1946 in Brazil

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Year of Constitution: 1946

Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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* President:
* José Linhares (until 30 January)
* Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (from 31 January)
* Vice President: Nereu Ramos (from 31 September)

### Governors

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* Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda
* Amazonas: Siseno Sarmento
* Bahia: João Vicente Bulcão Viana then Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback then Cândido Caldas
* Ceará:
* till 10 January: Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos
* 10 January-21 January: Tomás Pompeu Filho
* 21 January-16 February: Acrísio Moreira da Rocha
* 16 February-28 October: Pedro Firmeza
* from 28 October: José Machado Lopes
* Espírito Santo:
* till 27 February: Octávio de Carvalho Lemgruber
* 27 February-8 June: Aristides Alexandre Campos
* 8 June-14 October: Ubaldo Ramalhete Maia
* from 14 October: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva
* Goiás:
* till 18 February: Eládio de Amorim
* 18 February-4 August: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
* 4 August-18 August: Paulo Fleury da Silva e Sousa
* 18 August-12 September: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
* 12 September-22 October: Belarmino Cruvinel
* from 22 October: Joaquim Machado de Araújo
* Maranhão:
* Mato Grosso: Olegário de Barros then Jose Marcelo Moreira
* Minas Gerais:
* till 3 February: Nísio Batista de Oliveira
* 3 February-14 August: João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo
* 14 August-16 November: Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho
* 16 November-20 December: Noraldino Lima
* from 20 December: Alcides Lins
* Pará:
* till 9 February: Manuel Maroja Neto
* 9 February-9 December: Otávio Bastos Meira
* from 9 December: José Faustino Santos
* Paraíba:
* till 13 February: Severino Montenegro
* 13 February-20 September: Odon Bezerra Cavalcanti
* from 20 September: José Gomes da Silva
* Paraná: Clotário de Macedo Portugal then Brasil Pinheiro Machado then Mário Gomes da Silva
* Pernambuco:
* till 7 February: José Neves Filho
* 7 February-7 August: José Domingues da Silva
* from 7 August: Demerval Peixoto
* Piaui: Hugo Silva
* Rio de Janeiro:
* till 20 March: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego
* 20 March-3 September: José Vitorino Correia
* 3 September-11 October: Manuel Sotero Vaz da Silveira
* from 11 October: Teodoro Sobral
* Rio Grande do Norte: Miguel Seabra Fagundes (till 13 February); Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo (from 13 February)
* Rio Grande do Sul: Samuel Figueiredo da Silva

(till 7 February); Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (from 7 February)

* Santa Catarina: Luís Gallotti (till 8 February); Udo Deeke (from 8 February)
* São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
* Sergipe: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso (till 31 March); Antônio de Freitas Brandão (from 31 March)

### Vice governors

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* Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
* São Paulo: no vice governor

## Events

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Incoming President Eurico Gaspar Dutra

* 18 September \- A new constitution is introduced, and the position of Vice President of Brazil is recreated; Nereu Ramos is selected as the first incumbent.
* date unknown \- The new airline, Transportes Aéreos Nacional, is founded (but does not fly until the following year).[1]

## Arts and culture

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### Books

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* Jorge Amado \- Seara Vermelha
* Maria José Dupré \- Os Rodriguez

### Drama

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* Nelson Rodrigues \- Álbum de família

### Films

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* Caídos do Céu, directed by Luiz de Barros

## Births

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* 1 January \- Rivellino, footballer
* 12 April \- Nelson Jobim, politician
* 4 May \- Rogério Sganzerla, film director (died 2004)[2]
* 19 May \- Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, pneumologist
* 18 June \- Maria Bethânia, singer
* 6 July \- Toquinho, singer and guitarist
* 29 September \- Celso Pitta, politician (died 2009)[3]
* 2 November \- Marieta Severo, actress
* 12 December \- Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver[4]

## Deaths

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* 9 February \- Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30 (born 1882)[5]
* 19 May \- Francesco Camero Medici, Brazilian-born Italian diplomat (born 1886)
* 15 June – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (born 1870)

## References

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1. ^ Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 303–304.
2. ^ "Abraccine organiza ranking dos 100 melhores filmes brasileiros" [Abraccine organized a ranking of the 100 best Brazilian films]. Abraccine. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
3. ^ "Morre em São Paulo o ex-prefeito Celso Pitta". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-11-21.
4. ^ Laban, Brian (1981). Winners : a who's who of motor racing champions. London: Orbis. p. 56\. ISBN 9780856130427.
5. ^ Bulletin of the Pan American Union. The Union. 1946. p. 300.

## See also

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* 1946 in Brazilian football
* List of Brazilian films of 1946

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