1961 in Brazil

1961 in Brazil
Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:
Juscelino Kubitschek (until 30 January)
Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August)
Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7)
João Goulart (starting September 7)
Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September)
Vice President:
João Goulart (until 25 August)
Vacant (from August 25)
Governors
Alagoas:
Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 31 January)
Luis Cavalcante (from 31 January)
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti
Goiás:
José Feliciano Ferreira (until 31 January)
Mauro Borges (from 31 January)
Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (from 31 January)
Mato Grosso:
João Ponce de Arruda (until 31 January)
Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January)
Minas Gerais:
José Francisco Bias Fortes (until 31 January)
José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January)
Pará:
Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 31 January)
Aurélio do Carmo (from 31 January)
Paraíba:
José Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January)
Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
Paraná:
Moisés Lupion (until 31 January)
Nei Braga (from 31 January)
Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio
Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues
Rio de Janeiro:
Roberto Silveira (until 28 February)
Celso Peçanha (from 28 February)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (until 31 January)
Aluízio Alves (from 31 January)
Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
Santa Catarina:
Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January)
Celso Ramos (from 31 January)
São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
Sergipe: Luís Garcia
Vice governors
Alagoas:
Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 31 January)
Teotônio Brandão Vilela (from 31 January)
Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves
Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti
Goiás:
João de Abreu (until 31 January)
Antônio Rezende Monteiro (from 31 January)
Maranhão:
Alexandre Alves Costa (until 31 January)
Alfredo Salim Duailibe (from 31 January)
Mato Grosso:
Henrique José Vieira Neto (until 31 January)
Jose Garcia Neto (from 31 January)
Minas Gerais:
Artur Bernardes Filho (until 31 January)
Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (from 31 January)
Paraíba:
Pedro Gondim (until 31 January)
André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (from 31 January)
Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira
Piauí: Tibério Nunes
Rio de Janeiro:
Celso Peçanha (until 1 March)
Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
Rio Grande do Norte:
José Augusto Varela (until 31 January)
Walfredo Gurgel (from 31 January)
Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (from 31 January)
São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
Sergipe: Dionísio Machado
Events
January
January 31: Jânio Quadros becomes the 22nd President of Brazil, succeeding Juscelino Kubitschek.
August
August 25-September 7: The Legality Campaign takes place, which aims to defend the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil.
August 25: Jânio Quadros resigns as President of the Republic. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, takes over as the 23rd President of Brazil on an interim basis.
September
September 2: The National Congress of Brazil approves Constitutional Amendment No. 4, which establishes parliamentarism.
September 7: João Goulart is sworn in as the 24th President of Brazil.
September 8: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitution of the first Council of Ministers.
November
November 1: A Panair do Brasil plane crashes near Recife airport, leaving 45 dead and 43 injured.
November 23: Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, 14 years after their breakup.
December
December 17: An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history.
December 20: Adilson Marcelino Alves, known as Dequinha, is arrested by the Rio de Janeiro police and confesses to being responsible for the fire at the Niterói circus.
Births
January
January 1 – Rita Camata, politician and journalist
March
7 March – Miguel Nicolelis, scientist
September
8 September – Fernanda Abreu, singer
Deaths
April
April 25 – Borges de Medeiros, lawyer and politician (born 1863)
June
June 22 – José de Mesquita (born 1892)
December
31 December – Péricles, cartoonist (born 1924)
See also
1961 in Brazilian television
References
External links
1960s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
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