1955 in Brazil
Events in the year 1955 in Brazil.
| 1955 in Brazil |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Café Filho (until November 22); Carlos Luz (from November 22)
- Vice President:
Governors
- Alagoas: Arnon de Mello
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia/Plínio Ramos Coelho
- Bahia: Régis Pacheco/Antônio Balbino
- Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva/Paulo Sarasate
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde/ Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
- Goiás: José Ludovico de Almeida
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais: Juscelino Kubitschek/Clóvis Salgado da Gama
- Pará: Zacarias de Assumpção
- Paraíba: José Américo de Almeida
- Paraná: Bento Munhoz da Rocha Neto then Antonio Annibelli then Adolfo de Oliveira Franco
- Pernambuco: Etelvino Lins de Albuquerque/Osvaldo Cordeiro de Farias
- Piauí: Pedro Freitas/Jacob Gaioso e Almendra
- Rio de Janeiro: Amaral Peixoto/Miguel Couto Filho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Silvio Piza Pedrosa
- Rio Grande do Sul: Ernesto Dornelles/Ildo Meneghetti
- Santa Catarina: Irineu Bornhausen
- São Paulo: Lucas Nogueira Garcez/Jânio Quadros
- Sergipe: Arnaldo Rollemberg Garcez/Leandro Maciel
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde/Adwalter Ribeiro Soares
- Goiás: Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo
- Maranhão: Renato Bayma Archer da Silva
- Mato Grosso: João Leite de Barros
- Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
- Paraíba: João Fernandes de Lima
- Piauí: Tertuliano Milton Brandão/Francisco Ferreira de Castro
- Rio de Janeiro: Tarcísio Miranda/Roberto Silveira
- Rio Grande do Norte: vacant
- São Paulo: Erlindo Salzano/Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe: Edelzio Vieira de Melo/José Machado de Souza
Events
- October 3 - The presidential election results in victory for Juscelino Kubitschek, who receives 35.7% of the vote.[1]
- November 3 - Café Filho is forced to give up the presidency of Brazil on health grounds.[2] Kubitschek does not take office until the following year.
- date unknown
- The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, is completed, a Modernist concrete museum building, designed by Affonso Eduardo Reidy, with gardens designed by Burle Marx.[3]
- The Latin American Episcopal Conference is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
Births
- January 2 - Edson Leal Pujol, army general
- March 16 - Bruno Barreto, film director
- March 21 - Jair Bolsonaro, president of Brazil
- June 24 - Betty Lago, actress (died 2015)
- July 17 - Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, diplomat and politician
Deaths
- March 23 - Arthur Bernardes, politician (born 1875)
References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- InfoEscola - Governo de Café Filho (Portuguese). Accessed 4 December 2014
- Mimoa.eu: MAM—Modern Arts Museum of Rio de Janeiro Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine . accessed 11.23.2013.
See also
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