1945 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1945 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President:
* Getúlio Vargas (until 29 October)
* José Linhares (from 29 October)

### Governors

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* Alagoas:
* till 10 November: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
* 10 November-18 December: Edgar de Góis Monteiro
* from 18 December: Antonio Guedes de Miranda
* Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia (till 7 November); Emiliano Estanislau Afonso (from 7 November)
* Bahia: Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo then João Vicente Bulcão Viana
* Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel (till 28 October); Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos (from 28 October)
* Espírito Santo: Jones dos Santos Neves (till 27 October); José Rodrigues Sette (from 27 October)
* Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira (till 6 November); Eládio de Amorim (from 6 November)
* Maranhão:
* Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller then Olegário de Barros
* Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro (till 4 November); Nísio Batista de Oliveira (from 4 November)
* Pará:
* till 29 October: Magalhães Barata
* 29 October-30 October: João Guilherme Bittencourt
* 30 October-6 November: Zacarias de Assumpção
* from 6 November: Manuel Maroja Neto
* Paraíba:
* till 15 July: Rui Carneiro
* 15 July-6 November: Samuel Duarte
* from 6 November: Severino Montenegro
* Paraná: Manuel Ribas
* Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
* Piauí:
* till 9 November: Leônidas Melo
* 6 November-19 December: Antônio Leôncio Pereira Ferraz
* from 19 December: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego
* Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão/Antonio Fernandes Dantas
* Rio Grande do Sul: Ernesto Dornelles (till 6 November); Samuel Figueiredo da Silva (from 6 November)
* Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos (till 6 November); Luís Gallotti (from 6 November)
* São Paulo:
* till 27 October: Fernando de Sousa Costa
* 27 October-7 November: Sebastião Nogueira de Lima
* from 7 November: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
* Sergipe:
* till 27 October: Augusto Maynard Gomes
* 27 October-5 November: Francisco Leite Neto
* from 5 November: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso

### Vice governors

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* Rio Grande do Norte:
* São Paulo:

## Events

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Brazilian Expeditionary Force shoulder sleeve insignia (Army component)

* February - A fourth transport of troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force reaches Italy, in preparation for the Spring 1945 offensive.
* 2 April \- Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. [1]
* 2 May \- Brazilian troops arrive in Turin on the same day that the cessation of hostilities is announced.
* May - Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, an outspoken critic of the regime of President Getúlio Vargas and of the Vatican's alleged relationship with fascist regimes,[2] gives newspaper interviews accusing Brazil's Papal nuncio of Nazi-Fascist spying, and accusing Rome of having aided and abetted Hitler. Shortly afterwards he establishes the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.
* 29 October \- President Vargas resigns, beginning the period known as the Second Brazilian Republic. José Linhares becomes acting president.
* 2 December \- A general election is held, the first since the establishment of Getúlio Vargas' Estado Novo.[3] The presidential election is won by Eurico Gaspar Dutra of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which also wins a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

## Arts and culture

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### Books

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* Oswald de Andrade \- A Arcádia e a Inconfidência

### Films

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* O Cortiço
* O Gol da Vitória
* Não Adianta Chorar

## Births

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* Unknown date - Eduardo Escorel, film editor and director

### January

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* 11 January \- Geraldo Azevedo, singer and guitarist

### February

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* 18 February \- Edir Macedo, evangelical leader and media mogul

### May

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* 7 May \- Zila Bezerra, teacher and politician

### August

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* 13 August \- Vânia Dantas Leite, pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (died 2018)[4]

### September

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* 26 September \- Gal Costa, singer (died 2022)

### October

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* 8 October \- Paulo Thiago, film director and screenwriter (died 2021)
* 27 October \- Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil[5]

## Deaths

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* 25 February \- Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer (born 1893; heart attack)[6]
* 12 April \- Max Wolff Filho, war hero (born 1912; killed in action)[7]

## See also

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* 1945 in Brazilian football

## References

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1. ^ Brasil e Rússia restabelecem relações diplomáticas (primeira página do 2° caderno), Folha da Noite (2 de abril de 1945).
2. ^ ""Rebel in Rio", Time Magazine, July 23, 1945". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
3. ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
4. ^ Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 21.
5. ^ Jeff Wallenfeldt (10 April 2018). "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. ^ Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000).
7. ^ EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)

## See also

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* 1945 in Brazilian football
* List of Brazilian films of 1945

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