List of governors of Ceará

Mato Grosso
Mato Grosso
	Governor's Flag of the State of Ceará
	Flag of Ceará
	Incumbent; Camilo Santana; Acting since January 1, 2015
Residence	Palácio da Abolição
Precursor	Pedro Taques
Formation	1889
First holder	Luís Antônio Ferraz
Website	ceara.gov.br

Below is a list of Governors of the Brazilian state of Ceará.

No.	Name	Term Begins	Terms Ends
New Republic (1985-2024)(51−59)
59	Camilo Santana	January 1, 2015	Incumbent (Currently serving November 19, 2024)
58	Cid Gomes	January 1, 2007	January 1, 2015
57	Lúcio Alcântara	January 1, 2003	January 1, 2007
56	Beni Veras	April 6, 2002	January 1, 2003
55	Tasso Jereissati	January 1, 1995	April 6, 2002
54	Francisco Aguiar	October 9, 1994	January 1, 1995
53	Francisco de Barros	September 8, 1994	October 9, 1994
52	Ciro Gomes	March 15, 1991	September 8, 1994
51	Tasso Jereissati	March 15, 1987	March 15, 1991
Military Dictatorship (1964-1985)(43−50)
50	Gonzaga Mota	March 15, 1983	March 15, 1987
49	Manuel de Castro	March 15, 1982	March 15, 1983
48	Virgílio Távora	March 15, 1979	March 15, 1982
47	Waldemar Alcântara	February 28, 1978	March 15, 1979
46	Adauto Bezerra	March 15, 1975	February 28, 1978
45	César Cals	March 25, 1971	March 15, 1975
44	Plácido Castelo	September 12, 1966	March 25, 1971
43	Franklin Chaves	August 12, 1966	September 12, 1966
Fourth Brazilian Republic (1945-1964)(30−42)
42	Virgílio Távora	March 25, 1963	August 12, 1966
41	Parsifal Barroso	March 25, 1959	March 25, 1963
40	Flávio Marcílio	July 3, 1958	March 25, 1959
39	Paulo Sarasate	March 25, 1955	July 3, 1958
38	Stênio Gomes da Silva	July 1, 1954	March 25, 1955
37	Raul Barbosa	January 31, 1951	July 1, 1954
36	Faustino de Albuquerque	March 1, 1947	January 31, 1951
35	José Feliciano de Ataíde	February 3, 1947	March 1, 1947
34	José Machado Lopes	October 28, 1946	February 3, 1947
33	Pedro Firmeza	February 16, 1946	October 28, 1946
32	Acrísio Moreira da Rocha	January 21, 1946	February 16, 1946
31	Tomás Pompeu Filho	January 10, 1946	January 21, 1946
30	Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos	October 28, 1945	January 10, 1946
Vargas era (1930-1945)(24−29)
29	Francisco de Meneses Pimentel	May 25, 1935	October 28, 1945
28	Franklin Monteiro Gondim	May 10, 1935	May 25, 1935
27	Filipe Moreira Lima	September 5, 1934	May 10, 1935
26	Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça	September 22, 1931	September 5, 1934
25	João da Silva Leal	June 13, 1931	September 22, 1931
24	Manuel Fernandes Távora	October 8, 1930	June 13, 1931
First Brazilian Republic (1889-1930)(1−23)
23	José Carlos de Matos Peixoto	July 12, 1928	October 8, 1930
22	Eduardo Henrique Girão	May 19, 1928	July 12, 1928
21	José Moreira da Rocha	July 12, 1924	May 19, 1928
20	Ildefonso Albano	July 12, 1923	July 12, 1924
19	Justiniano de Serpa	July 12, 1920	July 12, 1923
18	João Tomé de Sabóia e Silva	July 12, 1916	July 12, 1920
17	Benjamin Liberato Barroso	June 24, 1914	July 12, 1916
16	Fernando Setembrino de Carvalho	March 15, 1914	June 24, 1914
−	Floro Bartolomeu	March 10, 1914	March 15, 1914
15	Marcos Franco Rabelo	July 14, 1912	March 14, 1914
14	Belisário Cícero Alexandrino	July 12, 1912	July 14, 1912
13	Antônio Frederico de Carvalho Mota	January 24, 1912	July 12, 1912
12	Antônio Nogueira Accioli	July 12, 1908	January 24, 1912
11	Antônio Nogueira Accioli	July 12, 1904	July 12, 1908
10	Pedro Augusto Borges	July 12, 1900	July 12, 1904
9	Antônio Nogueira Accioli	July 12, 1896	July 12, 1900
8	José Bezerril Fontenelle	August 27, 1892	July 12, 1896
7	Antônio Nogueira Accioli	July 12, 1892	August 27, 1892
6	Benjamin Liberato Barroso	18th February, 1892	12th July, 1892
5	João Nepomuceno de Medeiros Mallet	16th February, 1892	18th February, 1892
4	José Clarindo de Queirós	28th April, 1891	16th February, 1892
3	Feliciano Antônio Benjamim	6th April, 1891	28th April, 1891
2	Benjamin Liberato Barroso	22nd January, 1891	6th April, 1891
1	Luís Antônio Ferraz	16th November, 1889	22nd January, 1891