# 1959 in Brazil

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Juscelino Kubitschek
* Vice President: João Goulart

### Governors

* Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão
* Amazonas:
** Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
** Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
* Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
* Ceará:
** Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
** Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
** Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
** Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
* Goiás:
** José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
** José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
* Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
* Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
* Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
* Pará:
** Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
** Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
* Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
* Paraná: Moisés Lupion
* Pernambuco:
** Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
** Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
** Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
* Piauí:
** Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
** Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Togo Barros (until 30 January)
** Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
** Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
* Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
** Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
* Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse
* São Paulo:
** Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
** Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
* Sergipe:
** Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
** Luís Garcia (from 31 January)

### Vice governors

* Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
* Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
* Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
** Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
* Goiás:
** Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
** João de Abreu (from 31 January)
* Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa
* Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto
* Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho
* Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
* Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
* Piauí:
** Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
** Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
** Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
* Santa Catarina: Vacant
* São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
* Sergipe:
** José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
** Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)

## Events
### January

* 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.

### May

* 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.

### June

* 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.

### August

* 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.

### December

* 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.
* 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.
* 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.
* 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.

## Births
### January

* 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
* 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician

### April

* 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
* 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer

### September

* 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

## Deaths
### February

* 20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)

### August

* 16 August: José Pessoa Cavalcanti de Albuquerque, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)

### November

* 17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)