1979 in Brazil
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| 1979 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1967 |
Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.
Incumbents[]
Federal government[]
- President: General Ernesto Geisel (until 15 March), General João Figueiredo (starting 15 March)
- Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (until 15 March), Aureliano Chaves (starting 15 March)
Governors[]
- Acre:
- Alagoas: (till 15 March), (from 15 March)
- Amazonas: (till 15 March), (from 15 March)
- Bahia: Roberto Santos then Antônio Carlos Magalhães
- Ceará: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Goiás: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Maranhão: (until 15 March); João Castelo (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso: then Frederico Campos
- Mato Grosso do Sul: (until 12 June); (from 12 June)
- Minas Gerais: (until 15 March); Francelino Pereira (from 15 March)
- Pará: (until 15 March); Alacid Nunes (from 15 March)
- Paraíba: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Paraná: then
- Pernambuco: (until 15 March); Marco Maciel (from 15 March)
- Piauí: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro: then
- Rio Grande do Norte: (until 15 March); Lavoisier Maia (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 15 March); Jorge Bornhausen (from 15 March)
- São Paulo: (until 15 March); Paulo Maluf (from 15 March)
- Sergipe: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
Vice governors[]
- Acre: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Alagoas: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Amazonas: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Bahia: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Ceará: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Goiás: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Maranhão: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: vacant
- Minas Gerais: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Pará: (from 15 March)
- Paraíba: (from 15 March)
- Paraná: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Pernambuco: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Piauí: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
- Rio Grande do Sul: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- São Paulo: (until 15 March); José Maria Marin (from 15 March)
- Sergipe: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
Events[]
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Births[]
- January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racing driver
- February 1 – Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer[1]
- June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician
- July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)[2]
- August 16 – Eduardo Maiorino, mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2012)
Deaths[]
- December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat, 87
References[]
- ^ SILVA Clodoaldo. infostradasports.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marco Aurélio Canônico (15 March 2018). "Da Maré, vereadora fazia parte do 'bonde de intelectuais da favela'" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
See also[]
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