The Portuguese capitania of Rio Grande do Norte was established in 1597. It became
an original province of the Empire of Brazil in 1822.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents of the Province of Rio Grande do Norte
Presidentes da Província do Rio Grande do Norte
1847 - 1848 Antonio Joaquim de Siqueira
1848 - 1849 Antonio Pereira Pinto
1849 Benvenuto Augusto de Magalhaes Taques 1818 - 1881
1849 - 1850 José Pereira de Araujo Neves 1... - 1850
1850 João Carlos Wanderley* 1811 - 1899
1850 - 1852 José Joaquim da Cunha
1852 - 1853 Antonio Francisco Pereira de Carvalho
1853 - 1857 Antonio Bernardo de Passos
1857 - 1858 Bernardo Machado da Costa Doria 1811 - 1878
1858 Octaviano Cabral Rapozo da Camara*
1858 - 185. Antonio Marcellino Nunes Gonçalves 1823 - 1899
185. - 1859 ...
1859 Antonio Marcellino Nunes Gonçalves (2x)
1859 - 1860 João José de Oliveira Junqueira Filho 1832 - 1887
1860 - 1861 José Bento da Cunha Figueiredo Junior 18.. - 1885
1861 - 1862 Pedro Leão Velloso 1828 - 1902
1862 Trajano Leocadio de Medeiros Munta
1862 - 1863 Col. Antonio Galdino da Cunha*
1863 - 1866 Olintho José Meira
1866 - 1867 Luiz Barboza da Silva
1867 Col. Antonio Basilio Ribeiro Dantas*
1867 - 1868 Gustavo Adolfo de Sa
1868 Manoel José Marinho da Cunha
1868 Luiz Gonzaga de Brito Guerra* 1827 - 1896
186. - 1870 Pedro de Barros Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
1870 Octaviano Cabral Rapozo da Camara* (2x)
1870 - 1871 Silvino Elvidio Carneiro da Cunha 1831 - 1892
1871 Jeronimo Cabral Raposo da Camara*
1871 - 1872 Delfino Augusto Cavalcanti de Albuquerque
1872 Jeronimo Cabral Raposo da Camara* (2x)
1872 Henrique Pereira de Lucena 1835 - 1913
1872 - 1873 Francisco Clementino de Vasconcellos Chaves*
1873 Col. Bonifacio Francisco Pinheiro da Camara*
1873 - 1875 João Capistrano Bandeira de Mello Filho 1836 - 1905
1875 - 1876 José Bernardo Galvao Alcoforado Junior
1876 - 1877 Antonio dos Passos Miranda
1877 - 1878 José Nicolao Tolentino de Carvalho
1878 Manoel Januário Bezerra Montenegro*
1878 Elyseu de Souza Martins
1878 - 1879 Manoel Januário Bezerra Montenegro* (2x)
1879 Euclides Decleciona de Albuquerque
1879 Vicente Ignacio Pereira*
1879 - 1880 Rodrigo Lobato Marcondes Machado
1880 - 1881 Alarico José Furtado
1881 Mathias Antônio da Fonseca Morato*
1881 - 1882 Satiro de Oliveira Dias 1844 - 1913
1882 Mathias Antônio da Fonseca Moeato* (2x)
1882 - 1883 Francisco de Gouvêa Cunha Barreto
1883 - 1884 Francisco de Paula Sales
1884 - 1885 Francisco Altino Correa de Araujo
1885 Antonio Basilio Ribeiro Dantas
1885 Alvaro Antônio da Costa*
1885 - 1886 José Moreira Alves da Silva
1886 Luis Carlos Lins Wanderley* 1831 - 1890
1886 - 1888 Antônio Francisco Pereira de Carvalho
1888 Francisco Amintas da Costa Barros*
1888 José Marcellino da Rosa e Silva 1856 - 1939
1888 Fausto Carlos Barreto 1852 - 1908
1888 - 1889 Manuel Joaquim de Albuquerque Lins 1852 - 1926
BRAZILIAN STATE OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
In 1889 Rio Grande do Norte became an original state of the Brazilian Republic.
It was selfgoverning except for the periods 1930 - 1935 and 1937 - 1946 when the
central government imposed direct rule.
In 1935 its capital Natal was briefly the center of a Communist revolt :
Nov 23 : Start of the Communist revolt in Natal. Several government buildings were
occupied. The legal authorities toke refuge in the Italian consulate.
Nov 25 : The insurgents formed a Popular Revolutionary Committee (Comitê Popular
Revolucionário), intended to be a provisional government of all Brazil.
Members :
-Lauro Cortês Lago (chairman ?), in charge of the Interior,
-Serg. Quintino Clementino de Barros, in charge of Defense,
-José Macedo in charge of Finances,
-José Praxedes de Andrade, in charge of Supply,
-João Batista Galvão, in charge of Transport
-... Estevão
-Serg. Eliziel Diniz Henriques
Nov 27 : Loyalist troops forced the insurgents to surrender.
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CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Presidents
Presidentes
1889 Pedro Velho d'Albuquerque Maranhão 1856 - 1907
1889 - 1890 Adolfo Afonso da Silva Gordo 1858 - 1939
1890 Jerônimo Américo Raposo da Câmara*
1890 Joaquim Xavier da Silveira Júnior 1864 - 1912
1890 Pedro Velho d'Albuquerque Maranhão* (2x)
1890 João Gomes Ribeiro 1840 - 1897
1890 - 1891 Manuel do Nascimento Castro e Silva
(* in 1890)
1891 Francisco Amintas da Costa Barros
1891 José Inácio Fernandes Barros*
1891 Francisco Gurgel de Oliveira*
1891 Miguel Joaquim de Almeida Castro
Governing Junta
Junta Governativa
1891 - 1892 -Col. Francisco de Lima e Silva
-Joaquim Ferreira Chaves 1852 - 1937
-Manuel do Nascimento Castro e Silva
Presidents
Presidentes
1892 Jerônimo Américo Raposo da Câmara* (2x)
1892 - 1896 Pedro Velho d'Albuquerque Maranhão (3x)
1896 - 1900 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves s.a.
1900 - 1904 Alberto Maranhão 1872 - 1944
1904 - 1906 Augusto Tavares de Lyra 1872 - 1958
1906 - 1907 Manuel Moreira Dias*
1907 - 1908 Antônio José de Melo e Sousa
1908 - 1914 Alberto Maranhão (2x)
1914 - 1920 Joaquim Ferreira Chaves (2x)
1920 - 1924 Antônio José de Melo e Sousa (2x)
1924 - 1928 José Augusto Bezerra de Medeiros 1884 - 1971
1928 - 1930 Juvenal Lamartine de Faria 1874 - 1956
Governing Junta
Junta Governativa
1930 -Maj. Luís Tavares Guerreiro
-Capt. Abelardo Tôrres da Silva Castro
-Lt. Júlio Perouse Pontes
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1930 - 1931 Irineu Jofili
1931 Lt. Aluízio de Andrade Moura 1905 -
1931 - 1932 Lt. Capt. Hercolino Cascardo 1900 - 1967
1932 - 1933 Lt. Capt. Bertino Dutra da Silva
1933 - 1935 Mário Leopoldo Pereira da Câmara 1891 - 1967
1935 Capt. Liberato da Cruz Barroso*
Governor
Governador
1935 - 1937 Rafael Fernandes Gurjão, briefly ousted
out of power by the Communist rebels in
Nov 1935 (toke refuge in the Italian
consulate) 1891 - 1952
Federal Interventors
Interventores Federais
1937 - 1943 Rafael Fernandes Gurjão s.a.
1943 - 1945 BrigGen. Antônio Fernandes Dantas 1881 - 1966
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