1961 in Brazil
Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.
| 1961 in Brazil |
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| Flag |
.svg.png.webp) 22 stars (1960–68) |
| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Second Brazilian Republic |
| Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Juscelino Kubitschek (until 30 January), Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August), Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7), João Goulart (starting September 7)
- Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September)
- Vice President: João Goulart (until 25 August), vacant (from August 25)
Governors
- Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 31 January); Luis Cavalcante (from 31 January)
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
- Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
- Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti
- Goiás: José Feliciano Ferreira (until 31 January); Mauro Borges (from 31 January)
- Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
- Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda then Fernando Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes (until 31 January); José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January)
- Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 31 January); Aurélio do Carmo (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: José Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January); Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
- Paraná: Moisés Lupion then Nei Braga
- Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio
- Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues
- Rio de Janeiro: Roberto Silveira (until 28 February); Celso Peçanha (from 28 February)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (until 31 January); Aluízio Alves (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
- Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January); Celso Ramos (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
- Sergipe: Luís Garcia
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 31 January); Teotônio Brandão Vilela (from 31 January)
- Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
- Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti
- Goiás: João de Abreu (until 31 January); Antônio Rezende Monteiro (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa (until 31 January); Alfredo Salim Duailibe (from 31 January)
- Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto (until 31 January); Jose Garcia Neto (from 31 January)
- Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho (until 31 January); Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
- Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (from 31 January)
- Paraíba: Pedro Gondim (until 31 January); André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (from 31 January)
- Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira
- Piauí: Tibério Nunes
- Rio de Janeiro: Celso Peçanha (until 1 March); vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela (until 31 January); Walfredo Gurgel (from 31 January)
- Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (from 31 January)
- São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe: Dionísio Machado
Events
- August 25 to September 7 – Campanha da Legalidade.
- December 17 – A circus tent fire in Niterói kills 323.[1]
See also
References
- "323 KILLED IN CIRCUS FIRE (December 18, 1961)". Retrieved 2017-05-23.
External links
Media related to 1961 in Brazil at Wikimedia Commons
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