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This is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Amazonas .
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This is a list of governors of the Brazilian state of Amazonas .
| # | Name | Start of term | End of term |
| 1 | João Batista Figueiredo Tenreiro Aranha | 1 January 1852 | 22 April 1853 |
| 2 | Herculano Ferreira Pena | 22 April 1853 | 28 April 1856 |
| 3 | João Pedro Dias Vieira | 28 April 1856 | 12 March 1857 |
| 4 | Ângelo Tomás do Amaral | 12 March 1857 | 10 November 1857 |
| 5 | Francisco José Furtado | 10 November 1857 | 24 November 1860 |
| 6 | Manuel Clementino Carneiro da Cunha | 24 November 1860 | 7 February 1863 |
| 7 | Sinval Odorico de Moura | 7 February 1863 | 7 April 1864 |
| 8 | Adolfo de Barros Cavalcanti de Albuquerque Lacerda | 7 April 1864 | 24 August 1865 |
| 9 | Antônio Epaminondas de Melo | 24 August 1865 | 24 November 1867 |
| 10 | José Coelho da Gama e Abreu | 24 November 1867 | 9 February 1868 |
| 11 | Jacinto Pereira do Rego | 9 February 1868 | 26 November 1868 |
| 12 | João Wilkens de Matos | 26 November 1868 | 8 August 1870 |
| 13 | José de Miranda da Silva Reis | 8 June 1870 | 8 July 1872 |
| 14 | Domingos Monteiro Peixoto | 8 July 1872 | 7 August 1875 |
| 15 | Antônio dos Passos Miranda | 7 August 1875 | 26 July 1876 |
| 16 | Domingos Jaci Monteiro | 26 July 1876 | 26 May 1877 |
| 17 | Agesilão Pereira da Silva | 26 May 1877 | 7 March 1878 |
| 18 | Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão | 7 March 1878 | 15 November 1879 |
| 19 | José Clarindo de Queirós | 15 November 1879 | 26 June 1880 |
| 20 | Satiro de Oliveira Dias | 26 June 1880 | 16 May 1881 |
| 21 | Alarico José Furtado | 16 May 1881 | 17 March 1882 |
| 22 | José Lustosa da Cunha Paranaguá | 17 March 1882 | 11 March 1884 |
| 23 | Teodureto Carlos de Faria Souto | 11 March 1884 | 11 May 1884 |
| 24 | José Jansen Ferreira Júnior | 11 May 1884 | 27 May 1885 |
| 25 | Ernesto Adolfo de Vasconcelos Chaves | 27 May 1885 | 23 March 1887 |
| 26 | Conrado Jacó de Niemeyer | 23 March 1887 | 10 January 1888 |
| 27 | Francisco Antônio Pimenta Bueno | 10 January 1888 | 12 July 1888 |
| 28 | Joaquim Cardoso de Andrade | 12 July 1888 | 12 February 1889 |
| 29 | Joaquim de Oliveira Machado | 12 February 1889 | 1 July 1889 |
| 30 | Rufino Enéias Gustavo Galvão | 1 July 1889 | 21 November 1889 |
| nº | Name | Start of term | End of term |
| 1 | Junta governativa amazonense de 1889 | 21 November 1889 | 4 January 1890 |
| 2 | Augusto Ximeno de Villeroy | 4 January 1890 | 2 November 1890 |
| 3 | Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro | 2 November 1890 | 5 May 1891 |
| — | Guilherme José Moreira | 5 May 1891 | 25 May 1891 |
| 4 | Antônio Gomes Pimentel | 25 May 1891 | 30 June 1891 |
| 5 | Guilherme José Moreira | 30 June 1891 | 1 September 1891 |
| 6 | Gregório Taumaturgo Azevedo | 1 September 1891 | 27 February 1892 |
| — | José Inácio Borges Machado | 27 February 1892 | 27 February 1892 |
| 7 | Eduardo Gonçalves Ribeiro | 27 February 1892 | 23 July 1896 |
| 8 | Fileto Pires Ferreira | 23 July 1896 | 4 April 1898 |
| 9 | José Cardoso Ramalho Júnior | 4 April 1898 | 23 July 1900 |
| 10 | Silvério José Néri | 23 July 1900 | 23 July 1904 |
| 11 | Antônio Constantino Néri | 23 July 1904 | 23 July 1908 |
| 12 | Antônio Clemente Ribeiro Bittencourt | 23 July 1908 | 1 January 1913 |
| 13 | Jônatas de Freitas Pedrosa | 1 January 1913 | 1 January 1917 |
| 14 | Pedro de Alcântara Bacelar | 1 January 1917 | 1 January 1921 |
| 15 | César do Rego Monteiro | 1 January 1921 | 30 October 1924 |
| 16 | Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa | 30 October 1924 | 2 December 1924 |
| 17 | Alfredo Sá | 2 December 1924 | 1 January 1926 |
| 18 | Ifigênio Ferreira de Sales | 1 January 1926 | 1 January 1930 |
| 19 | Dorval Pires Porto | 1 January 1930 | 24 October 1930 |
| — | Junta governativa amazonense de 1889 | 24 October 1930 | 1 November 1930 |
| — | Floriano da Silva Machado | 1 November 1930 | 20 November 1930 |
| 20 | Álvaro Botelho Maia | 20 November 1930 | 10 October 1933 |
| 21 | Nélson de Melo | 10 October 1933 | 19 February 1935 |
| 22 | Álvaro Botelho Maia | 19 February 1935 | 7 November 1945 |
| 23 | Emiliano Estanislau Afonso | 7 November 1945 | 16 February 1946 |
| 24 | Júlio José da Silva Néri | 16 February 1946 | 18 May 1946 |
| 25 | Raimundo Nicolau da Silva | 18 May 1946 | 31 August 1946 |
| — | João Nogueira da Mata | 31 August 1946 | 13 September 1946 |
| 26 | Siseno Sarmento | 13 September 1946 | 1 March 1947 |
| 27 | João Nogueira da Mata | 1 March 1947 | 8 May 1947 |
| 28 | Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves | 8 May 1947 | 31 January 1951 |
| 30 | Álvaro Botelho Maia | 31 January 1951 | 25 March 1955 |
| 31 | Plínio Ramos Coelho | 25 March 1955 | 25 March 1959 |
| 32 | Gilberto Mestrinho | 25 March 1959 | 25 March 1963 |
| 33 | Plínio Ramos Coelho | 25 March 1963 | 27 June 1964 |
| 34 | Artur César Ferreira Reis | 27 June 1964 | 12 September 1966 |
| 35 | Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa | 12 September 1966 | 15 March 1971 |
| 36 | João Walter de Andrade | 15 March 1971 | 15 March 1975 |
| 37 | Henoch da Silva Reis | 15 March 1975 | 15 March 1979 |
| 38 | José Bernardino Lindoso | 15 March 1979 | 15 May 1982 |
| 39 | Paulo Pinto Nery | 15 May 1982 | 15 March 1983 |
| 40 | Gilberto Mestrinho | 15 March 1983 | 15 March 1987 |
| 41 | Amazonino Mendes | 15 March 1987 | 2 April 1990 |
| 42 | Vivaldo Barroso Frota | 2 April 1990 | 15 March 1991 |
| 43 | Gilberto Mestrinho | 15 March 1991 | 1 January 1995 |
| 44 | Amazonino Mendes | 1 January 1995 | 1 January 2003 |
| 45 | Eduardo Braga | 1 January 2003 | 31 March 2010 |
| 46 | Omar Aziz | 31 March 2010 | 4 April 2014 |
| 47 | José Melo | 4 April 2014 | 9 May 2017 |
| — | David Almeida | 9 May 2017 | 4 October 2017 |
| 48 | Amazonino Mendes | 4 October 2017 | 1 January 2019 |
| 49 | Wilson Lima | 1 January 2019 | present |
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