1971 in Brazil

Events in the year 1971 in Brazil.

1971 in Brazil
Years
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
Flag

23 stars (1968–92)
Timeline of Brazilian history
Brazilian military government
Year of Constitution: 1967

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors
  • Acre: vacant
  • Alagoas: Antônio Simeão de Lamenha Filho (until 15 March); Afrânio Lages (from 15 March)
  • Amazonas: Danilo Duarte de Matos Areosa (until 15 March); João Walter de Andrade (from 15 March)
  • Bahia: Luís Viana Filho (until 15 March); Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
  • Ceará: Plácido Castelo (until 25 March); César Cals (from 25 March)
  • Espírito Santo: Cristiano Dias Lopes Filho (until 15 March); Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos (from 15 March)
  • Goiás: Otávio Lage (until 15 March); Leonino Caiado (from 15 March)
  • Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas
  • Maranhão: Antônio Jorge Dino (until 15 March); Pedro Neiva de Santana (from 15 March)
  • Mato Grosso: Pedro Pedrossian then José Fragelli
  • Minas Gerais: Israel Pinheiro da Silva (until 15 March); Rondon Pacheco (from 15 March)
  • Pará: Alacid Nunes (until 15 March); Fernando Guilhon (from 15 March)
  • Paraíba: João Agripino Maia (until 15 March); Ernâni Sátiro (from 15 March)
  • Paraná: Haroldo Leon Peres then Pedro Viriato Parigot de Sousa
  • Pernambuco: Nilo Coelho (until 15 March); Eraldo Gueiros (from 15 March)
  • Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida (until 15 March); Alberto Silva (from 15 March)
  • Rio de Janeiro: Geremias de Mattos Fontes then Raimundo Padilha
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Walfredo Gurgel Dantas (until 15 March); Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez (from 15 March)
  • Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Peracchi Barcelos (until 15 March); Euclides Triches (from 15 March)
  • Santa Catarina: Ivo Silveira (until 15 March); Colombo Salles (from 15 March)
  • São Paulo: Roberto Costa de Abreu Sodré (until 15 March); Laudo Natel (from 15 March)
  • Sergipe: João de Andrade Garcez (until 15 March); Paulo Barreto de Menezes (from 15 March)

Vice governors
  • Acre: Alberto Barbosa da Costa (from 15 March)
  • Alagoas: Manoel Sampaio Luz (until 15 March); José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
  • Amazonas: Deoclides de Carvalho Leal (from 15 March)
  • Bahia: Jutahy Magalhães (until 15 March); Menandro Minahim (from 15 March)
  • Ceará: Humberto Ellery (until 15 March); Francisco Humberto Bezerra (from 15 March)
  • Espírito Santo: Isaac Lopes Rubim (until 15 March); Henrique Pretti (from 15 March)
  • Goiás: Osires Teixeira (until 31 January); Ursulino Tavares Leão (from 15 March)
  • Maranhão: Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira (from 15 March)
  • Mato Grosso: Lenine de Campos Póvoas (until 15 March); José Monteiro de Figueiredo (from 15 March)
  • Minas Gerais: Pio Soares Canedo (until 15 March); Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado (from 15 March)
  • Pará: João Renato Franco (until 15 March); Newton Burlamaqui Barreira (from 15 March)
  • Paraíba: Antônio Juarez Farias (until 15 March); Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
  • Paraná: Plínio Franco Ferreira da Costa (until 15 March); Pedro Viriato Parigot de Souza (from 15 March)
  • Pernambuco: Salviano Machado Filho (until 15 March); José Antônio Barreto Guimarães (from 15 March)
  • Piauí: Sebastião Rocha Leal (from 15 March)
  • Rio de Janeiro: Heli Ribeiro Gomes (until 15 March); Teotônio Araújo (from 15 March)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: Clóvis Motta (until 15 March); Tertius Rebelo (from 15 March)
  • Rio Grande do Sul: Edmar Fetter (from 15 March)
  • Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen (until 15 March); Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana (from 15 March)
  • São Paulo: Hilário Torloni (until 15 March); Antonio José Rodrigues Filho (from 15 March)
  • Sergipe: Manoel Paulo Vasconcelos (until 15 March); Adalberto Moura (from 15 March)

Events
  • 14 January – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners are released in Santiago, Chile.
  • 16 January – Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is released by the Ação Libertadora Nacional, 40 days after his kidnapping.[1]
  • 20 November – 29 people die when a section of the Elevado Engenheiro Freyssinet, a bridge under construction, falls on traffic at an intersection in Rio de Janeiro.[2][3]

Births

Deaths

References
  1. "Swiss diplomat freed in Brazil". The New York Times. 17 January 1971. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
  2. "Viaduct Collapse in Rio Kills at Least 10 Persons, The New York Times, November 21, 1971, p. 2
  3. "24 known killed in span collapse", Baltimore Sun, November 22, 1971, p. 2

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