1979 in Brazil
Brazil-related events during the year of 1979
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Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President:
- General Ernesto Geisel (until 14 March)
- General João Figueiredo (starting 15 March)
- Vice President:
- General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (until 14 March)
- Aureliano Chaves (starting 15 March)
Governors
- Acre:
- Geraldo Mesquita (until 15 March)
- Joaquim Macedo (from 15 March)
- Alagoas:
- Geraldo Mello (until 15 March)
- Guilherme Palmeira (from 15 March)
- Amazonas:
- Henoch da Silva Reis (until 15 March)
- José Bernardino Lindoso (from 15 March)
- Bahia:
- Roberto Santos (until 15 March)
- Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
- Ceará:
- Waldemar Alcântara (until 15 March)
- Virgílio Távora (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Élcio Álvares (until 15 March)
- Eurico Vieira Resende (from 15 March)
- Goiás:
- Irapuan Costa Jr. (until 15 March)
- Ary Valadão (from 15 March)
- Maranhão:
- Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire (until 15 March)
- João Castelo (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso:
- Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
- Frederico Campos (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Harry Amorim Costa (until 12 June)
- Londres Machado (12 June-30 June)
- Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 30 June)
- Minas Gerais:
- Levindo Ozanan Coelho (until 15 March)
- Francelino Pereira (from 15 March)
- Pará:
- Clóvis Rego (until 15 March)
- Alacid Nunes (from 15 March)
- Paraíba:
- Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 15 March)
- Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
- Paraná:
- Jaime Canet Júnior (until 15 March)
- Nei Braga (from 15 March)
- Pernambuco:
- Francisco Moura Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
- Marco Maciel (from 15 March)
- Piauí:
- Djalma Veloso (until 15 March)
- Lucídio Portela (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Floriano P. Faria Lima (until 15 March)
- Antônio Chagas Freitas (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia (until 15 March)
- Lavoisier Maia (from 1rio 5 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
- José Augusto Amaral de Souza (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina:
- Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 15 March)
- Jorge Bornhausen (from 15 March)
- São Paulo:
- Paulo Egídio Martins (until 15 March)
- Paulo Maluf (from 15 March)
- Sergipe:
- José Rollemberg (until 15 March)
- Augusto Franco (from 15 March)
Vice governors
- Acre:
- Omar Sabino de Paula (until 15 March)
- José Fernandes Rego (from 15 March)
- Alagoas:
- Antônio Guedes Amaral (until 15 March)
- Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa (from 15 March)
- Amazonas:
- João Bosco Ramos de Lima (until 15 March)
- Paulo Pinto Nery (from 15 March)
- Bahia:
- Edvaldo Brandão Correia (until 15 March)
- Luis Viana Neto (from 15 March)
- Ceará:
- José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 15 March)
- Manuel de Castro Filho (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen (until 15 March)
- José Carlos Fonseca (from 15 March)
- Goiás:
- José Luís Bittencourt (until 15 March)
- Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
- Maranhão:
- José Duailibe Murad (until 15 March)
- Artur Teixeira de Carvalho (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso:
- Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
- José Vilanova Torres (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
- Minas Gerais:
- Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 15 March)
- João Marques de Vasconcelos (from 15 March)
- Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres (from 15 March)
- Paraíba: Clóvis Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
- Paraná:
- Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior (until 15 March)
- José Hosken de Novaes (from 15 March)
- Pernambuco:
- Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha (until 15 March)
- Roberto Magalhães Melo (from 15 March)
- Piauí:
- Genibaldo Barros (until 15 March)
- Waldemar de Castro Macedo (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
- Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- José Augusto Amaral de Sousa (until 15 March)
- Otávio Badui Germano (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina:
- Marcos Henrique Büechler (until 15 March)
- Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (from 15 March)
- São Paulo:
- Ferreira Filho (until 15 March)
- José Maria Marin (from 15 March)
- Sergipe:
- Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo (until 15 March)
- Djenal Tavares Queiroz (from 15 March)
Events
January
- January 1: Mato Grosso do Sul is officially recognized as a federative unit of Brazil.[1]
February
- February 7: Nazi criminal Josef Mengele suffers a stroke and drowns while swimming in Bertioga.[2] His remains are found six years later.[3]
March
- March 15: João Figueiredo is sworn in as the 30th President of Brazil.[4]
May
- May 11: Eunice Michiles becomes the first woman to hold a seat in the Federal Senate.[5]
August
- August 17: The National Association of Newspapers is founded, with the aim of defending freedom of the press.[6]
- August 28: President João Figueiredo signs the Amnesty Law. This law would grant amnesty for political crimes and crimes with a political nexus committed by members of the armed forces or member of the government between September 2, 1961 and August 15, 1979.[7]
November
- November 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is acquitted of all criminal liability in connection with the first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery performed in Brazil.[8]
Births
January
- January 3 –
- Adriano, footballer
- Lucas Severino, footballer
- January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racecar driver
February
- February 1 –
- Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer[9]
- Juan, Brazilian footballer
March
- March 26 – Juliana Paes, actress and former model
April
June
- June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician
July
- July 6 – Luize Altenhofen, model and actress
- July 19 – Ellen Rocche, model
- July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)[10]
August
- August 16 – Eduardo Maiorino, mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2012)
September
- September 3 – Júlio César, professional footballer
- September 14Antônio Silva, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
- September 24 – Fábio Aurélio, footballer
- September 27 – Danilo Gentili, comedian and television host
October
- October 28 – Glover Teixeira, mixed martial artist
December
- December 7 – Ronaldo Souza, mixed martial arts fighter
Deaths
- December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat (born 1892)
References
- ^ 11 de outubro – Fundação do Mato Grosso do Sul, UOL (October 11, 2022).
- ^ Levy 2006, pp. 294–295.
- ^ Blumenthal 1985, p. 1.
- ^ Democracia: Reafirma Figueiredo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de março de 1979).
- ^ A mulher chega ao Senado (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (12 de maio de 1979).
- ^ Jailton de Carvalho (18 August 2016). "Novo presidente da ANJ diz que jornais estão se tornando mais relevantes". O Globo. Rede Globo. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ A anistia em vigor, com veto (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de agosto de 1979).
- ^ "'Monstro, prostituta, bichinha': como a Justiça condenou a 1ª cirurgia de mudança de sexo do Brasil". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
- ^ SILVA Clodoaldo. infostradasports.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marco Aurélio Canônico (15 March 2018). "Da Maré, vereadora fazia parte do 'bonde de intelectuais da favela'" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
Sources
- Blumenthal, Ralph (22 July 1985). "Scientists Decide Brazil Skeleton Is Josef Mengele". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
- Levy, Alan (2006) [1993]. Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File (Revised 2002 ed.). London: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-84119-607-7.
See also
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