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. ^{[1] [2]}

July

• July 8 : A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro. ^[3]

August

• August 4 : President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services. ^[4]

September

• September 6 : Dr. Roberto Farina is sentenced to two years in prison for performing Brazil's first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery. ^[5]

October

• October 13 : The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5. ^[6]
• October 16 : General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college. ^[7]
• 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. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

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 ^[10]
• July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist
• July 20: André Bankoff, actor

August

• August 31: Regiane Alves, actress

September

• September 16: Emerson Sheik, association footballer
• September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress

November

• 6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model
• 25 November: Taís Araújo, actress

Deaths

• 17 March - Iracema de Alencar, actress (born 1900)
• 10 October -Hermes Lima, prime minister and foreign minister of Brazil (born 1902)

References

1. "Carter aqui às 16h40" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de março de 1978).
2. "Com o cardeal, o gesto inesperado" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (1 de abril de 1978).
3. "Incêndio destrói todo acervo do MAM" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de julho de 1978).
4. "Decreto proíbe greve em todo setor essencial" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (5 de agosto de 1978).
5. "'Monstro, prostituta, bichinha': como a Justiça condenou a 1ª cirurgia de mudança de sexo do Brasil". BBC News Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-12-27.
6. "Congresso promulga Emenda e salvaguardas substituem AI-5" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (14 de outubro de 1978).
7. "'Prendo quem for contra a abertura'" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de outubro de 1978).
8. "União culpada no caso Herzog" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (28 de outubro de 1978).
9. "Governo revoga os banimentos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (30 de dezembro de 1978).
10. "Marcos Daniel | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.

See also

• 1978 in Brazilian football
• 1978 in Brazilian television