:Delfim_Moreira_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Delfim Moreira
(1868–1920)	July 28, 1919
–
July 1, 1920	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1918
Office vacant (July 1 – November 10, 1920)}}
9	[[File:Francisco_Álvaro_Bueno_de_Paiva_como_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Bueno de Paiva
(1861–1928)	November 10, 1920
–
November 15, 1922	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1920
10	[[File:Estácio_de_Albuquerque_Coimbra_como_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Estácio Coimbra
(1872–1937)	November 15, 1922
–
November 15, 1926	None}};"		Unaffiliated	—
11	[[File:Fernando_de_Mello_Vianna_como_Presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Melo Viana
(1878–1954)	November 15, 1926
–
October 24, 1930	Mineiro Republican Party}};"		PRM	1926
*Office vacant (October 24, 1930 – July 16, 1934)
Office abolished (July 16, 1934 – September 19, 1946)*}}	Military junta of 1930
Getúlio Vargas
José Linhares
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
12	[[File:Nereu_de_Oliveira_Ramos,_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Nereu Ramos
(1888–1958)	September 19, 1946
–
January 31, 1951	Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–1965)}};"		PSD	1946
13	[[File:João_Fernandes_Campos_Café_Filho,_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	Café Filho
(1899–1970)	January 31, 1951
–
August 24, 1954	Social Progressive Party}}"		PSP	1950
Office vacant (August 24, 1954 – January 31, 1956)}}	Café Filho
Carlos Luz
Nereu Ramos
14	[[File:João_Belchior_Marques_Goulart,_presidente_do_Senado.jpg	100px]]	João Goulart
(1919–1976)	January 31, 1956
–
August 25, 1961	Brazilian Labour Party (1945)}};"		PTB	1955
1960
Jânio Quadros
Office vacant (August 25, 1961 – April 15, 1964)}}	Ranieri Mazzilli
João Goulart
Ranieri Mazzilli
15	[[File:José Maria Alkmin, Ministro da Fazenda..tif	100px]]	José Maria Alkmin
(1901–1974)	April 15, 1964
–
March 15, 1967	Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 1945–1965)}};"		PSD	1964
National Renewal Alliance}};"		ARENA
16	[[File:Pedro Aleixo.jpg	100px]]	Pedro Aleixo
(1901–1975)	March 15, 1967
–
August 31, 1969	National Renewal Alliance}};"		ARENA	1966
Office vacant (August 31 – October 30, 1969)}}	Military junta of 1969
17	[[File:Augusto Hamann Rademaker Grünewald (1968).jpg	100px]]	Augusto Rademaker
(1905–1985)	October 30, 1969
–
March 15, 1974	National Renewal Alliance}};"		ARENA	1969
18	[[File:Adalberto Pereira dos Santos, vice-presidente..tif	100px]]	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
(1905–1984)	March 15, 1974
–
March 15, 1979	National Renewal Alliance}};"		ARENA	1974
19	[[File:Aureliano Chaves (1982).jpg	100px]]	Aureliano Chaves
(1929–2003)	March 15, 1979
–
March 15, 1985	National Renewal Alliance}};"		ARENA	1978
Democratic Social Party}};"		PDS
Liberal Front Party}};"		PFL
20	[[File:José Sarney como Presidente do Senado.jpg	100px]]	José Sarney
(b. 1930)	March 15, 1985
–
April 21, 1985	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party}}"		PMDB	1985
Office vacant (April 21, 1985 – March 15, 1990)}}	José Sarney
21	[[File:Itamar Franco (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Itamar Franco
(1930–2011)	March 15, 1990
–
December 29, 1992	National Reconstruction Party}};"		PRN	1990
Brazilian Democratic Movement Party}};"		PMDB
Office vacant (December 29, 1992 – January 1, 1995)}}	Itamar Franco
22	[[File:Marco_Maciel_Senador_assina_constituição_(cropped).jpg	100px]]	Marco Maciel
(1940–2021)	January 1, 1995
–
January 1, 2003	Liberal Front Party}};"		PFL	1994
1998
23	[[File:Jose_alencar_23_out_2007.jpg	100px]]	José Alencar
(1931–2011)	January 1, 2003
–
January 1, 2011	Liberal Party (Brazil, 1985)}};"		PL	2002
2006
Republicans (Brazil)}};"		PRB
24	[[File:Vice-Presidente Michel Temer (recorte 2).jpg	100px]]	Michel Temer
(b. 1940)	January 1, 2011
–
August 31, 2016	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party}}"		PMDB	2010
2014
Office vacant (August 31, 2016 – January 1, 2019)}}	Michel Temer
25	[[File:Hamilton Mourão, vice-presidente do Brasil (cropped).jpg	100px]]	Hamilton Mourão
(b. 1953)	January 1, 2019
–
January 1, 2023	Brazilian Labour Renewal Party}};"		PRTB	2018
Republicans (Brazil)}};"		Republicans
26	[[File:Geraldo Alckmin em abril de 2018 (II).jpg	100px]]	Geraldo Alckmin
(b. 1952)	January 1, 2023
–
Incumbent	Brazilian Socialist Party}};"		PSB	2022

Notes

References

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Zanatta, Pedro. (1 January 2023). "Saiba quanto passa a ser o salário do presidente, vice, ministros e governadores".
"Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo".
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"COIMBRA, Estácio".
"PARTIDO REPUBLICANO FEDERAL (PRF)".
"CHAVES, Aureliano".

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