1979 in Brazil
Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.
| 1979 in Brazil |
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| Flag |
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| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| Brazilian military government |
| Year of Constitution: 1967 |
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:
- Alagoas: Geraldo Mello (till 15 March), Guilherme Palmeira (from 15 March)
- Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis (till 15 March), José Bernardino Lindoso (from 15 March)
- Bahia: Roberto Santos then Antônio Carlos Magalhães
- 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 then Frederico Campos
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Harry Amorim Costa (until 12 June); Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 12 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 then Nei Braga
- 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 then Antônio Chagas Freitas
- Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia (until 15 March); Lavoisier Maia (from 15 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:
- 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)
Births
- January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racing driver
- February 1 – Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer[1]
- June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician
- July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)[2]
- August 16 – Eduardo Maiorino, mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2012)
Deaths
- December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat, 87
References
- 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.
See also
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