The list of presidents in Brazil has already increased this week with the house arrest of (). The former Mandanitor was the target of the action after breaking up a precautionary measure of not using social networks, even through third parties, when participating in demonstrations on August 3.
With this, he is the tenth president of Brazil already arrested. Since redemocratization, the list has been three names: President Lula (PT), Michel Temer (MDB) and Fernando Collor.
In addition to these cases, they have already been arrested on registered representatives or ex-matters or accused of political crimes amid crises and blows.
Understand how was the arrest of 10 presidents of Brazil.
Lula (2023-2026)
Since the redemocratization, to be arrested, after being sentenced in the second instance, in 2018. Arrested for 580 days, the petista was later annulled by the Supreme Court (STF).
Before being arrested, Lula was housed in the ABC Metalworkers Union in São Bernardo do Campo and surrendered after two days at the scene. The period in prison was fully served at the Federal Police Superintendence in Curitiba, in an adapted room.
Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022)
In house arrest since July 4 by decision of STF Minister Alexandre de Moraes. The former president spoke to allies, on his cell phone, during pockets the day before.
Moraes understood that the action breach of precautionary measure preventing the use of social networks, including through third parties. The politician is investigated in an inquiry involving one of his children, the federal deputy Eduardo Bolsonaro (PL-SP), by attack on sovereignty, among other crimes.
He is also a defendant in a criminal action investigating an attempted coup initiated in 2022 to prevent President Lula’s inauguration.
Michel Temer (2016-2019)
(MDB) was arrested preventively on two occasions in 2019 for a total of ten days, also in an offshoot of Operation Lava Jato.
In the first, he was arrested in São Paulo and taken to Rio de Janeiro. In the second, he was in the PF Superintendence in São Paulo. He got habeas corpus and was not sentenced to the proceedings.
Collor (1990-1992)
Collor was convicted by the Supreme Court in May 2023 for the crimes of passive and money laundering. The penalty was set at the time in eight years and ten months of imprisonment. In April 2025, he was also arrested by decision of Moraes. The former president was released to serve a sentence under home in March of the same year.
The complaint had been filed by the (Attorney General’s Office) in August 2015, under. He was accused of receiving bribes from a corruption scheme at BR Distribuidora, a subsidiary company.
The defense argued to the Supreme Court that accusations against the former president are based only on award-winning allegations.
Jânio Quadros (1961)
Jânio Quadros was, during the military dictatorship, for criticizing the regime. By order of the government, it was temporarily “confined” to Corumbá, which today integrates Mato Grosso do Sul. He was a native of Campo Grande.
Jânio had had his political rights suspended in April 1964. He took office three years earlier and resigned after seven months. The result was a serious political crisis that led to the 64 coup.
Juscelino Kubitschek (1956-1961)
With political rights revoked by, it was imprisoned in a barracks after the AI-5 edition in 1968, which hardened the regime. Then he spent a month in house arrest.
Known for the 50 -year motto in 5 and the proposal to modernize Brazil, the politician died of a car accident at Via Dutra, Rio de Janeiro. The death generated official mourning of three days and funeral procession in the Campo da Esperança cemetery in Brasilia.
Café Filho (1954-1955)
Café Filho took power after the death of Getúlio Vargas, but had health problems and moved away from office. When trying to return to the post, he had the house surrounded by the army.
He was incommunicado in his apartment before his impediment voted by Congress during the crisis that preceded JK’s inauguration.
Washington Luís (1926-1930)
The Vargas era had two former presidents arrested. The first was Washington Luís, who, deposed by the uprising led by in 1930, was arrested and left for exile.
Before becoming president of Brazil in 1930, he was councilor in São Paulo, mayor of the city, state deputy and governor.
Artur Bernardes (1922-1926)
Artur Bernardes lost freedom twice. First in 1932, in supporting the Constitutionalist Revolution. At the time, it was transferred to the city of Rio de Janeiro. Then he exiled in Lisbon, but returned to Brazil as he received amnesty in 1934.
The second arrest took place in 1939, after Vargas decree the Estado Novo. Prior to that, he had freedom of mobility restricted to Rio de Janeiro and Viçosa, in Minas Gerais, where he was born in 1875.
Hermes da Fonseca (1910-1914)
Then president of the Military Club, Hermes was arrested in July 1922 by President Epitácio Pessoa himself. Hermes had challenged the government’s repression against groups dissatisfied with the election of Artur Bernardes to the Catete Palace.
After suffering a heart attack, the former president was released, being arrested again days later, with the revolt at the Copacabana Fort. With tenentism on his foot, Epitacio decreed the state of siege.
The former president would be released after a habeas corpus in the Supreme in his favor in January 1923. Sick, died in September of that year.
