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No.	Portrait	Name	Took office	Left office	Days	Election	Political Party
Second Belmontese Republic (1836-1913)
1		General Augusto Cintra (1794–1881)	18th October 1836	18th October 1856	20 years	1836, 1841, 1846; 1851	PC
			The first holder of the office, Cintra was one of the leaders of the Belmontese Revolution that ousted dictator Joaquim Durão out of power and sentenced him to exile. A pragmatic conservative, he was responsible for the creation of the Riachuelo Agreement between liberals and conservatives which ensured the oligarchic nature of most of the Second Republic and its long-term stability, assuming the premiership shortly afterwards. His 20-year tenure remains the largest in Belmontese history and was marked by the stabilization of Belmontese territory and intense economic growth, stepping down in 1856 to be elected president in that same year.
2		Duarte Peixoto (1809–1883)	18th October 1856	26th November 1859	3 years, 1 month and 8 days	1856	PC
			Cintra's chosen successor, Peixoto was a known conservative politician who already served on several portfolios during his life, being easily elected in 1856. However, he lacked his predecessor's charisma and political skills which, combined with poor leadership choices, led him to be voted out by a motion of no-confidence, consequently losing that year's snap election as well.
3		General Cícero de Sá (1799–1877)	26th November 1859	26th November 1864	5 years	1859	PL
			A renowned general, Calixto was the first liberal premier to be elected in Belmonte ever since president Plínio Veríssimo in 1828. His premiership was marked by the beginning of industrialization and immigration (at the time from most Euclean countries) in Belmonte, enacting policies to promote them. Nonetheless, he found trouble in quelling internal fighting between moderate and radical (also known as exalted) liberals, with the latter being more vocal and further alienating many to the conservative side, leading to his defeat in 1864.
4		Duarte Peixoto (1809–1883)	26th November 1864	19th February 1866	1 year, 2 months and 24 days	1864	PC
			Returning to the premiership, Peixoto resumed the policies of his first government and continued overseeing the beginning of industrialization and immigration in Belmonte, but once again his poor political skills, combined with a stagnating economy and fears of a liberal return through a motion of no-confidence, led to senior members of his party oust him in 1866.
5		General Jorge Calixto (1803–1869)	19th February 1866	7th April 1869	3 years, 1 month and 19 days	–	PC
			One of the main perpetrators of the ousting of Peixoto out of the premiership, Calixto immediately succeeded him, being able to reverse the stagnating situation of the Belmontese economy at the time to expansion and growth while also capable of maintaining a good relationship with his party, having to high popularity during his premiership. He died from unknown natural causes months behind the 1869 general election, becoming the first to die in office.
6		Arthur Bernardes (1795–1883)	7th April 1869	26th November 1869	7 months and 19 days	–	PC
			Already serving as a caretaker premier days before Calixto's passing, Bernades was a traditional conservative, often clashing with more moderate members of his party while being a cabinet minister during previous governments. Nonetheless, he managed to secure conservative leadership for the upcoming election, but his obscurity from the general public and poor electoral campaign led to his defeat months later.
7		Francisco Gomes (1824–1896)	26th November 1869	15th September 1875	5 years, 9 months and 20 days	1869, 1874	PL
			An exalted liberal, Gomes is considered to be the father of the Belmontese political left due to his progressive ideology and reformist agenda, being credited from modernising the country and empowering urban regions which would further increase immigration and industrialization in the following years, with his biggest contribution being the Electoral Reform Act of 1865 which lowered property qualifications for voting. He was the first premier since Augusto Cintra to be re-elected in 1874, but internal fighting between exalted and moderate liberals led to his resignation a year later in 1875.
8		Henrique Prado-Leão (1812–1890)	15th September 1875	26th November 1875	2 months and 11 days	–	PL
			An elder liberal politician, Prado-Leão was a former president of the republic, being the first politician to assume the premiership after leaving the presidency, he was chosen to end internal fighting between the different factions of his party, all without success. With a fragmented base of support and signs of economic decay, he agreed to anticipate elections to 1875, losing it by a large margin.
9		General Severino Proença (1819–1885)	26th November 1875	26rd May 1880	5 years	1875	PC
			A famous general among conservative circles, Proença represented a quasi-reactionary faction of the party which grew as a result of Gomes' progressive premiership. During his tenure Proença sidelined with the rural oligarchy and the clergy instead of supporting the rising urban elites and industrialization at all, leading to an economic recession. Highly unpopular, he was able to say in power by having a large conservative base but was defeated in 1880.
10		Henrique Prado-Leão (1812–1890)	26th November 1880	2nd June 1882	1 year, 6 months and 7 days	1880	PL
			Returning to the premiership with a large majority at the expense of Proença's unpopularity, Prado-Leão, unlike his first government, was successful in quelling internal fighting between radicals and moderates while managing to contain the recession during his first months in office. He resigned in 1882 citing health reasons, passing away 8 years later.
11		João Honório-Graça (1831–1897)	2nd June 1882	7th May 1894	11 years, 11 months and 5 days	1884, 1889	PL
			A famous industrialist and politician considered to be the richest man of Belmonte at the time, Honório-Graça managed to consolidate his position within the party by purging radical members and declaring a snap election two years after his ascension, winning a comfortable margin in Congress. His premiership oversaw the height of industrialization and economic growth in an era marked by prosperity while established Belmonte as a relevant player in regional geopolitics. He declined to run for a 3rd term after a feud with cabinet members.
12		Renato Borges (1839–1900)	7th May 1894	21nd October 1900	6 years, 5 months and 14 days	1894, 1899	PC
			The first premier to be born in the Second Republic, Borges reformed his party away from Proença's quasi-reactionary traditionalism in favour of a more moderate agenda towards the crescent urban elites, embracing most economic policies of his predecessor despite halting further social advances to the working class. During his premiership the first signs of economic degradation, decadence and social strife started to appear, although he is credited for keeping national stability in the midst of nascent socialist movements. He died while in office in 1900.
13		Alexandre Guedes (1837–1905)	21nd October 1900	7th May 1904	3 years, 6 months and 16 days	–	PC
			Replacing Borges after his death, Guedes also was a moderate conservative who kept most of his predecessor's policies, but his poor health led to a failure by the government to combat the country's stagnating economy and rising violence, urban decadence and civilian strife, becoming highly unpopular and unable to win an election by his own in 1904.
		Graciliano Gusmão (1849–1937)	7th May 1904	7th May 1909	5 years	1904	PL ↓ PRP
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			Considered to be one of Belmonte's most influential premier, Graciliano Gusmão was the leader of the party's radical wing, being able to rise in power as an urban reaction to the country's economic and social crisis. Promising large-scale reforms, he was opposed by moderate liberals who paralyzed his government, leading to the 1906 riots, causing the end of the Liberal Party and the breaking of the Riachuelo Agreement, ending the decades-long political stability. He founded the Progressive Republican Party in 1906 and managed to stay in power with a plurality of seats, but refused to run for re-election in 1909.
15		João Soverosa (1859–1913)	7th May 1909	13rd November 1909	6 months and 6 days	1909	PRP
			A former member of the progressive wing of the Liberal Party, Soverosa served in several cabinet positions during the Gusmão premiership as the intellectual mentor of the government. He was able to succeded Gusmão as party leader and be elected premier thanks to a coalition with the PR, PTU and SBIO, however, ideological differences between the PRP and its more centrist junior partner PR would lead to a successful motion of no-confidence against him.
16		Pacheco Dumont (1860–1937)	13rd November 1909	8th April 1911	1 year, 4 months and 26 days	–	PR
			Responsible for the downfall of the Soverosa government, Pacheco was a former moderate liberal who sought for technocratic government to end the looming political, economic and social crisis which has become worse since then, forming a coalition with centrist and centre-right parties. Initially successful, the coalition would soon suffer from constant attacks by the leftist and far-right opposition effectively making his premiership a lame-duck one, leading to Dumont resign in favour of someone with a better relationship with Congress.
17		Joaquim Quércia (1862–1938)	8th April 1911	27th June 1911	2 months and 19 days	–	PLD
			Chosen due to his relationship with the more centrist parties in the Chamber of Deputies, Quércia remained in the Liberal Party reformed into the Liberal Democratic Party, also being a moderate liberal. He found difficulty in convincing centre-left parties to join his technocratic coalition due to feuds with Soverosa and, after a deadly protest in Castelonovo, he decided to call a snap election to expand his seats and gain an outright majority but lost to the leftist coalition by a narrow margin.
18		João Soverosa (1859–1913)	27th June 1911	4th February 1912	7 months and 8 days	1911	PRP
			Returning to the premiership with a narrow majority, Soverosa tried to resume the policies of wide-scale reforms that he planned to put in practise during his first government, but faced difficulties in doing so in the months afterwards after massive resistance from centrist and right-wing parties, resulting in another successful motion of no-confidence against him, also losing by another narrow margin the following snap election though he was still able to keep himself as party leader.
19		Lauro Borges (1869–1957)	4th February 1912	28th November 1912	9 months and 24 days	1912 (February)	PC
			The son of former premier Renato Borges, Lauro Borges was the last conservative premier of Belmonte, although he is credited for saving the Conservative Party from the same fate the liberals had years earlier. Rising into the premiership as a compromise candidate between moderates and more radical rightists in the National Congress, Borges' premiership was marked by the failure of reviving the Belmontese economy at the time, leading to another motion of non-confidence and another election in the same year.
20		João Soverosa (1859–1913)	28th November 1912	8th January 1913	1 month and 11 days	1912 (November)	PRP
			Returning to the premiership once again, Soverosa was the first and only premier to serve under three different occasions. He managed to stay in power through the support of the SBIO and other far-left parties and was reliable on a strong radical leftist agenda in consequence of the massive polarization of Belmontese society at the time. With most of Congress divided into far-right and far-left lines whilst most of the country was under social unrest, he ended being shot and killed by a disgruntled military officer months after beginning his term in 1913.
21		Joaquim Quércia (1862–1938)	8th January 1913	12nd May 1913	4 months and 4 days	–	PLD
			Assuming the premiership in an emergency way after the assassination of Soverosa, Quércia was responsible for quelling the several riots, rebellions and ill-fated coup attempts made by both the SBIO and the PRN after his death, being capable to calm most of the situation during its first days. He would declare a new snap election in May, in a move criticized by many due to its prematurity.
22		Lúcio Bonfim (1858–1913)	12th May 1913	22th October 1913	5 months and 10 days	1913	SBIO
			The first socialist premier of Belmonte and the last of the Second Republic, Bonfim was a lead member of the country's labour and communist movements ever since the turn of the century, with his party being the most benefited for the national situation of the time as many would turn to more radical ideologies, being elected on a highly polemical election. Immediately after assuming the premiership, he would launch a wide array of socialist reforms, many of them aiming at the establishment of a council republic, inciting the fury of several right-wing sectors of society. With the Great Collapse destroying the remaining of Belmontese economy he tried to convince Congress of giving him emergency powers, leading to a military coup that killed him and established a military junta.