List of Governors of Bahia
Below is a list of Governors of the Brazilian state of Bahia.
| Order |
Name |
Term Begins |
Terms Ends |
Comments and Observations |
| 51st |
Rui Costa |
January 1, 2015 |
Incumbent |
|
| 50th |
Jaques Wagner |
January 1, 2007 |
January 1, 2015 |
|
| 49th |
Paulo Souto |
January 1, 2003 |
January 1, 2007 |
|
| 48th |
Otto Alencar |
April 6, 2002 |
January 1, 2003 |
|
| 47th |
César Borges |
January 1, 1999 |
April 6, 2002 |
(Resigned) |
| 46th |
Paulo Souto |
January 1, 1995 |
January 1, 1999 |
|
| 45th |
Antônio Imbassahy |
1994 |
1995 |
President of the Assembly |
| 44th |
Ruy Trindade |
1994 |
1994 |
President of the Court of Justice |
| 43rd |
Antônio Carlos Magalhães |
1991 |
1994 |
|
| 42nd |
Nilo Moraes Coelho |
1989 |
1991 |
Lieutenant governor |
| 41st |
Waldir Pires |
1987 |
1989 |
Resigned |
| 40th |
João Durval Carneiro |
1983 |
1987 |
|
| 39th |
Antônio Carlos Magalhães |
1979 |
1983 |
|
| 38th |
Roberto Santos |
1975 |
1979 |
|
| 37th |
Antônio Carlos Magalhães |
1971 |
1975 |
|
| 36th |
Luiz Viana Filho |
1967 |
1971 |
|
| 35th |
Lomanto Júnior |
1963 |
1967 |
|
| 34th |
Juracy Magalhães |
1959 |
1963 |
|
| 33rd |
Antônio Balbino |
1955 |
1959 |
|
| 32nd |
Régis Pacheco |
1951 |
1955 |
João de Lima Teixeira / Augusto Públio Pereira* |
| 31st |
Otávio Mangabeira |
1947 |
1951 |
|
| 30th |
Cândido Caldas |
1946 |
1947 |
|
| 29th |
Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback |
1946 |
1946 |
|
| 28th |
João Vicente Bulcão Viana |
1945 |
1946 |
|
| 27th |
Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo |
1942 |
1945 |
Interim governor |
| 26th |
Landulfo Alves |
1938 |
1942 |
Interim governor |
| 25th |
Antônio Fernandes Dantas |
1937 |
1938 |
Interim governor |
| 24th |
Juracy Magalhães |
1931 |
1937 |
Interim governor |
| 23rd |
Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa |
1931 |
1931 |
Interim governor |
| 22nd |
Artur Neiva |
1931 |
1931 |
Interim governor |
| 21st |
Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral |
1930 |
1931 |
|
| 20th |
Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa |
1930 |
1930 |
Wencesláo Guimarães / Custódio Reis Príncipe Júnior* |
| 19th |
Vital Soares |
1928 |
1930 |
|
| 18th |
Góis Calmon |
1924 |
1928 |
|
| 17th |
José Joaquim Seabra |
1920 |
1924 |
|
| 16th |
Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão |
1916 |
1920 |
|
| 15th |
José Joaquim Seabra |
1912 |
1916 |
|
| 14th |
Bráulio Xavier |
1912 |
1912 |
President of the Court of Justice |
| 13th |
Aurélio Rodrigues Viana |
1911 |
1912 |
|
| 12th |
João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho |
1908 |
1911 |
|
| 11th |
José Marcelino de Sousa |
1904 |
1908 |
José Cupertino de Lacerda* |
| 10th |
Severino Vieira |
1900 |
1904 |
|
| 9th |
Luiz Vianna |
1896 |
1900 |
|
| 8th |
Rodrigues Lima |
1892 |
1896 |
1st governador eleito |
| 7th |
Leal Ferreira |
1891 |
1892 |
|
| 6th |
Tude Soares Neiva |
1891 |
1891 |
Interim |
| 5th |
José Gonçalves da Silva |
1890 |
1891 |
Deposed |
| 4th |
Virgílio Clímaco Damásio |
1890 |
1890 |
Lieutenant governor |
| 3rd |
Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca |
1890 |
1890 |
|
| 2nd |
Manuel Vitorino Pereira |
1889 |
1890 |
|
| 1st |
Virgílio Clímaco Damásio |
1889 |
1889 |
Temporary |
- (*)Signifiies substitutes that legally occupied the office of governor.
