1982 in Brazil

1982 in Brazil
Events in the year 1982 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General João Figueiredo
Vice President: Aureliano Chaves
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas:
Guilherme Palmeira (until 15 March)
Teobaldo Vasconcelos (from 15 March)
Amazonas:
José Bernardino Lindoso (until 15 May)
Paul Pinto Nery (from 15 May)
Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Ceará:
Virgílio Távora (until 15 March)
Manuel de Castro (from 15 March)
Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende
Goiás: Ary Valadão
Maranhão:
João Castelo (until 15 May)
Ivar Saldanha (from 14 May)
Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira
Pará: Alacid Nunes
Paraíba:
Tarcísio Burity (until 14 May)
Clóvis Cavalcanti (from 14 May)
Paraná:
Nei Braga (until 14 May)
José Hosken de Novais (from 14 May)
Pernambuco:
Marco Maciel (until 15 May)
José Muniz Ramos (from 15 May)
Piauí: Lucídio Portela
Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas
Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza
Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira (from 4 January)
Santa Catarina:
Jorge Bornhausen (until 14 May)
Henrique Córdova (from 14 May)
São Paulo:
Paulo Maluf (until 14 May)
José Maria Marin (from 14 May)
Sergipe:
Augusto Franco (until 14 May)
Djenal Queirós (from 14 May)
Vice governors
Acre: José Fernandes Rego
Alagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
Amazonas:
Paulo Pinto Nery (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Bahia: Luis Viana Neto
Ceará:
Manuel de Castro Filho (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Espírito Santo: José Carlos Fonseca
Goiás: Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
Maranhão:
Artur Teixeira de Carvalho (until 29 January)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Mato Grosso: José Vilanova Torres
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
Minas Gerais: João Marques de Vasconcelos
Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres
Paraíba:
Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Paraná:
José Hosken de Novaes (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Pernambuco:
Roberto Magalhães Melo (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Piauí: Waldemar de Castro Macedo
Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
Rio Grande do Sul: Otávio Badui Germano
Santa Catarina:
Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
São Paulo:
José Maria Marin (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Sergipe:
Djenal Tavares Queiroz (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Events
January
January 4: Rondônia, Brazil's 23rd state, is established.
January 7: The inauguration of the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador, Bahia.
February
February 11: The Superior Electoral Court grants definitive registration to the Workers' Party by a unanimous vote.
March
March 22: Gubernatorial candidates of São Paulo, Franco Montoro (PMDB) and Reinaldo de Barros (PDS), hold the first televised debate after the Falcão Law (prohibition of opposition parties) was suspended.
May
May 11-15: President João Baptista Figueiredo visits the United States to meet with US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC.
June
June 8: A Boeing 727 plane, flying VASP 168, crashes in the Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, killing all 137 occupants. This would become the biggest air accident in the history of Brazilian aviation until 2006.
June 22: French priests Aristides Camio and François Gouriou, along with thirteen squatters of São Geraldo do Araguaia are imprisoned in Belém, Pará, after violating National Security Law.
October
October 4: Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito heads to Brasilia for his ten-day visit to Brazil.
November
November 5: The largest hydroelectric plant in the world, Usina Hidrelétrica de Itaipu, is opened by Presidents João Figueiredo of Brazil and Alfredo Stroessner of Paraguay.
November 15: Direct elections for governors, senators, mayors, federal and state deputies are held.
December
December 13: 91 members of the Brazilian Communist Party are arrested for participating in their own 7th congress in São Paulo.
Births
January
January 15 – Julio Campos, racecar driver
January 17 – Mel Lisboa, actress
January 19 – Pierre, former professional footballer
February
February 17 – Adriano, footballer
April
April 22 – Kaká, footballer
July
July 12 – Vinicius Machado, producer and actor
July 19 – Raphael Assunção, mixed martial artist
August
August 29 – Mayana Moura, actress and former model
September
September 28 – Anderson Varejão, former basketball player
Deaths
January
January 19 – Elis Regina, singer (b. 1945)
August
August 23 – Alberto Cavalcanti, film director (b. 1897)
September
September 18 – Carlos Carmelo Vasconcellos Motta, cardinal (b. 1890)
November
November 23 – Adoniran Barbosa, samba singer and composer (b. 1910)
References
See also
1982 in Brazilian football
1982 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 1982
1980s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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