1947 in Brazil
Events in the year 1947 in Brazil.
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda (till 29 March); Silvestre Pericles (from 29 March)
- Amazonas:
- till 1 March: Siseno Sarmento
- 1 March-8 May: João Nogueira da Mata
- from 8 May: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves
- Bahia: Cândido Caldas then Otávio Mangabeira
- Ceará:
- till 3 February: José Machado Lopes
- 3 February-1 March: José Feliciano de Ataíde
- from 1 March: Faustino de Albuquerque
- Espírito Santo: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva (till 29 March); Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (from 29 March)
- Goiás: Joaquim Machado de Araújo (till 22 March); Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno (from 22 March)
- Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
- Mato Grosso: Jose Marcelo Moreira then Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
- Minas Gerais: Alcides Lins (till 19 March); Milton Soares Campos (from 19 March)
- Pará: José Faustino Santos (till 11 March); Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 11 March)
- Paraíba: José Gomes da Silva (till 4 March); Osvaldo Trigueiro (from 4 March)
- Paraná: Antônio Augusto de Carvalho Chaves then Moisés Lupion
- Pernambuco: Demerval Peixoto
- Rio de Janeiro: Hugo Silva
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- until 15 January: Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo
- 15 January-31 July: Orestes da Rocha Lima
- from 31 July: José Augusto Varela
- Rio Grande do Sul: Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (till 26 March); Walter Só Jobim (from 26 March)
- Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
- São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares (till 14 March); Ademar de Barros (from 14 March)
- Sergipe:
- till 30 January: Antônio de Freitas Brandão
- 30 January-29 March: Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro
- from 29 March: Jose Rollemberg
Vice governors
- Ceará: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
- Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
- Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães
- Maranhão: Saturnino Bello (from 22 October)
- Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena (from 4 September)
- Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa (from 1947)
- Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva (from 28 April)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino (from 31 July)
- São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior (from 28 November)
Events
São Paulo Museum of Art, opened 2 October
- 19 January - Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state (except Santa Catarina, which elected two), and for all state Governors and legislatures[1] The Brazilian Communist Party wins nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.
- 31 May-17 June - The South American Basketball Championship 1947 is held in Rio de Janeiro.[2]
- 6 August - The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.
- 2 October - The São Paulo Museum of Art opens to the public.
- 22 December - The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.[3]
Arts and culture
Books
- Mario de Andrade - Contos Novos (posthumously published)
Films
- The End of the River (British film made in Brazil), directed by Derek Twist
Music
Births
- 25 January - Tostão, footballer[4]
- 4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
- 5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
- 16 July - Valnice Milhomens, pastor, apostle, author and televangelist
- 26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor
- 24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist[5]
- 17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor
- 14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil
Deaths
- 12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer (born 1876)
- 21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro (born 1873)
- 21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader (born 1868)
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- FIBA.com archive for SAC1947
- Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve história da aviação comercial brasileira (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 308–313.
- 1947 in Brazil at National-Football-Teams.com
- Thind, Jessi An Interview with Paulo Coelho Archived 2009-12-27 at the Wayback Machine MSN Arabia
See also
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