1983 in Brazil
| 1983 in Brazil |
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Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.
Incumbents
[edit]Federal government
[edit]Governors
[edit]- Acre: Nabor Júnior
- Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia:
- Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
- João Durval Carneiro (from 15 March)
- Ceará:
- Manuel de Castro (until 15 March)
- Gonzaga Mota (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Eurico Vieira Resende (until 15 March)
- Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
- Goiás:
- Ary Valadão (until 15 March)
- Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
- Maranhão:
- Ivar Saldanha (until 15 March)
- Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso:
- Frederico Campos (until 15 March)
- Julio Campos (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March)
- Wilson Barbosa Martins (from 1 March)
- Minas Gerais:
- Francelino Pereira (until 15 March)
- Tancredo Neves (from 15 March)
- Pará:
- Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
- Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
- Paraíba:
- Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
- Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- José Muniz Ramos (until 15 March)
- Roberto Magalhães (from 15 March)
- Piauí:
- Lucídio Portela (until 15 March)
- Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Antônio Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
- Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March)
- José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- José Augusto Amaral de Souza (until 15 March)
- Jair de Oliveira Soares (from 15 March)
- Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
- Santa Catarina:
- Henrique Córdova (until 15 March)
- Esperidião Amin (from 15 March)
- São Paulo:
- José Maria Marin (until 15 March)
- André Franco Montoro (from 15 March)
- Sergipe:
- Djenal Queirós (until 15 March)
- João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
Vice governors
[edit]- Acre:
- José Fernandes Rego (until 15 March)
- Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (from 15 March)
- Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
- Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
- Bahia:
- Luis Viana Neto (until 15 March)
- Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (from 15 March)
- Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- José Carlos Fonseca (until 31 January)
- José Moraes (from 15 March)
- Goiás:
- Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
- Onofre Quinan (from 15 March)
- Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso:
- José Vilanova Torres (until 15 March)
- Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
- Minas Gerais:
- João Marques de Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
- Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
- Pará:
- Gerson dos Santos Peres (until 31 January)
- Laércio Dias Franco (from 15 March)
- Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
- Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 15 March)
- Pernambuco:
- Waldemar de Castro Macedo (until 15 March)
- Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (from 15 March)
- Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Hamilton Xavier (until 15 March)
- Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Geraldo Melo (until 15 March)
- Radir Pereira (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Otávio Badui Germano (until 15 March)
- Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina:
- Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 15 March)
- Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
- São Paulo: Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
- Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)
Events
[edit]February
[edit]- February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.[1]
March
[edit]- March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.[2]
- March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.[3]
June
[edit]- June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.[4]
July
[edit]- July 24-August 6: The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.[5]
August
[edit]- August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.[6]
October
[edit]- October 24: Italian mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, is arrested by the Federal Police in São Paulo.[7]
December
[edit]- December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is stolen in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.[8]
Births
[edit]January
[edit]- January 2: Jefferson, footballer
- January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
- January 13: Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
- January 28: Sandy, singer
April
[edit]- April 15: Alice Braga, actress
May
[edit]- May 6: Dani Alves, footballer
August
[edit]- August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
- August 31: Maria Flor, actress
October
[edit]- October 3: Fred, footballer
- October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver
December
[edit]- December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player
Deaths
[edit]January
[edit]- January 20: Garrincha, footballer (b. 1933)
- January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)
April
[edit]- April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)
October
[edit]- October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director (b. 1897)
- October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) (b. 1916)
References
[edit]- ^ "Máxi - Cruzeiro cai 30%, dólar a 381" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de fevereiro de 1983)
- ^ "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ "Governadores eleitos assumem" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1983)
- ^ Cristina Tardáguila (22 January 2013). "TV Manchete, um inventário - na prateleira da memória". Observatório da Imprensa. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women
- ^ "Trabalhadores criam a sua central única" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (29 de agosto de 1983)
- ^ "Preso chefe mafioso em São Paulo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (25 de outubro de 1983)
- ^ Bellos, Alex (2003). Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 342. ISBN 0-7475-6179-6.
See also
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