Vice President of Brazil

Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Vice President of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil
	Coat of arms of Brazil
	Vice presidential standard
	Incumbent; Geraldo Alckmin; since January 1, 2023
	Federal government of Brazil
Style	Mr. Vice President ; (informal) ; The Most Excellent and His Excellency ; (formal)
Status	Second highest executive branch officer
Member of	Cabinet; National Defense Council
Residence	Palácio do Jaburu
Seat	Brasília
Appointer	Direct popular vote (two rounds if necessary)
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Brazil
Inaugural holder	Floriano Peixoto
Formation	February 26, 1891; (133 years ago)
Succession	First
Salary	R$ 39,293.32 per month
Website	www.gov.br/planalto

The vice president of Brazil (Portuguese: Vice-Presidente do Brasil), 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^[a] (Itamar Franco and Michel Temer).

List of vice presidents

No.	Name (Birth–Death)	Term		Election	President
1	Floriano Peixoto (1839–1895)	February 26, 1891 – November 23, 1891^[b]	Unaffiliated	1891	Deodoro da Fonseca
Office vacant (November 23, 1891 – November 15, 1894)					Floriano Peixoto
2	Manuel Vitorino^[c] (1853–1902)	November 15, 1894 – November 15, 1898	PRF (Federal)	1894	Prudente de Morais
3	Rosa e Silva (1857–1929)	November 15, 1898 – November 15, 1902	Unaffiliated	1898	Campos Sales
Office vacant (November 15, 1902 – June 17, 1903)^[d]					Rodrigues Alves
4	Afonso Pena^[e] (1847–1909)	June 17, 1903 – November 15, 1906	PRM	1903	Rodrigues Alves
5	Nilo Peçanha (1867–1924)	November 15, 1906 – June 14, 1909^[f]	PRF (Fluminense)	1906	Afonso Pena
Office vacant (June 14, 1909 – November 15, 1910)					Nilo Peçanha
6	Venceslau Brás (1868–1966)	November 15, 1910 – November 15, 1914	PRM	1910	Hermes da Fonseca
7	Urbano Santos (1859–1922)	November 15, 1914 – November 15, 1918	PRM	1914	Venceslau Brás
8	Delfim Moreira^[g] (1868–1920)	November 15, 1918 – January 16, 1919	PRM	1918	Rodrigues Alves
Office vacant (January 16 – July 28, 1919)					Delfim Moreira
8	Delfim Moreira (1868–1920)	July 28, 1919 – July 1, 1920^[h]	PRM	1918	Epitácio Pessoa
Office vacant (July 1 – November 10, 1920)
9	Bueno de Paiva^[e] (1861–1928)	November 10, 1920 – November 15, 1922	PRM	1920
10	Estácio Coimbra^[i] (1872–1937)	November 15, 1922 – November 15, 1926	Unaffiliated^[j]	—	Artur Bernardes
11	Melo Viana (1878–1954)	November 15, 1926 – October 24, 1930^[k]	PRM	1926	Washington Luís
Office vacant (October 24, 1930 – July 16, 1934) Office abolished (July 16, 1934 – September 19, 1946)^[l]					Military junta of 1930
					Getúlio Vargas
					José Linhares
					Eurico Gaspar Dutra
12	Nereu Ramos (1888–1958)	September 19, 1946 – January 31, 1951	PSD	1946	Eurico Gaspar Dutra
13	Café Filho (1899–1970)	January 31, 1951 – August 24, 1954^[f]	PSP	1950	Getúlio Vargas
Office vacant (August 24, 1954 – January 31, 1956)					Café Filho
					Carlos Luz
					Nereu Ramos
14	João Goulart (1919–1976)	January 31, 1956 – August 25, 1961^[b]	PTB	1955 1960	Juscelino Kubitschek
14	João Goulart (1919–1976)	January 31, 1956 – August 25, 1961^[b]	PTB	1955 1960	Jânio Quadros
Office vacant (August 25, 1961 – April 15, 1964)					Ranieri Mazzilli
					João Goulart
					Ranieri Mazzilli
15	José Maria Alkmin (1901–1974)	April 15, 1964 – March 15, 1967	PSD^[m]	1964	Castelo Branco
15	José Maria Alkmin (1901–1974)	April 15, 1964 – March 15, 1967	ARENA	1964	Castelo Branco
16	Pedro Aleixo (1901–1975)	March 15, 1967 – August 31, 1969^[n]	ARENA	1966	Costa e Silva
Office vacant (August 31 – October 30, 1969)					Military junta of 1969
17	Augusto Rademaker (1905–1985)	October 30, 1969 – March 15, 1974	ARENA	1969	Emílio Médici
18	Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (1905–1984)	March 15, 1974 – March 15, 1979	ARENA	1974	Ernesto Geisel
19	Aureliano Chaves (1929–2003)	March 15, 1979 – March 15, 1985	ARENA^[o]	1978	João Figueiredo
			PDS
			PFL^[p]
20	José Sarney^[q] (b. 1930)	March 15, 1985 – April 21, 1985^[r]	PMDB	1985	Tancredo Neves (president-elect)
Office vacant (April 21, 1985 – March 15, 1990)					José Sarney
21	Itamar Franco (1929–2011)	March 15, 1990 – December 29, 1992^[b]	PRN^[s]	1990	Fernando Collor
21	Itamar Franco (1929–2011)	March 15, 1990 – December 29, 1992^[b]	PMDB	1990	Fernando Collor
Office vacant (December 29, 1992 – January 1, 1995)					Itamar Franco
22	Marco Maciel (1940–2021)	January 1, 1995 – January 1, 2003	PFL	1994 1998	Fernando Henrique Cardoso
23	José Alencar (1931–2011)	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	PL^[t]	2002 2006	Lula da Silva
23	José Alencar (1931–2011)	January 1, 2003 – January 1, 2011	PRB	2002 2006	Lula da Silva
24	Michel Temer (b. 1940)	January 1, 2011 – August 31, 2016^[u]	PMDB	2010 2014	Dilma Rousseff
Office vacant (August 31, 2016 – January 1, 2019)					Michel Temer
25	Hamilton Mourão (b. 1953)	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023	PRTB^[v]	2018	Jair Bolsonaro
25	Hamilton Mourão (b. 1953)	January 1, 2019 – January 1, 2023	Republicans	2018	Jair Bolsonaro
26	Geraldo Alckmin (b. 1952)	January 1, 2023 – Incumbent	PSB	2022	Lula da Silva

Notes

^ President Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached by the Chamber of Deputies, but resigned before being convicted in the Senate, resulting in Itamar Franco becoming President while the trial of Collor continued (eventually resulting in a conviction and his disqualification from public office for eight years).
^ ^a ^b ^c Assumed the presidency following the resignation of the president.
^ Acting president from November 10, 1896 to March 3, 1897. President Prudente de Morais was absent from his office due to health issues.
^ Vice president-elect Silviano Brandão died before taking office, thus making the position vacant.
^ ^a ^b Elected to fill the vacancy.
^ ^a ^b Assumed the presidency following the death of the president.
^ Became interim president, as vice president, between November 15, 1918 and January 16, 1919. When president-elect Rodrigues Alves died, he continued as interim president until July 28, 1919. The Constitution of the time stipulated that the vice president would only assume the presidency definitively if the term of the president was interrupted two years after his inauguration, that is, halfway through his term.
^ Died in office.
^ Replaced vice president-elect Urbano Santos, who had died before taking office.^[3]^[4]
^ Estácio Coimbra was a member of the Barreiros Republican Party, a branch of the Federal Republican Party (PRF) founded in 1894 in Pernambuco.^[5] After the dissolution of the PRF in 1897,^[6] no record exists of Coimbra joining another political party.
^ Deposed by the Revolution of 1930.
^ The office of vice president was abolished by the 1934 Constitution, but restored by the 1946 Constitution, promulgated on September 18 of that year. The indirect election and inauguration of the new vice president took place the following day.
^ Until the dissolution of the party on October 27, 1965.
^ After Costa e Silva was removed from office for health issues, Pedro Aleixo was prevented from assuming the presidency by the military junta of 1969. Officially, his office was revoked on October 14 by the AI-16, signed by the military triumvirate.
^ Until the dissolution of the party on December 20, 1979.
^ Aureliano Chaves was the leader and one of the founders of the Liberal Front Party, a dissident group from the Social Democratic Party (PDS), after it chose Paulo Maluf as its candidate for the 1985 presidential election. Also, he was responsible for launching the party manifesto in December 1984, together with 11 former PDS members.^[7]
^ Acting president until the death of president-elect Tancredo Neves, who became gravely ill the night before the inauguration.
^ Assumed the presidency following the death of president-elect Tancredo Neves.
^ Until May 1992.
^ Until September 2005.
^ Assumed the presidency following the impeachment of the president.
^ Until March 2022.

References

^ "Decreto nº 9.758, de 11 de abril de 2019". Diário Oficial da União (in Portuguese). No. 70–A. Impressa Nacional. 11 April 2019. p. 5. ISSN 1677-7042. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
^ Zanatta, Pedro (1 January 2023). "Saiba quanto passa a ser o salário do presidente, vice, ministros e governadores". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo". Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ "Vice-presidente Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo". Biblioteca da Presidência da República (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
^ Moreira, Regina da Luz. "COIMBRA, Estácio" (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Setemy, Adrianna. "PARTIDO REPUBLICANO FEDERAL (PRF)" (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.
^ Sousa, Patrícia Campos de. "CHAVES, Aureliano". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.

External links

Vice-Presidency of Brazil Official Website
Official vice presidential portrait

[3] President Fernando Collor de Mello was impeached by the Chamber of Deputies, but resigned before being convicted in the Senate, resulting in Itamar Franco becoming President while the trial of Collor continued (eventually resulting in a conviction and his disqualification from public office for eight years).

[resign-4] Assumed the presidency following the resignation of the president.

[5] Acting president from November 10, 1896 to March 3, 1897. President Prudente de Morais was absent from his office due to health issues.

[6] Vice president-elect Silviano Brandão died before taking office, thus making the position vacant.

[election-7] Elected to fill the vacancy.

[death-8] Assumed the presidency following the death of the president.

[9] Became interim president, as vice president, between November 15, 1918 and January 16, 1919. When president-elect Rodrigues Alves died, he continued as interim president until July 28, 1919. The Constitution of the time stipulated that the vice president would only assume the presidency definitively if the term of the president was interrupted two years after his inauguration, that is, halfway through his term.

[10] Died in office.

[13] Replaced vice president-elect Urbano Santos, who had died before taking office.^[3]^[4]

[16] Estácio Coimbra was a member of the Barreiros Republican Party, a branch of the Federal Republican Party (PRF) founded in 1894 in Pernambuco.^[5] After the dissolution of the PRF in 1897,^[6] no record exists of Coimbra joining another political party.

[17] Deposed by the Revolution of 1930.

[18] The office of vice president was abolished by the 1934 Constitution, but restored by the 1946 Constitution, promulgated on September 18 of that year. The indirect election and inauguration of the new vice president took place the following day.

[19] Until the dissolution of the party on October 27, 1965.

[20] After Costa e Silva was removed from office for health issues, Pedro Aleixo was prevented from assuming the presidency by the military junta of 1969. Officially, his office was revoked on October 14 by the AI-16, signed by the military triumvirate.

[21] Until the dissolution of the party on December 20, 1979.

[23] Aureliano Chaves was the leader and one of the founders of the Liberal Front Party, a dissident group from the Social Democratic Party (PDS), after it chose Paulo Maluf as its candidate for the 1985 presidential election. Also, he was responsible for launching the party manifesto in December 1984, together with 11 former PDS members.^[7]

[24] Acting president until the death of president-elect Tancredo Neves, who became gravely ill the night before the inauguration.

[25] Assumed the presidency following the death of president-elect Tancredo Neves.

[26] Until May 1992.

[27] Until September 2005.

[28] Assumed the presidency following the impeachment of the president.

[29] Until March 2022.

[1] "Decreto nº 9.758, de 11 de abril de 2019". Diário Oficial da União (in Portuguese). No. 70–A. Impressa Nacional. 11 April 2019. p. 5. ISSN 1677-7042. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

[2] Zanatta, Pedro (1 January 2023). "Saiba quanto passa a ser o salário do presidente, vice, ministros e governadores". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[11] "Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo". Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro (in Portuguese). Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[12] "Vice-presidente Urbano Santos da Costa Araújo". Biblioteca da Presidência da República (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 17 September 2023.

[14] Moreira, Regina da Luz. "COIMBRA, Estácio" (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[15] Setemy, Adrianna. "PARTIDO REPUBLICANO FEDERAL (PRF)" (PDF). FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.

[22] Sousa, Patrícia Campos de. "CHAVES, Aureliano". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 19 September 2023.

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