# 1983 in Brazil

Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: General João Figueiredo
* Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

### Governors

* Acre: Nabor Júnior
* Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
* Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
* Bahia:
** Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
** João Durval Carneiro (from 15 March)
* Ceará:
** Manuel de Castro (until 15 March)
** Gonzaga Mota (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** Eurico Vieira Resende (until 15 March)
** Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
* Goiás:
** Ary Valadão (until 15 March)
** Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
* Maranhão:
** Ivar Saldanha (until 15 March)
** Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso:
** Frederico Campos (until 15 March)
** Julio Campos (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
** Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March)
** Wilson Barbosa Martins (from 1 March)
* Minas Gerais:
** Francelino Pereira (until 15 March)
** Tancredo Neves (from 15 March)
* Pará:
** Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
** Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
* Paraíba:
** Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
** Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
* Paraná:
** José Hosken de Novaes
** José Richa
* Pernambuco:
** José Muniz Ramos (until 15 March)
** Roberto Magalhães (from 15 March)
* Piauí:
** Lucídio Portela (until 15 March)
** Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Antônio Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
** Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March)
** José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** José Augusto Amaral de Souza (until 15 March)
** Jair de Oliveira Soares (from 15 March)
* Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
* Santa Catarina:
** Henrique Córdova (until 15 March)
** Esperidião Amin (from 15 March)
* São Paulo:
** José Maria Marin (until 15 March)
** André Franco Montoro (from 15 March)
* Sergipe:
** Djenal Queirós (until 15 March)
** João Alves Filho (from 15 March)

### Vice governors

* Acre:
** José Fernandes Rego (until 15 March)
** Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (from 15 March)
* Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
* Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
* Bahia:
** Luis Viana Neto (until 15 March)
** Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (from 15 March)
* Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** José Carlos Fonseca (until 31 January)
** José Moraes (from 15 March)
* Goiás:
** Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
** Onofre Quinan (from 15 March)
* Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso:
** José Vilanova Torres (until 15 March)
** Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
* Minas Gerais:
** João Marques de Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
** Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
* Pará:
** Gerson dos Santos Peres (until 31 January)
** Laércio Dias Franco (from 15 March)
* Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
* Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 15 March)
* Pernambuco:
** Waldemar de Castro Macedo (until 15 March)
** Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (from 15 March)
* Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Hamilton Xavier (until 15 March)
** Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Geraldo Melo (until 15 March)
** Radir Pereira (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** Otávio Badui Germano (until 15 March)
** Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (from 15 March)
* Santa Catarina:
** Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 15 March)
** Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
* São Paulo: Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
* Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

## Events
### February

* February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.

### March

* March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.
* March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.

### June

* June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.

### July

* July 24-August 6: The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.

### August

* August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.

### October

* October 24: Italian mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, is arrested by the Federal Police in São Paulo.

### December

* December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is stolen in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.

## Births
### January

* January 2: Jefferson, footballer
* January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
* January 13: Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
* January 28: Sandy, singer

### April

* April 15: Alice Braga, actress

### May

* May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

### August

* August 11: Tatá Werneck, actress
* August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
* August 31: Maria Flor, actress

### October

* October 3: Fred, footballer
* October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver

### December

* December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

## Deaths
### January

* January 20: Garrincha, footballer (b. 1933)
* January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)

### April

* April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)

### October

* October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director (b. 1897)
* October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) (b. 1916)