List of Presidents of Brazil by longevity

This is a list of Presidents of Brazil, in order of longevity. There are currently thirty-four Presidents on the list and five living Presidents. The list is in descending order and is correct as of December 14, 2015. The oldest president is Venceslau Brás (1868–1966), who died at the age of 98 years, 78 days. The oldest living president is José Sarney (born April 24, 1930).

To account for the different number of leap days within the life of each president, two measure of longevity are given. The first is the number of whole years the president lived, and the number of days past their last birthday. The second list the total number of days lived by the president, accounting for differing numbers of leap years within the lifespans of different presidents.

List

Rank	President	Date of Birth	Date of Death	Longevity (Years, Days)	Longevity (Days)
1	Bras, VenceslauVenceslau Bras	February 26, 1868	May 15, 1966	98 years, 78 days	35,872 days
2	Dutra, Eurico GasparEurico Gaspar Dutra	May 18, 1883	June 11, 1974	91 years, 24 days	33,261 days
3	Geisel, ErnestoErnesto Geisel	August 3, 1907	September 12, 1996	89 years, 40 days	32,548 days
4	Luís, WashingtonWashington Luís	October 26, 1869	August 4, 1957	87 years, 282 days	32,058 days
5	Sarney, JoséJosé Sarney	April 24, 1930	Living	85 years, 234 days	31,280 days
6	Figueiredo, JoãoJoão Figueiredo	January 15, 1918	December 24, 1999	81 years, 343 days	29,928 days
7	Cardoso, Fernando HenriqueFernando Henrique Cardoso	June 18, 1931	Living	84 years, 179 days	30,860 days
8	Franco, ItamarItamar Franco	June 28, 1930	July 2, 2011	81 years, 4 days	29,589 days
9	Medici, EmílioEmílio Medici	December 4, 1905	October 9, 1985	79 years, 309 days	29,164 days
10	Bernardes, ArturArtur Bernardes	August 8, 1875	March 23, 1955	79 years, 227 days	29,081 days
11	Pessoa, EpitácioEpitácio Pessoa	May 23, 1865	February 13, 1942	76 years, 266 days	28,024 days
12	Quadros, JânioJânio Quadros	January 25, 1917	February 16, 1992	75 years, 22 days	27,415 days
13	Kubitschek, JuscelinoJuscelino Kubitschek	September 12, 1902	August 22, 1976	73 years, 345 days	27,008 days
14	Sales, CamposCampos Sales	February 15, 1841	June 28, 1913	72 years, 133 days	26,430 days
15	Vargas, GetúlioGetúlio Vargas	April 19, 1882	August 24, 1954	72 years, 127 days	26,424 days
16	Café Filho, JoãoJoão Café Filho	February 3, 1899	February 20, 1970	71 years, 17 days	25,949 days
17	Linhares, JoséJosé Linhares	January 28, 1886	January 26, 1957	70 years, 364 days	25,930 days
18	Rodrigues Alves, FranciscoFrancisco Rodrigues Alves	July 7, 1848	January 16, 1919	70 years, 193 days	25,759 days
19	Costa e Silva, Artur daArtur da Costa e Silva	October 3, 1899	December 17, 1969	70 years, 75 days	25,642 days
20	Castelo Branco, HumbertoHumberto Castelo Branco	September 20, 1897	July 18, 1967	69 years, 301 days	25,502 days
21	Ramos, NereuNereu Ramos	September 3, 1888	June 16, 1958	69 years, 286 days	25,487 days
22	Fonseca, Hermes daHermes da Fonseca	May 12, 1855	September 9, 1923	68 years, 120 days	24,956 days
23	Lula da Silva, Luiz InácioLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva	October 27, 1945	Living	70 years, 48 days	25,615 days
24	Luz, Carlos daCarlos da Luz	August 4, 1894	February 9, 1961	66 years, 189 days	24,295 days
25	Rousseff, DilmaDilma Rousseff	December 14, 1947	Living	68 years, 0 days	24,837 days
26	Fonseca, Deodoro daDeodoro da Fonseca	August 5, 1827	August 23, 1892	65 years, 18 days	23,760 days
27	Ranieri Mazzilli, PascoalPascoal Ranieri Mazzilli	April 27, 1910	April 21, 1975	64 years, 359 days	23,735 days
28	Collor, FernandoFernando Collor	August 12, 1949	Living	66 years, 124 days	24,230 days
29	Pena, AfonsoAfonso Pena	November 30, 1847	June 14, 1909	61 years, 196 days	22,476 days
30	Morais, Prudente dePrudente de Morais	October 4, 1841	December 3, 1902	61 years, 60 days	22,339 days
31	Goulart, JoãoJoão Goulart	March 1, 1919	December 6, 1976	57 years, 280 days	21,100 days
32	Pecanha, NiloNilo Pecanha	October 2, 1867	March 31, 1924	56 years, 181 days	20,634 days
33	Peixoto, FlorianoFloriano Peixoto	April 30, 1839	July 29, 1895	56 years, 90 days	20,544 days
34	Moreira, DelfimDelfim Moreira	November 7, 1868	July 1, 1920	51 years, 237 days	18,863 days

Presidents	34
Living	5
Deceased	29