# 1931 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1931 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Getúlio Vargas (Head of the Provisional Government)
* Vice President: none

### Governors

* Alagoas:
** till 9 August: Hermilo de Freitas Blackbird
** 9 August-31 October: Louis de France Albuquerque
** from 31 October: Tasso de Oliveira Tinoco
* Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia
* Bahia: Leopoldo Afrânio Bastos do Amaral, then Raimundo Rodrigues Barbosa, then Juracy Magalhães
* Ceará:
** till 13 June: Manuel Fernandes Távora
** 13 June - 22 September: João da Silva Leal
** from 22 September: Roberto Carneiro de Mendonça
* Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira
* Maranhão:
** till 9 January: José Maria Perdigão
** 9 January - 18 August: Astolfo Serra
** 18 August - 8 September: Joaquim Aquino Correia
** from 8 September: Lourival Seroa da Mota
* Mato Grosso: Antonino Mena Gonçalves, then Artur Antunes Maciel
* Minas Gerais: Olegário Maciel
* Pará: Joaquim de Magalhães Barata
* Paraíba: Antenor de França Navarro
* Paraná:
** Mário Alves Monteiro Tourinho
** João Perneta
* Pernambuco: Carlos de Lima Cavalcanti
* Piauí:
** till 29 January: Humberto de Areia Leão
** 29 January - 21 May: Joaquim de Lemos Cunha
** from 21 May: Landry Sales
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** till 28 January: Irenaeus Jofili
** 29 January - 31 July: Aluisio de Moura Andrade
** from 31 July: Hercolino Cascardo
* Rio Grande do Sul: José Antônio Flores da Cunha
* Santa Catarina:
* São Paulo:
* Sergipe:

### Vice governors

* Rio Grande do Norte:
* São Paulo:

## Events

* 15 January – Eleven Italian seaplanes led by Italo Balbo land at Botafogo Bay after a 6,000 mile flight from Italy that began on 17 December. The pilots are greeted by President Getúlio Vargas.
* 16 September – Frente Negra Brasileira, Brazil's first Black political party, is founded.
* 12 October – The statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, is consecrated.
* date unknown
** The Caiçaras Club is founded in Rio de Janeiro.

## Arts and culture
### Books

* Jorge Amado – O País do Carnaval (The Country of Carnival)
* Júlio Afrânio Peixoto – História da literatura brasileira

### Films

* Limite, directed by Mário Peixoto

### Music

* Zequinha de Abreu's piece "Tico-Tico no Farelo" is renamed "Tico-Tico no Fubá"

## Births

* 8 January – Ozires Silva, entrepreneur, founder of Embraer
* 19 January – Ottomar Pinto, politician, Governor of Roraima (2004–2007) (died 2007)
* 10 February – Cauby Peixoto, singer (died 2016)
* 14 February – Newton de Sordi, footballer (died 2013)
* 16 March – Augusto Boal, theatre director, writer and politician (died 2009)
* 2 March – Ruth Rocha, writer
* 31 March – Ary Fernandes, playwright, actor, producer and filmmaker (died 2010)
* 28 April – Nair Bello, actress and comedian (died 2007)
* 8 May – Etty Fraser, actress (died 2018)
* 10 June – João Gilberto, singer and guitarist (died 2019)
* 13 June – Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (died 1991)
* 18 June – Fernando Henrique Cardoso, 34th President of Brazil
* 29 June – Palmirinha Onofre, cook and television presenter (died 2023)
* 9 August – Mário Zagallo, footballer and manager (died 2024)
* 3 September – Paulo Maluf, politician
* 16 October – Mílton Alves da Silva, football player (died 1973)
* 17 October – José Alencar, politician (died 2011)

## Deaths

* 26 January – Graça Aranha, writer and diplomat (born 1868)
* 9 June – Henrique Oswald, pianist and composer (born 1852)
* 24 July – Nonô, footballer (born 1899)
* 8 September – Prince Luiz Gastão of Orléans-Braganza, descendant of the Brazilian Imperial Family (born 1911)
* 6 October – Oscar Cox, sportsman (born 1880)