# 1962 in Brazil

Events in the year 1962 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: João Goulart
* Prime Minister:
** Tancredo Neves (until 12 July)
** Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha (from 12 July to 18 September)
** Hermes Lima (starting 18 September)
* Vice President: Vacant

### Governors

* Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
* Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
* Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
* Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
* Espírito Santo:
** Raul Giuberti (until 6 July)
** Hélsio Pinheiro Cordeiro (6 July-5 August)
** Asdrúbal Martins Soares (from 5 August)
* Goiás: Mauro Borges
* Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
* Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
* Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
* Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
* Pará: Aurélio do Carmo
* Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
* Paraná: Nei Braga
* Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio
* Piauí:
** Chagas Rodrigues (until 3 July)
** Tibério Nunes (from 3 July)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Celso Peçanha (until 7 July)
** José Janotti (from 7 July)
* Rio Grande do Norte: Aluízio Alves
* Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
* Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
* São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
* Sergipe:
** Luís Garcia (until 6 July)
** Dionísio Machado (from 6 July)

### Vice governors

* Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela
* Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
* Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
* Espírito Santo:
** Raul Giuberti (until 6 July)
** Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)
* Goiás: Antônio Rezende Monteiro
* Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
* Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
* Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
* Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
* Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
* Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira
* Piauí:
** Tibério Nunes (until 6 July)
** Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)
* Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Walfredo Gurgel (until 31 January)
** Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
* Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
* São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
* Sergipe:
** Dionísio Machado (until 6 July)
** Vacant thereafter (from 6 July)

## Events
### April

* April 4: Brazilian President João Goulart is received by US President John F. Kennedy at the White House in Washington, DC.
* April 21: The University of Brasília is established.

### May

* May 23: O Pagador de Promessas is the first Brazilian film to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, in France.

### June

* June 15: The territory of Acre becomes the country's 22nd state. A star representing Acre would be added to the flag of Brazil six years later.
* June 17: Brazil defeats Czechoslovakia 3–1 to win the 1962 FIFA World Cup Final in Chile. Brazil wins its second FIFA World Cup.

### July

* July 13: President João Goulart signs a law establishing the 13th salary.

### October

* October 11: Santos FC wins its first Intercontinental Cup after beating Portuguese club Benfica 5-2 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, as well as the first Brazilian club to win the championship.

## Births
### January

* 4 January: Norton Nascimento, actor (died 2007)

### February

* 13 February: Jackie Silva, volleyball player

### April

* 19 April: Eduardo Galvão, actor (died 2020)

### October

* 31 October: Raphael Rabello, guitarist (died 1995)

### December

* 31 December: Pedro Cardoso, actor

## Deaths
### February

* 6 February: Candido Portinari, painter (born 1903)

### August

* 29 August: Georgina de Albuquerque, painter (born 1885)

### September

* 26 September: Francisco de Paula Brochado da Rocha, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)