1961 in Brazil

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1961 in Brazil
Years 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
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22 stars (1960–68)
Timeline of Brazilian history
Second Brazilian Republic
Year of Constitution: 1946

Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.

Incumbents[]

Federal government[]

• President: Juscelino Kubitschek (until 31 January), Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August), Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7), João Goulart (starting September 7)
• Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September)
• Vice President: João Goulart (until 25 August), vacant (from August 25)

Governors[]

• Alagoas: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Maranhão: (from 31 January)
• Mato Grosso: then
• Minas Gerais: (until 31 January); José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January)
• Pará: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Paraíba: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Paraná: then
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio de Janeiro: (until 28 February); Celso Peçanha (from 28 February)
• Rio Grande do Norte: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
• Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January); Celso Ramos (from 31 January)
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Vice governors[]

• Alagoas: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás: João de Abreu (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Maranhão: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Mato Grosso: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Minas Gerais: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Pará: (from 31 January)
• Paraíba: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio de Janeiro: Celso Peçanha (until 1 March); vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: (until 31 January); (from 31 January)
• Santa Catarina: (from 31 January)
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:

Events[]

• August 25 to September 7 – Campanha da Legalidade.
• December 17 – A circus tent fire in Niterói kills 323.^[1]

Deaths[]

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See also[]

• 1961 in Brazilian television

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to 1961 in Brazil at Wikimedia Commons

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