# 1946 in Brazil

Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President:
** José Linhares (until 30 January)
** Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (from 31 January)
* Vice President: Nereu Ramos (from 31 September)

### Governors

* Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda
* Amazonas: Siseno Sarmento
* Bahia: João Vicente Bulcão Viana then Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback then Cândido Caldas
* Ceará:
** till 10 January: Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos
** 10 January-21 January: Tomás Pompeu Filho
** 21 January-16 February: Acrísio Moreira da Rocha
** 16 February-28 October: Pedro Firmeza
** from 28 October: José Machado Lopes
* Espírito Santo:
** till 27 February: Octávio de Carvalho Lemgruber
** 27 February-8 June: Aristides Alexandre Campos
** 8 June-14 October: Ubaldo Ramalhete Maia
** from 14 October: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva
* Goiás:
** till 18 February: Eládio de Amorim
** 18 February-4 August: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
** 4 August-18 August: Paulo Fleury da Silva e Sousa
** 18 August-12 September: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
** 12 September-22 October: Belarmino Cruvinel
** from 22 October: Joaquim Machado de Araújo
* Maranhão:
* Mato Grosso: Olegário de Barros then Jose Marcelo Moreira
* Minas Gerais:
** till 3 February: Nísio Batista de Oliveira
** 3 February-14 August: João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo
** 14 August-16 November: Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho
** 16 November-20 December: Noraldino Lima
** from 20 December: Alcides Lins
* Pará:
** till 9 February: Manuel Maroja Neto
** 9 February-9 December: Otávio Bastos Meira
** from 9 December: José Faustino Santos
* Paraíba:
** till 13 February: Severino Montenegro
** 13 February-20 September: Odon Bezerra Cavalcanti
** from 20 September: José Gomes da Silva
* Paraná: Clotário de Macedo Portugal then Brasil Pinheiro Machado then Mário Gomes da Silva
* Pernambuco:
** till 7 February: José Neves Filho
** 7 February-7 August: José Domingues da Silva
** from 7 August: Demerval Peixoto
* Piaui: Hugo Silva
* Rio de Janeiro:
** till 20 March: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego
** 20 March-3 September: José Vitorino Correia
** 3 September-11 October: Manuel Sotero Vaz da Silveira
** from 11 October: Teodoro Sobral
* Rio Grande do Norte: Miguel Seabra Fagundes (till 13 February); Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo (from 13 February)
* Rio Grande do Sul: Samuel Figueiredo da Silva
(till 7 February); Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (from 7 February)
* Santa Catarina: Luís Gallotti (till 8 February); Udo Deeke (from 8 February)
* São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
* Sergipe: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso (till 31 March); Antônio de Freitas Brandão (from 31 March)

### Vice governors

* Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
* São Paulo: no vice governor

## Events

* 18 September - A new constitution is introduced, and the position of Vice President of Brazil is recreated; Nereu Ramos is selected as the first incumbent.
* date unknown - The new airline, Transportes Aéreos Nacional, is founded (but does not fly until the following year).

## Arts and culture
### Books

* Jorge Amado - Seara Vermelha
* Maria José Dupré - Os Rodriguez

### Drama

* Nelson Rodrigues - Álbum de família

### Films

* Caídos do Céu, directed by Luiz de Barros

## Births

* 1 January - Rivellino, footballer
* 12 April - Nelson Jobim, politician
* 4 May - Rogério Sganzerla, film director (died 2004)
* 19 May - Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, pneumologist
* 18 June - Maria Bethânia, singer
* 6 July - Toquinho, singer and guitarist
* 29 September - Celso Pitta, politician (died 2009)
* 2 November - Marieta Severo, actress
* 12 December - Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver

## Deaths

* 9 February - Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30 (born 1882)
* 19 May - Francesco Camero Medici, Brazilian-born Italian diplomat (born 1886)
* 15 June – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (born 1870)