1978 in Brazil

1978 in Brazil
Events in the year 1978 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: General Ernesto Geisel
Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas:
Divaldo Suruagy (until 14 August)
Ernandes Lopes Dorvillé (14 August-14 September)
Geraldo Mello (from 14 September)
Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
Bahia: Roberto Santos
Ceará:
José Adauto Bezerra (until 28 February)
Waldemar Alcântara (from 28 February)
Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr.
Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
Mato Grosso:
Jose Garcia Neto (until 14 August)
Cássio Leite de Barros (from 14 August)
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
Minas Gerais:
Aureliano Chaves (until 9 July)
Levindo Ozanan Coelho (from 9 July)
Pará:
Aloysio Chaves (until 1 August)
Clóvis Rego (from 1 August)
Paraíba:
Ivan Bichara (until 14 August)
Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 14 August)
Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
Piauí:
Dirceu Arcoverde (until 14 August)
Djalma Veloso (from 14 August)
Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
Sergipe: José Rollemberg
Vice governors
Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula
Alagoas: Antônio Guedes Amaral (from 14 September)
Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima
Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia
Ceará:
José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 1 March)
Vacant thereafter (from 1 March)
Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt
Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad
Mato Grosso:
Cássio Leite de Barros (until 14 August)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
Minas Gerais:
Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 5 July)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 July)
Pará:
Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (until 1 August)
Vacant thereafter (from 1 August)
Paraíba:
Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 14 August)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
Piauí:
Djalma Martins Veloso (until 14 August)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler
São Paulo: Ferreira Filho
Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo
Events
March
March 29-31: United States President Jimmy Carter makes his three-day visit to Brazil and is the fifth US president to visit the country.
July
July 8: A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.
August
August 4: President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services.
October
October 13: The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5.
October 16: General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college.
October 27: A federal judge delivers a judgement, establishing that journalist Vladimir Herzog was wrongfully detained and tortured under the premises of the DOI-CODI.
December
December 29: President Ernesto Geisel signs a decree that lifts the banning of over a hundred Brazilians living abroad as political exiles. The decree also extinguishes the General Commission of Investigations.
Births
January
January 4: André Neles, footballer (died 2020)
January 19: Eryk Rocha, director and screenwriter
January 29: Joice Hasselmann, journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator
March
March 7: Jaqueline Jesus, psychologist and activist
March 18: Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
May
May 8: Lúcio, footballer
May 18: Helton, football manager and former player
May 10: Marcelo Moretto, footballer
May 30: Lyoto Machida, mixed martial artist
June
June 23: Leandro Firmino, actor
June 28: Baiano, footballer
July
July 4: Marcos Daniel, tennis player
July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist
July 20: André Bankoff, actor
August
August 31: Regiane Alves, actress
September
September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress
November
6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model
25 November: Taís Araújo, actress
Deaths
References
See also
1978 in Brazilian football
1978 in Brazilian television
1970s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil