Prosecutor General of the Republic (Brazil)

The prosecutor general of the Republic (Portuguese: procurador-geral da República) is the head of the Brazilian Federal Prosecution Office, an autonomous agency in charge of criminal prosecution and the defense of society in general. The prosecutor general heads a group of independent prosecutors (Procuradores da República), who work to investigate and prosecute criminal, labor, and civil offenses committed against society. It is a position appointed by the president of the Republic and the nomination must be approved by the Federal Senate.

Prosecutor General of the Republic
Incumbent Paulo Gonet Branco since 18 December 2023
Public Prosecutor's Office
Style	Mr. or Madam Prosecutor General (informal) The Most Excellent Prosecutor General (formal)
Seat	Supreme Federal Court Building and Public Prosecutor's Office Head Office
Appointer	The president with Senate advice and consent
Term length	Two years renewable once
Formation	3 March 1891
First holder	José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros
Website	www.mpf.mp.br/pgr

Paulo Gustavo Gonet Branco has been the prosecutor general of Brazil since 18 December 2023.^[1]

List of prosecutors general

No.	Portrait	Prosecutor General	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Appointer
1		José Júlio de Albuquerque Barros, Baron of Sobral (1836–1893)	3 March 1891 (1891-03-03)	31 August 1893 (1893-08-31)	2 years, 181 days	Deodoro da Fonseca (Ind)
2		Ovídio Fernandes (1828–1904)	18 September 1894 (1894-09-18)	29 September 1894 (1894-09-29)	11 days	Floriano Peixoto (Ind)
3		Antônio de Sousa Martins (1829–1896)	20 October 1894 (1894-10-20)	25 December 1896 (1896-12-25)	2 years, 66 days	Floriano Peixoto (Ind)
4		Lúcio de Mendonça (1854–1909)	7 January 1897 (1897-01-07)	2 August 1897 (1897-08-02)	207 days	Prudente de Morais (PR Federal)
5		Joaquim Antunes Júnior (1844–1917)	2 August 1897 (1897-08-02)	23 August 1897 (1897-08-23)	21 days	Prudente de Morais (PR Federal)
6		João Pedro Belfort (1846–1910)	24 August 1897 (1897-08-24)	2 August 1898 (1898-08-02)	343 days	Prudente de Morais (PR Federal)
7		Antonio Castro (1838–1919)	17 December 1898 (1898-12-17)	11 March 1901 (1901-03-11)	2 years, 84 days	Campos Sales (Republican Party of São Paulo)
8		Epitácio Pessoa (1865–1942)	7 June 1902 (1902-06-07)	21 October 1905 (1905-10-21)	3 years, 136 days	Campos Sales (Republican Party of São Paulo)
9		Pedro Ribeiro (1851–1917)	21 October 1905 (1905-10-21)	6 December 1909 (1909-12-06)	4 years, 46 days	Rodrigues Alves (Republican Party of São Paulo)
10		Joaquim Natal (1860–1933)	6 December 1909 (1909-12-06)	14 November 1910 (1910-11-14)	343 days	Nilo Peçanha (PRF)
11		Antônio Cardoso de Castro (1860–1911)	25 November 1910 (1910-11-25)	26 October 1911 (1911-10-26)	335 days	Hermes da Fonseca (PRC)
12		Edmundo Barreto (1864–1934)	6 September 1911 (1911-09-06)	29 June 1919 (1919-06-29)	7 years, 296 days	Hermes da Fonseca (PRC)
13		Joaquim Pires de Carvalho (1865–1954)	6 August 1919 (1919-08-06)	18 February 1931 (1931-02-18)	105 years, 357 days	Epitácio Pessoa (Minas Republican Party)
14		Antônio Bento de Faria (1876–1959)	28 March 1931 (1931-03-28)	2 August 1934 (1934-08-02)	3 years, 127 days	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
15		Carlos Maximiliano (1873–1960)	2 August 1934 (1934-08-02)	21 April 1936 (1936-04-21)	1 year, 263 days	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
16		Gabriel Passos (1901–1962)	27 May 1936 (1936-05-27)	17 May 1945 (1945-05-17)	8 years, 355 days	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
17		Hahnemann Guimarães (1901–1980)	17 May 1945 (1945-05-17)	31 January 1946 (1946-01-31)	259 days	Getúlio Vargas (Ind)
18		Themístocles Cavalcanti (1899–1980)	20 February 1946 (1946-02-20)	6 October 1947 (1947-10-06)	1 year, 228 days	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
19		Luís Gallotti (1904–1978)	13 October 1947 (1947-10-13)	12 September 1949 (1949-09-12)	1 year, 334 days	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
20		Plínio Travassos (1893–1962)	23 September 1949 (1949-09-23)	24 January 1957 (1957-01-24)	7 years, 123 days	Eurico Gaspar Dutra (PSD)
21		Carlos Medeiros (1907–1983)	7 February 1957 (1957-02-07)	5 December 1960 (1960-12-05)	3 years, 302 days	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
22		Cândido de Oliveira Neto (1902–1973)	12 December 1960 (1960-12-12)	31 January 1961 (1961-01-31)	50 days	Juscelino Kubitschek (PSD)
23		Joaquim Mendes de Almeida (1906–1990)	20 March 1961 (1961-03-20)	13 September 1961 (1961-09-13)	177 days	Jânio Quadros (PTN)
24		Evandro Lins e Silva (1912–2002)	14 September 1961 (1961-09-14)	23 January 1963 (1963-01-23)	1 year, 131 days	João Goulart (PTB)
25		Cândido de Oliveira Neto (1902–1973)	12 February 1963 (1963-02-12)	6 April 1964 (1964-04-06)	1 year, 54 days	João Goulart (PTB)
26		Osvaldo Trigueiro (1905–1989)	6 June 1964 (1964-06-06)	24 November 1965 (1965-11-24)	1 year, 171 days	Castelo Branco (Military dictatorship in Brazil)
27		Alcino Salazar	2 December 1965 (1965-12-02)	10 March 1967 (1967-03-10)	1 year, 98 days	Castelo Branco (ARENA)
28		Haroldo Valladão (1901–1987)	30 March 1967 (1967-03-30)	13 November 1967 (1967-11-13)	228 days	Costa e Silva (ARENA)
29		Décio Miranda (1916–2000)	24 November 1967 (1967-11-24)	30 October 1969 (1969-10-30)	1 year, 340 days	Costa e Silva (ARENA)
30		Francisco Xavier de Albuquerque (1926–2015)	6 November 1969 (1969-11-06)	18 April 1972 (1972-04-18)	2 years, 164 days	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA)
31		Moreira Alves (1933–2023)	18 April 1972 (1972-04-18)	18 June 1975 (1975-06-18)	3 years, 61 days	Emílio Garrastazu Médici (ARENA)
32		Henrique Fonseca de Araújo (1913–1996)	10 July 1975 (1975-07-10)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	3 years, 248 days	Ernesto Geisel (ARENA)
33		Firmino Paz (1912–1991)	15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)	11 June 1981 (1981-06-11)	2 years, 88 days	João Figueiredo (ARENA)
34		Inocêncio Mártires Coelho (born 1941)	11 June 1981 (1981-06-11)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	3 years, 277 days	João Figueiredo (PDS)
35		Sepúlveda Pertence (1937–2023)	15 March 1985 (1985-03-15)	17 May 1989 (1989-05-17)	4 years, 63 days	José Sarney (MDB)
36		Aristides Junqueira (born 1942)	20 June 1989 (1989-06-20)	28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)	6 years, 8 days	José Sarney (MDB)
37		Geraldo Brindeiro (1948–2021)	28 June 1995 (1995-06-28)	28 June 2003 (2003-06-28)	8 years, 0 days	Fernando Henrique Cardoso (PSDB)
38		Claudio Fonteles (born 1946)	30 June 2003 (2003-06-30)	29 January 2005 (2005-01-29)	1 year, 213 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
39		Antonio Fernando de Souza (born 1948)	30 January 2005 (2005-01-30)	28 June 2009 (2009-06-28)	4 years, 149 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)
40		Roberto Gurgel (born 1954)	22 July 2009 (2009-07-22)	15 August 2013 (2013-08-15)	4 years, 24 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) Dilma Rousseff (PT)
41		Rodrigo Janot (born 1956)	17 September 2013 (2013-09-17)	17 September 2017 (2017-09-17)	4 years, 0 days	Dilma Rousseff (PT)
42		Raquel Dodge (born 1961)	18 September 2017 (2017-09-18)	17 September 2019 (2019-09-17)	1 year, 364 days	Michel Temer (MDB)
–		Alcides Martins (born 1948) Acting	18 September 2019 (2019-09-18)	25 September 2019 (2019-09-25)	7 days	–
43		Augusto Aras (born 1958)	26 September 2019 (2019-09-26)	26 September 2023 (2023-09-26)	4 years, 0 days	Jair Bolsonaro (PSL)
–		Elizeta Ramos (born 1954) Acting	27 September 2023 (2023-09-27)	17 December 2023 (2023-12-17)	81 days	–
44		Paulo Gonet Branco (born 1961)	18 December 2023 (2023-12-18)	Incumbent	1 year, 223 days	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT)

See also

• Brazilian Public Prosecutor's Office
• Attorney General of Brazil
• Brazilian Ministry of Justice
• Brazilian Public Defender's Office