1983 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.
Incumbents[]
Federal government[]
- President: General João Figueiredo
- Vice President: Aureliano Chaves
Governors[]
- Acre:
- Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães then
- Ceará: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo: (until 15 March); Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
- Goiás: (until 15 March); Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
- Maranhão: (until 15 March); Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos then Julio Campos
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March); (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: (until 15 March); Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
- Paraná: then
- Pernambuco: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Piauí: (until 15 March); Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
- Rio de Janeiro: then Leonel Brizola
- Rio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March); José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Rondônia:
- 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: (until 15 March); João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
Vice governors[]
- Acre: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Alagoas: (from 15 March)
- Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
- Bahia: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
- Espírito Santo: (until 31 January); (from 15 March)
- Goiás: (from 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Maranhão: (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
- Minas Gerais: (until 15 March); Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
- Pará: (until 31 January); (from 15 March)
- Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
- Paraná: (from 15 March)
- Pernambuco: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Piauí:
- Rio de Janeiro: (until 15 March); Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Norte: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Rio Grande do Sul: (until 15 March); (from 15 March)
- Santa Catarina: (until 15 March); Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
- São Paulo: Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
- Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)
Events[]
- March 13 - The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.[1]
- July 24-August 6 - The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.[2]
- December 19 – The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1930, is stolen from Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.[3]
Births[]
- January 12 - Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
- January 13 - Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
- January 28 - Sandy, singer
- April 15 - Alice Braga, actress
- August 15 - Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
- August 31 - Maria Flor, actress
- October 15 - Bruno Senna, racing driver
Deaths[]
- October 5 - Humberto Mauro, film director, 86
References[]
- ^ "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ^ 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women
- ^ Bellos, Alex (2003). Futebol: The Brazilian Way of Life. London: Bloomsbury. pp. 342. ISBN 0-7475-6179-6.
See also[]
- Brazilian football
- 1983 in Brazilian television
- List of Brazilian films of 1983
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