The following is a list of mayors of the city of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. [1]
Number | Name | Image | Party | Start of term | End of term | Notes |
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1 | José Luís de Almeida Couto | ![]() | Partido Liberal | 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 | Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia | December 1896 | April 1897 | ||
6 | Manuel de Sousa | Partido Popular | April 1897 | December 1897 | ||
— | Francisco de Paula Guimarães | Partido Republicano Federalista da Bahia | December 1897 | March 1898 | ||
— | Manuel de Sousa | Partido Popular | May 1898 | December 1898 | ||
— | Francisco de Paula Guimarães | 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 | 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 | 1 January 1928 | 10 January 1928 | ||
25 | Mário Afrânio Peixoto | Partido Republicano Baiano | 10 January 1928 | March 1928 | ||
26 | Francisco de Sousa | Partido Republicano Baiano | March 1928 | 18 October 1930 | ||
27 | Mário Afrânio Peixoto | Partido Republicano Baiano | 18 October 1930 | 24 October 1930 | ||
28 | Tirso Simões de Paiva | Partido Republicano Baiano | 6 November 1930 | 24 December 1930 | ||
29 | Leopoldo Amaral | Aliança Liberal | 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 | 17 February 1931 | July 1932 | ||
32 | Tirso Simões de Paiva | Aliança Liberal | August 1931 | September 1931 | ||
33 | Aurélio Brito de Menezes | Aliança Liberal | July 1932 | November 1932 | ||
34 | José Americano da Costa | Aliança Liberal | December 1932 | September 1937 | ||
35 | Antônio Bezerra Rodrigues Lopes | Aliança Liberal | 7 October 1937 | 10 November 1937 | ||
36 | Severino Prestes Filho | Aliança Liberal | 10 November 1937 | March 1938 | ||
37 | Durval Neves da Rocha | Partido Progressista | April 1938 | November 1942 | ||
38 | Elísio Lisboa | Aliança Liberal | December 1942 | April 1945 | ||
39 | Aristides Milton da Silveira | Partido Social Democrático | May 1945 | November 1945 | ||
40 | Adalício Coelho Nogueira | — | 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 | 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 | 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 | União Democrática Nacional | April 1959 | April 1963 | ||
50 | Virgildásio de Senna | 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 | Aliança Renovadora Nacional | April 1970 | March 1975 | ||
56 | Jorge Hage | ![]() | Aliança Renovadora Nacional | March 1975 | 29 March 1977 | |
57 | Raimundo Urbano | 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 | ![]() | Aliança Renovadora Nacional | 18 August 1978 | March 1979 | |
61 | Mário Kertész | ![]() | Aliança Renovadora Nacional | March 1979 | November 1981 | |
62 | Renan Baleeiro | Partido Democrático Social | November 1981 | February 1983 | ||
63 | Manoel Castro | Partido Democrático Social | February 1983 | 31 December 1985 | ||
64 | Mário Kertész | ![]() | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1 January 1986 | 31 December 1988 | elected |
65 | Fernando José Rocha | Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | 1 January 1989 | 31 December 1992 | elected | |
66 | Lídice da Mata | ![]() | Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira | 1 January 1993 | 31 December 1996 | elected |
67 | Antônio Imbassahy | ![]() | Partido da Frente Liberal | 1 January 1997 | 31 December 2004 | |
68 | João Henrique Carneiro | | 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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