This is a list of presidents of Brazil by age. The first table charts the age of each president of Brazil at the time of taking office (first taking office if elected to multiple and consecutive terms), upon leaving office, and at the time of death. Acting presidents who are counted in the official numbering are included, while the military juntas of 1930 and 1969 and presidents-elect who never took office are not. Presidents who are still living have their lifespans and post-presidency timespans calculated through 25 September 2026.
Age of presidents
Article 14 of the Constitution of Brazil provides that candidates for president must be at least 35 years old. The average age of Brazilian presidents at the time of taking office is 57 years. The youngest person to become president was Fernando Collor, who took office in 1990 at age 40. He was the first president chosen by direct popular vote after the military dictatorship, and he is also the youngest person ever elected to the office. Nilo Peçanha, who succeeded to the office at age 41 after the death of Afonso Pena in 1909, is the youngest to have become president through succession. The oldest person to take office is Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, at age 77 years, 2 months, for his nonconsecutive third term in 2023.
Nilo Peçanha was also the youngest president at the end of his tenure, leaving office at age 43 years, 44 days. Delfim Moreira had the shortest lifespan of any president, dying in 1920 at age 51. The oldest president at the end of his tenure is Michel Temer, who left office at age 78 years, 3 months. Venceslau Brás had the longest lifespan of any president, dying in 1966 at age 98 years, 78 days.
Artur da Costa e Silva had the shortest retirement of any president. He died 108 days after a stroke removed him from the exercise of the presidency in 1969. Venceslau Brás's retirement of 47 years, 181 days is the longest in Brazilian presidential history. José Sarney is the oldest of the seven living Brazilian presidents, at 96 years, 154 days. The youngest living former president is Jair Bolsonaro, age 71 years, 188 days.
Presidential age-related data
President Born Age at Age at timespan Lifespan Died Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 0 days 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 0 days 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 (Incumbent) (Incumbent)
Graphical representation This is a graphical lifespan timeline of the presidents of Brazil, listed in order of their first term. Presidential terms are colored according to the period of the Republic in which they took place.
The following chart shows presidents by their age (living presidents in green), with the years of their presidency in blue. The chart starts at 35 years as it is the minimum age to be president.
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