List of Governors of Bahia
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Bahia
Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...
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| Order | Name | Term Begins | Terms Ends | Comments and Observations |
| 50° | Jaques Wagner Jaques Wagner Jaques Wagner is a Brazilian politician, and the current Governor of Bahia. He was a founding member of the Workers' Party , as well as the Central Única dos Trabalhadores , a union which has organized more than 7 million members. He is candidate for reelection in the 2010 Brazilian... |
January 1, 2007 | Incumbent | |
| 49º | Paulo Souto | January 1, 2003 | January 1, 2007 | |
| 48º | Otto Alencar | April 6, 2002 | January 1, 2003 | |
| 47º | César Borges | January 1, 1999 | April 6, 2002 | (Resigned) |
| 46º | Paulo Souto | January 1, 1995 | January 1, 1999 | |
| 45º | Antônio Imbassahy | 1994 | 1995 | President of the Assembly |
| 44º | Ruy Trindade | 1994 | 1994 | President of the Court of Justice |
| 43º | Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães was a Brazilian politician. His paternal grandparents were Portuguese . He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times... |
1991 | 1994 | |
| 42º | Nilo Moraes Coelho | 1989 | 1991 | Lieutenant governor |
| 41º | Waldir Pires Waldir Pires Francisco Waldir Pires de Sousa is a politician of Brazil. He is the former Minister of Defence for President Luis Ignácio "Lula" da Silva, fired due to gross incompetence and inaction during Brazil's aviation crisis of 2006-2007. At the time of the crisis, he was accused by some in Brazil of... |
1987 | 1989 | Resigned |
| 40º | João Durval Carneiro | 1983 | 1987 | |
| 39º | Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães was a Brazilian politician. His paternal grandparents were Portuguese . He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times... |
1979 | 1983 | |
| 38º | Roberto Santos | 1975 | 1979 | |
| 37º | Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Magalhães Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães was a Brazilian politician. His paternal grandparents were Portuguese . He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times... |
1971 | 1975 | |
| 36º | Luiz Viana Filho | 1967 | 1971 | |
| 35º | Lomanto Júnior | 1963 | 1967 | |
| 34º | Juracy Magalhães | 1959 | 1963 | |
| 33º | Antônio Balbino | 1955 | 1959 | |
| 32º | Régis Pacheco | 1951 | 1955 | João de Lima Teixeira / Augusto Públio Pereira* |
| 31º | Octávio Mangabeira | 1947 | 1951 | |
| 30º | Cândido Caldas | 1946 | 1947 | |
| 29º | Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback | 1946 | 1946 | |
| 28º | João Vicente Bulcão Viana | 1945 | 1946 | |
| 27º | Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo | 1942 | 1945 | Interim governor |
| 26º | Landulfo Alves | 1938 | 1942 | Interim governor |
| 25º | Antônio Fernandes Dantas | 1937 | 1938 | Interim governor |
| 24º | Juracy Magalhães | 1931 | 1937 | Interim governor |
| 23º | Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa | 1931 | 1931 | Interim governor |
| 22º | Artur Neiva | 1931 | 1931 | Interim governor |
| 21º | Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral | 1930 | 1931 | |
| 20º | Frederico Augusto Rodrigues da Costa | 1930 | 1930 | Wencesláo Guimarães / Custódio Reis Príncipe Júnior* |
| 19º | Vital Soares Vital Soares Vital Henrique Batista Soares was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He served as a Governor of Bahia from 1928 to 1930.... |
1928 | 1930 | |
| 18º | Góis Calmon | 1924 | 1928 | |
| 17º | José Joaquim Seabra | 1920 | 1924 | |
| 16º | Antônio Ferrão Muniz de Aragão | 1916 | 1920 | |
| 15º | José Joaquim Seabra | 1912 | 1916 | |
| 14º | Bráulio Xavier | 1912 | 1912 | President of the Court of Justice |
| 13º | Aurélio Rodrigues Viana | 1911 | 1912 | |
| 12º | João Ferreira de Araújo Pinho | 1908 | 1911 | |
| 11º | José Marcelino de Sousa | 1904 | 1908 | José Cupertino de Lacerda* |
| 10º | Severino Vieira | 1900 | 1904 | |
| 9º | Luiz Vianna | 1896 | 1900 | |
| 8º | Rodrigues Lima | 1892 | 1896 | 1º governador eleito |
| 7º | Leal Ferreira | 1891 | 1892 | |
| 6º | Tude Soares Neiva | 1891 | 1891 | Interim |
| 5º | José Gonçalves da Silva | 1890 | 1891 | Deposed |
| 4º | Virgílio Clímaco Damásio | 1890 | 1890 | Lieutenant governor |
| 3º | Hermes Ernesto da Fonseca | 1890 | 1890 | |
| 2º | Manuel Vitorino Pereira Manuel Vitorino Manuel Vitorino Pereira was a former Governor of Bahia and a Vice-President under Prudente de Morais. He was a writer and a physician before entering politics.... |
1889 | 1890 | |
| 1º | Virgílio Clímaco Damásio | 1889 | 1889 | Temporary |
- (*)Signifiies substitutes that legally occupied the office of governor.