Commander of the Brazilian Navy
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{{Infobox official post
| post = Commander
| body = the Brazilian Navy
| native_name = {{small|Comandante da Marinha}}
| insignia = Coat of arms of the Brazilian Navy.svg
| insigniasize = 100px
| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the Navy
| flag = Bandeira Comandante da Marinha do Brasil.gif
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| flagcaption = Flag of the Commander of the Navy
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| incumbent = Marcos Sampaio Olsen
| image = 05 01 2023 - Cerimônia de Posse do Comando da Marinha (52617129681) (cropped).jpg
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| incumbentsince = {{Start date and years ago|2023|01|01|df=y}}
| department = {{navy|Brazil}}
| style = Almirante de Esquadra
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| abbreviation =
| member_of = Joint Staff of the Armed Forces
| reports_to = Minister of Defence
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| nominator =
| appointer = President of Brazil
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| precursor =
| formation = 10 March 1808
| first = Manuel Antônio Farinha
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This is a list of commanders of the Brazilian Navy.{{cite web|url=https://www.mar.mil.br/menu_v/cm/ministros_republica.htm|title=Galeria dos ex-ministros e ex-comandantes|author=Marinha do Brasil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=7 February 2007|archive-date=11 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111093050/https://www.mar.mil.br/menu_v/cm/ministros_republica.htm|url-status=dead}}
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.planalto.gov.br/Ccivil_03/Leis/LCP/Lcp97.htm|title=Lei complementar nº 97 de 9 de junho de 1999|author=Presidência da República - Casa Civil|language=Portuguese|accessdate=28 July 2008}}
United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves
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width="75%" class="wikitable"
!Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |Head of government |
João Rodrigues de Sá e Menezes
| align="right" |10 March 1808 | align="right" |30 December 1809 | rowspan="9" align="center" |John VI |
Fernando José de Portugal e Castro
| align="right" |30 December 1809 | align="right" |7 January 1810 |
João de Almeida Melo e Castro
| align="right" |7 January 1810 | align="right" |18 January 1814 |
António de Araújo e Azevedo
| align="right" |18 January 1814 | align="right" |21 June 1817 |
João Paulo Bezerra de Seixas
| align="right" |21 June 1817 | align="right" |29 November 1817 |
Tomás Antônio de Vila Nova Portugal
| align="right" |29 November 1817 | align="right" |5 February 1818 |
Marcos de Noronha e Brito
| align="right" |5 February 1818 | align="right" |22 February 1821 |
Joaquim José Monteiro Torres
| align="right" |22 February 1821 | align="right" |22 April 1821 |
Manuel Antônio Farinha
| align="right" |22 April 1821 | align="right" |22 October 1822 |
Empire of Brazil
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=Reign of Pedro I =
class="wikitable" width="75%"
! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |Head of government |
align="right" |1
|Manuel Antônio Farinha{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/archivonobiliarc00vascuoft|title=Archivo Nobiliarchico Brasileiro|accessdate=2019-01-12}} | align="right" |16 January 1822 | | rowspan="12" align="center" |Pedro I |
align="right" |2
| align="right" |22 October 1822 | align="right" |15 November 1823 |
align="center" |—
|Pedro José da Costa Barros (acting) | align="right" |15 November 1823 | align="right" |17 November 1823 |
align="right" |3
| align="right" |17 November 1823 | align="right" |16 January 1827 |
align="right" |4
|Francisco Afonso Menezes Sousa Coutinho | align="right" |16 January 1827 | align="right" |22 November 1827 |
align="right" |5
| align="right" |22 November 1827 | align="right" |30 May 1828 |
align="center" |—
|João Carlos Augusto von Oyenhausen-Gravenburg (acting) | align="right" |30 May 1828 | align="right" |6 June 1828 |
align="center" |—
|Diogo Jorge de Brito (acting) | align="right" |6 June 1828 | align="right" |16 June 1828 |
align="right" |6
| align="right" |16 June 1828 | align="right" |4 December 1829 |
align="right" |7
| align="right" |4 December 1829 | align="right" |18 March 1831 |
align="center" |—
|José Manuel de Almeida (acting) | align="right" |19 March 1831 | align="right" |5 April 1831 |
align="center" |—
|Francisco Vilela Barbosa (acting) | align="right" |5 April 1831 | align="right" |7 April 1831 |
=Regency period=
{{Main|Regency period (Empire of Brazil)}}
class="wikitable" width="75%"
! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |Head of government |
rowspan="2" align="right" |7
| rowspan="2" |José Manuel de Almeida | align="right" |7 April 1831 | align="right" |17 June 1831 |Provisional Triumviral Regency |
align="right" |17 June 1831
| align="right" |28 October 1831 | rowspan="9" |Permanent Triumviral Regency |
align="right" |8
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | align="right" |28 October 1831 | align="right" |3 August 1832 |
align="center" |—
|Bento Barroso Pereira (acting) | align="right" |3 August 1832 | align="right" |14 September 1832 |
align="center" |—
|Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) | align="right" |14 September 1832 | align="right" |8 November 1832 |
align="right" |9
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | align="right" |8 November 1832 | align="right" |30 July 1834 |
align="center" |—
|Antero José Ferreira de Brito (acting) | align="right" |30 July 1834 | align="right" |16 January 1835 |
align="center" |—
|João Paulo dos Santos Barreto (acting) | align="right" |16 January 1835 | align="right" |14 March 1835 |
align="center" |—
|Joaquim Vieira da Silva e Sousa (acting) | align="right" |14 March 1835 | align="right" |17 March 1835 |
align="right" |10
| align="right" |17 March 1835 | align="right" |14 October 1835 |
align="center" |—
|Manuel da Fonseca Lima e Silva (acting) | align="right" |14 October 1835 | align="right" |5 February 1836 | rowspan="3" |Diogo Antônio Feijó |
align="right" |11
| align="right" |5 February 1836 | align="right" |16 May 1837 |
align="right" |12
| align="right" |16 May 1837 | align="right" |18 September 1837 |
align="right" |13
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | align="right" |18 September 1837 | align="right" |16 April 1839 | rowspan="3" |Pedro de Araújo Lima |
align="right" |14
|Jacinto Roque de Sena Pereira | align="right" |16 April 1839 | align="right" |23 May 1840 |
align="right" |15
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres | align="right" |23 May 1840 | align="right" |23 July 1840 |
=Reign of Pedro II =
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!width="3%"|No. !Name !width="20%"|Start !width="20%"|End !width="20%"|Head of government |
align=right|16
|Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |align=right|24 July 1840 |align=right|23 March 1841 |rowspan=10 align=center|Pedro II |
align=right|17
|align=right|23 March 1841 |align=right|26 August 1841 |
rowspan=2 align=center|—
|align=right|26 August 1841 |align=right|13 September 1841 |
Francisco Vilela Barbosa
|align=right|13 September 1841 |align=right|20 January 1843 |
align=right|18
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres |align=right|20 January 1843 |align=right|24 January 1843 |
align=center|—
|align=right|24 January 1843 |align=right|2 February 1843 |
align=right|19
|Joaquim José Rodrigues Torres |align=right|2 February 1843 |align=right|2 February 1844 |
align=right|20
|align=right|2 February 1844 |align=right|23 May 1844 |
align=right|21
|Antônio Francisco de Paula de Holanda Cavalcanti de Albuquerque |align=right|23 May 1844 |align=right|17 May 1847 |
align=center|—
|João Paulo dos Santos Barreto |align=right|17 May 1847 |align=right|22 May 1847 |
align=right|22
|align=right|22 May 1847 |align=right|8 March 1848 |
align=center|—
|Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo |align=right|8 March 1848 |align=right|14 May 1848 |
align=right|23
|align=right|14 May 1848 |align=right|29 September 1848 |
align=right|24
|Manuel Felizardo de Sousa e Melo |align=right|29 September 1848 |align=right|23 July 1849 |
align=right|25
|align=right|23 July 1849 |align=right|11 May 1852 |
align=right|26
|Zacarias de Góis e Vasconcelos |align=right|11 May 1852 |align=right|6 September 1853 |
align=center|—
|Pedro de Alcântara Bellegarde |align=right|6 September 1853 |align=right|15 December 1853 |rowspan=2|Honório Carneiro Leão |
align=right|27
|align=right|15 February 1853 |align=right|14 June 1855 |
align=right|28
|align=right|14 June 1855 |align=right|8 October 1856 |
align=center|—
|align=right|8 October 1856 |align=right|4 May 1857 |
align=right|29
|align=right|4 May 1857 |align=right|12 December 1858 |
align=right|30
|Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu |align=right|12 December 1858 |align=right|10 August 1859 |
align=right|31
|Francisco Xavier Pais Barreto |align=right|10 August 1859 |align=right|2 March 1861 |
align=right|32
|align=right|2 March 1861 |align=right|24 May 1862 |
align=center|—
|José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva |align=right|24 May 1862 |align=right|30 May 1862 |
align=right|33
|align=right|30 May 1862 |align=right|15 January 1864 |
align=right|34
|align=right|15 January 1864 |align=right|31 March 1864 |rowspan=2|Zacarias de Góis |
align=right|35
|Francisco Carlos de Araújo Brusque |align=right|31 March 1864 |align=right|31 August 1864 |
align=right|36
|Francisco Xavier Pinto de Lima |align=right|31 August 1864 |align=right|12 May 1865 |
align=center|—
|align=right|12 May 1865 |align=right|27 June 1865 |rowspan=4|Pedro de Araújo Lima |
align=right|37
|Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo |align=right|27 June 1865 |align=right|27 January 1866 |
align=center|—
|align=right|27 January 1866 |align=right|17 February 1866 |
align=right|38
|Francisco de Paula da Silveira Lobo |align=right|17 February 1866 |align=right|3 August 1866 |
align=right|39
|Afonso Celso de Assis Figueiredo |align=right|3 August 1866 |align=right|16 July 1868 |
align=right|40
|align=right|16 July 1868 |align=right|29 September 1870 |
align=right|41
|align=right|29 September 1870 |align=right|7 March 1871 |
align=right|42
|Manuel Antônio Duarte de Azevedo |align=right|7 March 1871 |align=right|18 May 1872 |rowspan=2|José Paranhos |
align=right|43
|Joaquim Delfino Ribeiro da Luz |align=right|18 May 1872 |align=right|25 June 1875 |
align=right|44
|align=right|25 June 1875 |align=right|5 January 1878 |
align=right|45
|align=right|5 January 1878 |align=right|24 December 1878 |rowspan=4|Cansanção de Sinimbu |
align=right|46
|align=right|24 December 1878 |align=right|9 December 1879 |
align=center|—
|João Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá |align=right|9 December 1879 |align=right|24 January 1880 |
align=right|47
|align=right|24 January 1880 |align=right|28 March 1880 |
align=center|—
|align=right|28 March 1880 |align=right|30 March 1880 |rowspan=2|José Antônio Saraiva |
align=right|48
|José Rodrigues de Lima Duarte |align=right|30 March 1880 |align=right|21 January 1882 |
align=center|—
|align=right|21 January 1882 |align=right|28 January 1882 |rowspan=3|Martinho Campos |
align=right|49
|Bento Francisco de Paula Sousa |align=right|28 January 1882 |align=right|6 May 1882 |
align=right|50
|align=right|6 May 1882 |align=right|3 July 1882 |
align=right|51
|João Florentino Meira de Vasconcelos |align=right|3 July 1882 |align=right|24 May 1883 |
align=right|52
|Antônio de Almeida e Oliveira |align=right|24 May 1883 |align=right|6 June 1884 |
align=right|53
|align=right|6 June 1884 |align=right|6 May 1885 |
align=right|54
|align=right|6 May 1885 |align=right|20 August 1885 |
align=right|55
|Alfredo Rodrigues Fernandes Chaves |align=right|20 August 1885 |align=right|12 June 1886 |rowspan=3|João Maurício Wanderley |
align=right|56
|align=right|12 June 1886 |align=right|10 May 1887 |
align=right|57
|align=right|10 May 1887 |align=right|10 March 1888 |
align=right|58
|align=right|10 March 1888 |align=right|4 January 1889 |rowspan=3|João Correia de Oliveira |
align=center|—
|align=right|4 January 1889 |align=right|8 February 1889 |
align=right|59
|Joaquim Elísio Pereira Marinho |align=right|8 February 1889 |align=right|7 June 1889 |
align=right|60
|align=right|7 June 1889 |align=right|15 November 1889 |
Republican period
{{See|Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil)}}
= First Brazilian Republic =
{{Main|First Brazilian Republic}}
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! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |President |
align="right" |61
| align="right" |15 November 1889 | align="right" |22 January 1891 | rowspan="2" |Deodoro da Fonseca |
align="right" |62
| align="right" |22 January 1891 | align="right" |23 November 1891 |
align="right" |63
| align="right" |23 November 1891 | align="right" |30 April 1893 | rowspan="5" |Floriano Peixoto |
align="right" |64
|Filipe Firmino Rodrigues Chaves | align="right" |30 April 1893 | align="right" |5 January 1894 |
align="right" |65
| align="right" |5 January 1894 | align="right" |26 June 1894 |
align="center" |—
|Bibiano Sérgio Macedo Costallat (acting) | align="right" |26 June 1894 | align="right" |2 July 1894 |
align="right" |66
| align="right" |2 July 1894 | align="right" |5 November 1894 |
align="right" |67
| align="right" |15 November 1894 | align="right" |21 November 1896 | rowspan="2" |Prudente de Morais |
align="right" |68
| align="right" |21 November 1896 | align="right" |15 November 1898 |
align="right" |69
| align="right" |15 November 1898 | align="right" |19 August 1899 | rowspan="2" |Campos Sales |
align="right" |70
| align="right" |19 August 1899 | align="right" |15 November 1902 |
align="right" |71
| align="right" |15 November 1902 | align="right" |15 November 1906 |
rowspan="2" align="right" |72
| rowspan="2" |Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | align="right" |15 November 1906 | align="right" |14 June 1909 |
align="right" |14 June 1909
| align="right" |15 November 1910 |
align="right" |73
|Joaquim Marques Batista de Leão | align="right" |15 November 1910 | align="right" |11 January 1912 | rowspan="4" |Hermes da Fonseca |
align="right" |74
| align="right" |11 January 1912 | align="right" |12 July 1913 |
align="right" |75
|Vespasiano Gonçalves de Albuquerque e Silva (acting) | align="right" |12 July 1913 | align="right" |2 August 1913 |
rowspan="2" align="right" |76
| rowspan="2" |Alexandrino Faria de Alencar | align="right" |2 August 1913 | align="right" |15 November 1914 |
align="right" |15 November 1914
| align="right" |15 November 1918 |
align="right" |77
|Antônio Coutinho Gomes Pereira | align="right" |15 November 1918 | align="right" |26 July 1919 |
align="right" |78
| align="right" |26 July 1919 | align="right" |20 October 1920 | rowspan="3" |Epitácio Pessoa |
align="right" |79
| align="right" |20 October 1920 | align="right" |12 September 1921 |
align="right" |80
| align="right" |12 September 1921 | align="right" |15 November 1922 |
align="right" |81
| align="right" |15 November 1922 | align="right" |18 April 1926 | rowspan="2" |Artur Bernardes |
rowspan="2" align="right" |82
| rowspan="2" |Arnaldo de Siqueira Pinto da Luz | align="right" |20 April 1926 | align="right" |15 November 1926 |
align="right" |15 November 1926
| align="right" |20 October 1930 |
= Vargas Era (Second and Third Brazilian Republics) =
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class="wikitable" width="75%"
! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |President |
rowspan="2" align="right" |83
| rowspan="2" |José Isaías de Noronha | align="right" |25 October 1930 | align="right" |3 November 1930 |
align="right" |3 November 1930
| align="right" |17 December 1930 | rowspan="4" |Getúlio Vargas |
align="right" |84
| align="right" |17 December 1930 | align="right" |9 June 1931 |
align="right" |85
| align="right" |9 June 1931 | align="right" |12 November 1935 |
align="right" |86
| align="right" |12 November 1935 | align="right" |30 October 1945 |
align="right" |87
| align="right" |30 October 1945 | align="right" |31 January 1946 |
= Fourth Brazilian Republic =
{{Main|Fourth Brazilian Republic}}
class="wikitable" width="75%"
! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |President |
align="right" |87
| align="right" |31 January 1946 | align="right" |29 September 1946 | rowspan="2" |Eurico Dutra |
align="right" |88
| align="right" |29 August 1946 | align="right" |31 January 1951 |
align="right" |89
| align="right" |31 January 1951 | align="right" |26 August 1954 |
align="right" |90
|Edmundo Jordão Amorim do Vale | align="right" |26 August 1954 | align="right" |11 November 1955 |
rowspan="2" align="right" |91
| rowspan="2" |Antônio Alves Câmara Júnior | align="right" |11 November 1955 | align="right" |31 January 1956 |
align="right" |31 January 1956
| align="right" |19 August 1958 | rowspan="2" |Juscelino Kubitschek |
align="right" |92
| align="right" |19 August 1958 | align="right" |3 January 1961 |
rowspan="2" align="right" |93
| rowspan="2" |Sílvio Heck | align="right" |3 January 1961 | align="right" |25 August 1961 |
align="right" |25 August 1961
| align="right" |8 September 1961 |
align="right" |94
| align="right" |8 September 1961 | align="right" |27 June 1962 | rowspan="5" |João Goulart |
align="center" |—
|Heitor Doyle Maia (acting) | align="right" |27 June 1962 | align="right" |12 July 1962 |
align="right" |95
| align="right" |12 July 1962 | align="right" |14 June 1963 |
align="right" |96
| align="right" |14 June 1963 | align="right" |27 March 1964 |
align="right" |97
|Paulo Mário da Cunha Rodrigues | align="right" |27 March 1964 | align="right" |4 April 1964 |
=Military dictatorship (Fifth Brazilian Republic)=
{{Main|Fifth Brazilian Republic}}
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! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |President |
align="right" |98
| align="right" |4 April 1964 | align="right" |20 April 1964 |
align="right" |99
| align="right" |20 April 1964 | align="right" |15 January 1965 | rowspan="3" |Castelo Branco |
align="right" |100
| align="right" |15 January 1965 | align="right" |17 December 1965 |
align="right" |101
|Zilmar Campos de Araripe Macedo | align="right" |17 December 1965 | align="right" |15 March 1967 |
rowspan="2" align="right" |102
| rowspan="2" |Augusto Rademaker | align="right" |15 March 1967 | align="right" |31 August 1969 |
align="right" |31 August 1969
| align="right" |30 October 1969 |
align="right" |103
| align="right" |30 October 1969 | align="right" |15 March 1974 |
align="right" |104
| align="right" |15 March 1974 | align="right" |15 March 1979 |
align="right" |105
|Maximiano Eduardo da Silva Fonseca | align="right" |15 March 1979 | align="right" |21 March 1984 | rowspan="2" |João Figueiredo |
align="right" |106
| align="right" |21 March 1984 | align="right" |15 March 1985 |
= Sixth Brazilian Republic=
{{Main|Sixth Brazilian Republic}}
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! width="3%" |No. !Name ! width="20%" |Start ! width="20%" |End ! width="20%" |President |
align="right" |107
| align="right" |15 March 1985 | align="right" |15 March 1990 |
align="right" |108
| align="right" |15 March 1990 | align="right" |8 October 1992 |
align="right" |109
| align="right" |8 October 1992 | align="right" |1 January 1995 |
align="right" |110
|Mauro César Rodrigues Pereira | align="right" |1 January 1995 | align="right" |31 December 1998 | rowspan="2" |Fernando Henrique Cardoso |
align="right" |111
|Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | align="right" |1 January 1999 | align="right" |10 June 1999 |
colspan="5" align="center" |Commander of the Navy |
align="center" |—
|Sérgio Gitirana Florêncio Chagasteles | align="right" |10 June 1999 | align="right" |3 January 2003 |
align="right" |112
|Roberto de Guimarães Carvalho | align="right" |3 January 2003 | align="right" |1 March 2007 | rowspan="2" |Lula da Silva |
rowspan="2" align="right" |113
| rowspan="2" |Julio Soares de Moura Neto | align="right" |1 March 2007 | align="right" |1 January 2011 |
align="right" |1 January 2011
| align="right" |7 February 2015 | rowspan="2" |Dilma Rousseff |
rowspan="2" align="right" |114
| rowspan="2" |Eduardo Bacellar Leal Ferreira | align="right" |7 February 2015 | align="right" |31 August 2016 |
align="right" |31 August 2016
| align="right" |9 January 2019 |
align="right" |115
| align="right" |9 January 2019 | align="right" |31 March 2021 | rowspan="2" |Jair Bolsonaro |
align="right" |116
| align="right" |31 March 2021 | align="right" |1 January 2023 |
align="right" |117
| align="right" |1 January 2023 | align="right" |incumbent |
References
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