1947 in Brazil

1947 in Brazil
Events in the year 1947 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Vice President: Nereu Ramos
Governors
Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda (till 29 March); Silvestre Pericles (from 29 March)
Amazonas:
till 1 March: Siseno Sarmento
1 March-8 May: João Nogueira da Mata
from 8 May: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves
Bahia: Cândido Caldas then Otávio Mangabeira
Ceará:
till 3 February: José Machado Lopes
3 February-1 March: José Feliciano de Ataíde
from 1 March: Faustino de Albuquerque
Espírito Santo: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva (till 29 March); Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (from 29 March)
Goiás: Joaquim Machado de Araújo (till 22 March); Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno (from 22 March)
Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
Mato Grosso: Jose Marcelo Moreira then Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
Minas Gerais: Alcides Lins (till 19 March); Milton Soares Campos (from 19 March)
Pará: José Faustino Santos (till 11 March); Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 11 March)
Paraíba: José Gomes da Silva (till 4 March); Osvaldo Trigueiro (from 4 March)
Paraná: Antônio Augusto de Carvalho Chaves then Moisés Lupion
Pernambuco: Demerval Peixoto
Rio de Janeiro: Hugo Silva
Rio Grande do Norte:
until 15 January: Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo
15 January-31 July: Orestes da Rocha Lima
from 31 July: José Augusto Varela
Rio Grande do Sul: Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (till 26 March); Walter Só Jobim (from 26 March)
Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares (till 14 March); Ademar de Barros (from 14 March)
Sergipe:
till 30 January: Antônio de Freitas Brandão
30 January-29 March: Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro
from 29 March: Jose Rollemberg
Vice governors
Ceará: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães
Maranhão: Saturnino Bello (from 22 October)
Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena (from 4 September)
Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa (from 1947)
Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva (from 28 April)
Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino (from 31 July)
São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior (from 28 November)
Events
January
19 January - Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state (except Santa Catarina, which elected two), and for all state Governors and legislatures The Brazilian Communist Party wins nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo (ahead of the UDN) and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.
May
May 7
President Eurico Gaspar Dutra signs a decree-law, which suspends the functioning of the General Command of Workers.
The Superior Electoral Court decides to cancel the registration of the Communist Party of Brazil.
31 May-17 June - The South American Basketball Championship 1947 is held in Rio de Janeiro.
August
6 August - The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.
October
2 October - The São Paulo Museum of Art opens to the public.
December
22 December - The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.
Arts and culture
Books
Mario de Andrade - Contos Novos (posthumously published)
Films
The End of the River (British film made in Brazil), directed by Derek Twist
Music
Valdir Azevedo - "Brasileirinho"
Births
January
25 January - Tostão, footballer
February
4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
21 February - Renata Sorrah, actress
June
18 June - Antonio Galves, mathematician (d. 2023)
July
16 July - Valnice Milhomens, pastor, apostle, author and televangelist
26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor
August
24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist
October
17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor
December
14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil
31 December - Rita Lee, singer (d. 2023)
Deaths
12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer (born 1876)
21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro (born 1873)
21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader (born 1868)
References
See also
1947 in Brazilian football
List of Brazilian films of 1947
1940s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
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