List of mayors of Salvador, Bahia

Last updated November 20, 2023

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil.^[1]

Number	Name	Party	Start of term	End of term	Notes
1	José Luís de Almeida Couto [ pt ]	Partido Liberal [ pt ]	April 1893	October 1895
2	João Agripino Dória	Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia	October 1895	November 1895
3	Eduardo Freire	Partido Moderador Brasileiro	November 1895	July 1896
4	Afonso Glicério Maciel	Partido Republicano Popular	October 1896	November 1896
5	Francisco de Paula Guimarães [ pt ]	Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia	December 1896	April 1897
6	Manuel de Sousa	Partido Popular	April 1897	December 1897
—	Francisco de Paula Guimarães [ pt ]	Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia	December 1897	March 1898
—	Manuel de Sousa	Partido Popular	May 1898	December 1898
—	Francisco de Paula Guimarães [ pt ]	Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia	January 1899	April 1899
7	Antônio Victório de Araújo Falcão	Partido Republicano Popular	April 1899	December 1899
8	José Eduardo Freire de Carvalho Filho	Partido Social Nacional	January 1900	December 1903
9	Antônio de Araújo Falcão	Partido Moderador Brasileiro	January 1904	17 December 1905
10	Alfredo Ferreira de Barros	Partido Social Nacional	17 December 1905	25 December 1905
11	Leopoldino Antônio de Freitas Tantú	Partido Republicano Conservador	25 December 1905	March 1906
12	Antônio Victório de Araújo Falcão	Partido Republicano Conservador	April 1906	December 1907
13	Antônio Carneiro da Rocha [ pt ]	Partido Republicano Conservador	January 1908	February 1912
14	Júlio Viveiros Brandão	Partido Republicano Democrata	February 1912	December 1912
15	João Gonçalves da Cruz	Partido Republicano Conservador	January 1913	June 1913
—	Júlio Viveiros Brandão	Partido Republicano Democrata	June 1913	September 1914
16	João de Azevedo Fernandes	Partido Republicano Conservador	September 1914	August 1915
17	Antônio Pacheco Mendes	Partido Republicano Democrata	December 1915	April 1917
18	João Propício Carneiro	Partido Republicano Democrata	August 1917	August 1918
19	José da Rocha Leal	Partido Liberal	March 1918	March 1920
20	Manuel Duarte de Oliveira	Partido Liberal	March 1920	May 1921
21	Epaminondas Torres	Partido Republicano Democrata	May 1921	June 1924
22	Joaquim Wanderley de Araújo Pinho	Concentração Republicana da Bahia	June 1924	July 1926
23	Francisco Elói Paraíso Jorge	Concentração Republicana da Bahia	August 1926	December 1927
24	Francisco Gomes Magarão Ribeiro	Partido Republicano Baiano [ pt ]	1 January 1928	10 January 1928
25	Mário Afrânio Peixoto	Partido Republicano Baiano [ pt ]	10 January 1928	March 1928
26	Francisco de Sousa [ pt ]	Partido Republicano Baiano [ pt ]	March 1928	18 October 1930
27	Mário Afrânio Peixoto	Partido Republicano Baiano [ pt ]	18 October 1930	24 October 1930
28	Tirso Simões de Paiva	Partido Republicano Baiano [ pt ]	6 November 1930	24 December 1930
29	Leopoldo Amaral [ pt ]	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	25 December 1930	31 December 1930
30	Tirso Simões de Paiva	Partido Progressista	1 January 1931	17 February 1931
31	Arnaldo Pimenta da Cunha	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	17 February 1931	July 1932
32	Tirso Simões de Paiva	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	August 1931	September 1931
33	Aurélio Brito de Menezes	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	July 1932	November 1932
34	José Americano da Costa [ pt ]	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	December 1932	September 1937
35	Antônio Bezerra Rodrigues Lopes	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	7 October 1937	10 November 1937
36	Severino Prestes Filho	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	10 November 1937	March 1938
37	Durval Neves da Rocha [ pt ]	Partido Progressista	April 1938	November 1942
38	Elísio Lisboa	Aliança Liberal [ pt ]	December 1942	April 1945
39	Aristides Milton da Silveira [ pt ]	Partido Social Democrático	May 1945	November 1945
40	Adalício Coelho Nogueira [ pt ]	—	November 1945	February 1946
41	Armando Carneiro da Rocha	Partido Social Democrático	February 1946	July 1946
42	Helenauro Sampaio	Partido Social Democrático	July 1946	April 1947
43	José Wanderley Pinho [ pt ]	União Democrática Nacional	May 1947	January 1951
44	Osvaldo Veloso Gordilho	Partido Social Democrático	February 1951	January 1954
45	Aristóteles Góes	Partido Republicano	January 1954	March 1955
46	Aloísio Brasil Ribeiro [ pt ]	Partido Progressista	March 1955	April 1955
47	Hélio Ferreira	Partido Democrata Cristão	April 1955	January 1959
48	Gustavo Gomes da Fonseca	Partido Trabalhista Nacional	21 February 1959	4 March 1959
49	Heitor Dias [ pt ]	União Democrática Nacional	April 1959	April 1963
50	Virgildásio de Senna [ pt ]	Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro	April 1963	April 1964
51	Antonino Cazaes	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	6 April 1964	24 April 1964
52	Nelson de Sousa	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	24 April 1964	1 February 1967
53	Julival Pires Rebouças	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	1 February 1967	12 February 1967
54	Antônio Carlos Magalhães	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	February 1967	April 1970
55	Clériston Andrade [ pt ]	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	April 1970	March 1975
56	Jorge Hage [ pt ]	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	March 1975	29 March 1977
57	Raimundo Urbano [ pt ]	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	29 March 1977	1 April 1977
58	Fernando Magalhães	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	1 April 1977	15 August 1978
59	David Mendes Pereira	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	15 August 1978	18 August 1978
60	Edvaldo Brito [ pt ]	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	18 August 1978	March 1979
61	Mário Kertész [ pt ]	Aliança Renovadora Nacional	March 1979	November 1981
62	Renan Baleeiro [ pt ]	Partido Democrático Social	November 1981	February 1983
63	Manoel Castro [ pt ]	Partido Democrático Social	February 1983	31 December 1985
64	Mário Kertész [ pt ]	Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	1 January 1986	31 December 1988	elected [ pt ]
65	Fernando José Rocha [ pt ]	Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro	1 January 1989	31 December 1992	elected [ pt ]
66	Lídice da Mata	Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira	1 January 1993	31 December 1996	elected [ pt ]
67	Antônio Imbassahy	Partido da Frente Liberal	1 January 1997	31 December 2004
68	João Henrique Carneiro [ pt ]	Partido Democrático Trabalhista	1 January 2005	31 December 2012
69	Antônio Carlos Magalhães Neto ^[2]	Democratas	1 January 2013	1 January 2021
70	Bruno Soares Reis ^[3]	União Brasil	1 January 2021	Present

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References

↑ "HISTÓRIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE SALVADOR" (in Portuguese). Salvador: Fundação Gregório de Matos. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010.
↑ "Acm Neto - Prefeito". Eleições 2012.
↑ Justo, Gabriel. "Atual vice de ACM Neto, Bruno Reis é eleito prefeito de Salvador". Exame. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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[1] "HISTÓRIA ADMINISTRATIVA DE SALVADOR" (in Portuguese). Salvador: Fundação Gregório de Matos. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010.

[2] "Acm Neto - Prefeito". Eleições 2012.

[3] Justo, Gabriel. "Atual vice de ACM Neto, Bruno Reis é eleito prefeito de Salvador". Exame. Retrieved 29 July 2023.

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