1983 in Brazil

Events in the year 1983 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : General João Figueiredo
• Vice President : Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• 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 :
  • José Hosken de Novaes
  • José Richa
• 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

• 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

February

• February 18 : The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit. ^[1]

March

• 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

• June 5 : Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo. ^[4]

July

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

January

• 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

• April 15: Alice Braga, actress

May

• May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

August

• August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
• August 31: Maria Flor, actress

October

• October 3: Fred, footballer
• October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver

December

• December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

Deaths

January

• January 20: Garrincha, footballer (b. 1933)
• January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)

April

• April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)

October

• 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

1. "Máxi - Cruzeiro cai 30%, dólar a 381" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de fevereiro de 1983)
2. "1983 Brazilian Grand Prix". formula1.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
3. "Governadores eleitos assumem" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1983)
4. Cristina Tardáguila (22 January 2013). "TV Manchete, um inventário - na prateleira da memória". Observatório da Imprensa. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
5. 1983 FIBA World Championship for Women
6. "Trabalhadores criam a sua central única" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (29 de agosto de 1983)
7. "Preso chefe mafioso em São Paulo" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (25 de outubro de 1983)
8. 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