List of mayors of São Paulo

Mayor of São Paulo
Prefeito de São Paulo
Coat of arms of São Paulo
Incumbent Ricardo Nunes since 16 May 2021
São Paulo Municipal Government
Seat	Matarazzo Building, São Paulo
Term length	Four years, renewable once consecutively
Constituting instrument	Organic Law of São Paulo
Inaugural holder	Antônio da Silva Prado
Formation	7 January 1899 (1899-01-07)
Deputy	Vice Mayor of São Paulo
Salary	R$ 35,462
Website	www.capital.sp.gov.br

This is a listing of all those that have served as the mayor of the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

First Republic (1899–1930)

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Election	Vice Mayor
1		Antônio da Silva Prado (1840–1929)	7 January 1899 (1899-01-07)	15 January 1911 (1911-01-15)	12 years, 8 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	1899–1907 1907	Pedro Vicente de Azevedo (Republican Party of São Paulo) Asdrúbal Augusto do Nascimento (Republican Party of São Paulo)
2		Raimundo da Silva Duprat (1863–1926)	15 January 1911 (1911-01-15)	15 January 1914 (1914-01-15)	3 years, 0 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	1911–1913	João de Sampaio Viana (Republican Party of São Paulo)
3		Washington Luís (1869–1957)	15 January 1914 (1914-01-15)	15 August 1919 (1919-08-15)	5 years, 212 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	1914 1916	João de Sampaio Viana (Republican Party of São Paulo) João de Sampaio Viana (Republican Party of São Paulo) Álvaro Gomes Azevedo (Republican Party of São Paulo)
4		Álvaro Gomes Azevedo (1864–1942)	15 August 1919 (1919-08-15)	15 January 1920 (1920-01-15)	153 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	–	Vacant
5		Firmiano de Morais Pinto (1861–1938)	15 January 1920 (1920-01-15)	15 January 1926 (1926-01-15)	6 years, 0 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	1919 1922	Álvaro Gomes Azevedo (Republican Party of São Paulo) Henrique de Sousa Queirós (Republican Party of São Paulo) Luís Pereira de Queirós (Republican Party of São Paulo) Luciano Gualberto (Republican Party of São Paulo)
6		José Pires do Rio (1880–1950)	15 January 1926 (1926-01-15)	24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)	4 years, 282 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	1925 1928	Luciano Gualberto (Republican Party of São Paulo) Ulisses Pereira Coutinho (Republican Party of São Paulo)

Vargas Era and Fourth Republic (1930–1953)

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Appointer
7		José Joaquim Cardoso de Melo Neto (1883–1965)	24 October 1930 (1930-10-24)	6 December 1930 (1930-12-06)	43 days		PD	Hastínfilo de Moura
8		Luís Inácio de Anhaia Melo (1891–1974)	6 December 1930 (1930-12-06)	26 July 1931 (1931-07-26)	232 days		PD	João Alberto
9		Francisco Machado de Campos (1879–1957)	26 July 1931 (1931-07-26)	15 November 1931 (1931-11-15)	112 days		PD	Laudo de Camargo
10		Luís Inácio de Anhaia Melo (1891–1974)	15 November 1931 (1931-11-15)	5 December 1931 (1931-12-05)	20 days		PD	Manuel Rabelo
11		Henrique Jorge Guedes (1887–1973)	5 December 1931 (1931-12-05)	24 May 1932 (1932-05-24)	171 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	Manuel Rabelo
12		Gofredo Teles (1888–1980)	24 May 1932 (1932-05-24)	3 October 1932 (1932-10-03)	132 days		Republican Party of São Paulo	Pedro Manuel de Toledo
13		Artur Saboia (1875–1952)	3 October 1932 (1932-10-03)	29 December 1932 (1932-12-29)	87 days		Independent	None
14		Teodoro Augusto Ramos (1895–1937)	29 December 1932 (1932-12-29)	2 April 1933 (1933-04-02)	94 days		Independent	Valdomiro Castilho de Lima
15		Artur Saboia (1875–1952)	2 April 1933 (1933-04-02)	()	0 days		Independent	None
16		Osvaldo Gomes da Costa (1878–1943)	24 May 1933 (1933-05-24)	31 July 1933 (1933-07-31)	68 days		Independent	Valdomiro Castilho de Lima
17		Carlos dos Santos Gomes	31 July 1933 (1933-07-31)	22 August 1933 (1933-08-22)	22 days		Independent	Manuel Daltro Filho
18		Antônio Carlos de Assunção (1872–1952)	22 August 1933 (1933-08-22)	7 September 1934 (1934-09-07)	1 year, 16 days		Independent	Armando de Sales Oliveira
19		Fábio da Silva Prado (1887–1963)	7 September 1934 (1934-09-07)	1 May 1938 (1938-05-01)	3 years, 236 days		Independent	Armando de Sales Oliveira
20		Prestes Maia (1896–1965)	1 May 1938 (1938-05-01)	11 November 1945 (1945-11-11)	0 days		Independent	Adhemar de Barros
21		Abraão Ribeiro (1883–1957)	11 November 1945 (1945-11-11)	15 March 1947 (1947-03-15)	1 year, 124 days		Independent	José Macedo Soares
22		Cristiano Stockler das Neves (1889–1982)	15 March 1947 (1947-03-15)	29 August 1947 (1947-08-29)	167 days		PSP	Adhemar de Barros (PSP)
23		Paulo Lauro (1907–1983)	29 August 1947 (1947-08-29)	26 August 1948 (1948-08-26)	363 days		PSP	Adhemar de Barros (PSP)
24		Milton Improta (1910–1984)	26 August 1948 (1948-08-26)	4 January 1949 (1949-01-04)	131 days		Independent	None
25		Asdrúbal da Cunha (1899–1971)	4 January 1949 (1949-01-04)	28 February 1950 (1950-02-28)	1 year, 55 days		PSP	Adhemar de Barros (PSP)
26		Lineu Prestes (1896–1958)	28 February 1950 (1950-02-28)	1 February 1951 (1951-02-01)	338 days		PSP	Adhemar de Barros (PSP)
27		Armando de Arruda Pereira (1889–1955)	1 February 1951 (1951-02-01)	7 April 1953 (1953-04-07)	2 years, 65 days		PSP	Lucas Nogueira Garcez (PSP)

Fourth Republic direct elections and Military Coup (1953–1969)

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Election	Vice Mayor
28		Jânio Quadros (1917–1992)	7 April 1953 (1953-04-07)	31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)	1 year, 299 days		PDC	1953	Porfírio da Paz (PTB)
29		William Salem (1921–2010)	31 January 1955 (1955-01-31)	21 June 1955 (1955-06-21)	141 days		PSP	–	Vacant
30		Juvenal Lino de Matos (1904–1991)	21 June 1955 (1955-06-21)	13 April 1956 (1956-04-13)	297 days		PSP	1955	Vladimir de Toledo Piza (PTB)
31		Vladimir de Toledo Piza (1905–1999)	13 April 1956 (1956-04-13)	8 April 1957 (1957-04-08)	360 days		PTB	–	Vacant
32		Adhemar de Barros (1901–1969)	8 April 1957 (1957-04-08)	8 April 1961 (1961-04-08)	4 years, 0 days		PSP	1957	Cantídio Nogueira Sampaio (PSP)
33		Prestes Maia (1896–1965)	8 April 1961 (1961-04-08)	8 April 1965 (1965-04-08)	4 years, 0 days		UDN	1961	José Freitas Nobre (PSB)
34		José Vicente Faria Lima (1909–1969)	8 April 1965 (1965-04-08)	8 April 1969 (1969-04-08)	4 years, 0 days		ARENA	1965	Leôncio Ferraz Júnior (ARENA)

Military Dictatorship: appointed mayors (1969–1986)

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Appointer
35		Paulo Maluf (born 1931)	8 April 1969 (1969-04-08)	8 April 1971 (1971-04-08)	2 years, 0 days		ARENA	Abreu Sodré (ARENA)
36		Figueiredo Ferraz (1918–1994)	8 April 1971 (1971-04-08)	22 August 1973 (1973-08-22)	0 days		Independent	Laudo Natel (ARENA)
37		Brasil Vita (1922–2017)	22 August 1973 (1973-08-22)	28 August 1973 (1973-08-28)	6 days		ARENA	None
38		Miguel Colasuonno (1939–2013)	28 August 1973 (1973-08-28)	17 August 1975 (1975-08-17)	1 year, 354 days		ARENA	Laudo Natel (ARENA)
39		Olavo Setúbal (1923–2008)	17 August 1975 (1975-08-17)	11 July 1979 (1979-07-11)	3 years, 328 days		ARENA	Paulo Egydio Martins (ARENA)
40		Reynaldo de Barros (1931–2011)	11 July 1979 (1979-07-11)	15 May 1982 (1982-05-15)	2 years, 308 days		ARENA PDS	Paulo Maluf (ARENA)
41		Antônio Salim Curiati (born 1928)	15 May 1982 (1982-05-15)	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)	304 days		PDS	Paulo Maluf (PDS)
42		Francisco Altino Lima (1924–1989)	15 March 1983 (1983-03-15)	10 May 1983 (1983-05-10)	56 days		MDB	None
43		Mário Covas (1930–2001)	10 May 1983 (1983-05-10)	1 January 1986 (1986-01-01)	2 years, 236 days		MDB	Franco Montoro (MDB)

Sixth Republic (1986–present)

No.	Portrait	Mayor	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Party		Election	Vice Mayor
44		Jânio Quadros (1917–1992)	1 January 1986 (1986-01-01)	1 January 1989 (1989-01-01)	3 years, 0 days		PTB	1985	Arthur Alves Pinto (PFL)
45		Luiza Erundina (born 1934)	1 January 1989 (1989-01-01)	1 January 1993 (1993-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		PT	1988	Luiz Eduardo Greenhalgh (PT)
46		Paulo Maluf (born 1931)	1 January 1993 (1993-01-01)	1 January 1997 (1997-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		PDS PPR PP	1992	Sólon Borges (PTB)
47		Celso Pitta (1946–2009)	1 January 1997 (1997-01-01)	1 January 2001 (2001-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		PP PTN	1996	Régis de Oliveira (PFL)
48		Marta Suplicy (born 1945)	1 January 2001 (2001-01-01)	1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		PT	2000	Hélio Bicudo (PT)
49		José Serra (born 1942)	1 January 2005 (2005-01-01)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	1 year, 89 days		PSDB	2004	Gilberto Kassab (PFL)
50		Gilberto Kassab (born 1960)	31 March 2006 (2006-03-31)	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	6 years, 276 days		PFL DEM PSD	– 2008	Vacant Alda Marco Antônio (MDB)
51		Fernando Haddad (born 1963)	1 January 2013 (2013-01-01)	1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)	4 years, 0 days		PT	2012	Nádia Campeão (PCdoB)
52		João Doria (born 1957)	1 January 2017 (2017-01-01)	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	1 year, 95 days		PSDB	2016	Bruno Covas (PSDB)
53		Bruno Covas (1980–2021)	6 April 2018 (2018-04-06)	16 May 2021 (2021-05-16)	3 years, 40 days		PSDB	– 2020	Vacant Ricardo Nunes (MDB)
54		Ricardo Nunes (born 1967)	16 May 2021 (2021-05-16)	Incumbent	3 years, 183 days		MDB	– 2024	Vacant Mello Araújo (PL)

See also

• Politics of São Paulo (in Portuguese)
• Mayors in Brazil
• List of mayors of largest cities in Brazil (in Portuguese)
• List of mayors of capitals of Brazil (in Portuguese)

References

• List of Mayors of São Paulo from São Paulo's City Hall's website (in Portuguese)