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1979 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1967

Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President:
* General Ernesto Geisel (until 14 March)
* General João Figueiredo (starting 15 March)
* Vice President:
* General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (until 14 March)
* Aureliano Chaves (starting 15 March)

### Governors

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* Acre:
* Geraldo Mesquita (until 15 March)
* Joaquim Macedo (from 15 March)
* Alagoas:
* Geraldo Mello (until 15 March)
* Guilherme Palmeira (from 15 March)
* Amazonas:
* Henoch da Silva Reis (until 15 March)
* José Bernardino Lindoso (from 15 March)
* Bahia:
* Roberto Santos (until 15 March)
* Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
* Ceará:
* Waldemar Alcântara (until 15 March)
* Virgílio Távora (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
* Élcio Álvares (until 15 March)
* Eurico Vieira Resende (from 15 March)
* Goiás:
* Irapuan Costa Jr. (until 15 March)
* Ary Valadão (from 15 March)
* Maranhão:
* Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire (until 15 March)
* João Castelo (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso:
* Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
* Frederico Campos (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
* Harry Amorim Costa (until 12 June)
* Londres Machado (12 June-30 June)
* Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 30 June)
* Minas Gerais:
* Levindo Ozanan Coelho (until 15 March)
* Francelino Pereira (from 15 March)
* Pará:
* Clóvis Rego (until 15 March)
* Alacid Nunes (from 15 March)
* Paraíba:
* Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 15 March)
* Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
* Paraná:
* Jaime Canet Júnior (until 15 March)
* Nei Braga (from 15 March)
* Pernambuco:
* Francisco Moura Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
* Marco Maciel (from 15 March)
* Piauí:
* Djalma Veloso (until 15 March)
* Lucídio Portela (from 15 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
* Floriano P. Faria Lima (until 15 March)
* Antônio Chagas Freitas (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
* Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia (until 15 March)
* Lavoisier Maia (from 1rio 5 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul:
* Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
* José Augusto Amaral de Souza (from 15 March)
* Santa Catarina:
* Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 15 March)
* Jorge Bornhausen (from 15 March)
* São Paulo:
* Paulo Egídio Martins (until 15 March)
* Paulo Maluf (from 15 March)
* Sergipe:
* José Rollemberg (until 15 March)
* Augusto Franco (from 15 March)

### Vice governors

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* Acre:
* Omar Sabino de Paula (until 15 March)
* José Fernandes Rego (from 15 March)
* Alagoas:
* Antônio Guedes Amaral (until 15 March)
* Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa (from 15 March)
* Amazonas:
* João Bosco Ramos de Lima (until 15 March)
* Paulo Pinto Nery (from 15 March)
* Bahia:
* Edvaldo Brandão Correia (until 15 March)
* Luis Viana Neto (from 15 March)
* Ceará:
* José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 15 March)
* Manuel de Castro Filho (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
* Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen (until 15 March)
* José Carlos Fonseca (from 15 March)
* Goiás:
* José Luís Bittencourt (until 15 March)
* Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
* Maranhão:
* José Duailibe Murad (until 15 March)
* Artur Teixeira de Carvalho (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso:
* Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
* José Vilanova Torres (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
* Minas Gerais:
* Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 15 March)
* João Marques de Vasconcelos (from 15 March)
* Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres (from 15 March)
* Paraíba: Clóvis Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
* Paraná:
* Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior (until 15 March)
* José Hosken de Novaes (from 15 March)
* Pernambuco:
* Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha (until 15 March)
* Roberto Magalhães Melo (from 15 March)
* Piauí:
* Genibaldo Barros (until 15 March)
* Waldemar de Castro Macedo (from 15 March)
* Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
* Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
* Rio Grande do Sul:
* José Augusto Amaral de Sousa (until 15 March)
* Otávio Badui Germano (from 15 March)
* Santa Catarina:
* Marcos Henrique Büechler (until 15 March)
* Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (from 15 March)
* São Paulo:
* Ferreira Filho (until 15 March)
* José Maria Marin (from 15 March)
* Sergipe:
* Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo (until 15 March)
* Djenal Tavares Queiroz (from 15 March)

## Events

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### January

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* January 1: Mato Grosso do Sul is officially recognized as a federative unit of Brazil.[1]

### February

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* February 7: Nazi criminal Josef Mengele suffers a stroke and drowns while swimming in Bertioga.[2] His remains are found six years later.[3]

### March

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* March 15: João Figueiredo is sworn in as the 30th President of Brazil.[4]

### May

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* May 11: Eunice Michiles becomes the first woman to hold a seat in the Federal Senate.[5]

### August

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* August 17: The National Association of Newspapers is founded, with the aim of defending freedom of the press.[6]
* August 28: President João Figueiredo signs the Amnesty Law. This law would grant amnesty for political crimes and crimes with a political nexus committed by members of the armed forces or member of the government between September 2, 1961 and August 15, 1979.[7]

### November

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* November 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is acquitted of all criminal liability in connection with the first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery performed in Brazil.[8]

## Births

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### January

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* January 3 –
* Adriano, footballer
* Lucas Severino, footballer
* January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racecar driver

### February

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* February 1 –
* Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer[9]
* Juan, Brazilian footballer

### March

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* March 26 – Juliana Paes, actress and former model

### April

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* April 2 – Grafite, footballer

### June

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* June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician

### July

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* July 6 – Luize Altenhofen, model and actress
* July 19 – Ellen Rocche, model
* July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)[10]

### August

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* August 16 – Eduardo Maiorino, mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2012)

### September

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* September 3 – Júlio César, professional footballer
* September 14Antônio Silva, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
* September 24 – Fábio Aurélio, footballer
* September 27 – Danilo Gentili, comedian and television host

### October

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* October 28 – Glover Teixeira, mixed martial artist

### December

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* December 7 – Ronaldo Souza, mixed martial arts fighter

## Deaths

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* December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat (born 1892)

## References

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1. ^ 11 de outubro – Fundação do Mato Grosso do Sul, UOL (October 11, 2022).
2. ^ Levy 2006, pp. 294–295.
3. ^ Blumenthal 1985, p. 1.
4. ^ Democracia: Reafirma Figueiredo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de março de 1979).
5. ^ A mulher chega ao Senado (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (12 de maio de 1979).
6. ^ Jailton de Carvalho (18 August 2016). "Novo presidente da ANJ diz que jornais estão se tornando mais relevantes". O Globo. Rede Globo. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
7. ^ A anistia em vigor, com veto (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de agosto de 1979).
8. ^ "'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.
9. ^ SILVA Clodoaldo. infostradasports.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
10. ^ 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.

## Sources

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* Blumenthal, Ralph (22 July 1985). "Scientists Decide Brazil Skeleton Is Josef Mengele". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
* Levy, Alan (2006) [1993]. Nazi Hunter: The Wiesenthal File (Revised 2002 ed.). London: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-84119-607-7.

## See also

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* 1979 in Brazilian football
* 1979 in Brazilian television

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