1946 in Brazil

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)
References
See also
1946 in Brazilian football
List of Brazilian films of 1946
1940s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
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