1983 in Brazil

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Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.

## Incumbents

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### Federal government

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

### Governors

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* 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

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* 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

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### February

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

### March

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* 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

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

### July

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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* 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

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### January

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* 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

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* April 15: Alice Braga, actress

### May

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* May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

### August

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* August 11: Tatá Werneck, actress
* August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
* August 31: Maria Flor, actress

### October

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

### December

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* December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

## Deaths

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### January

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

### April

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

### October

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* 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

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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

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* Brazilian football
* 1983 in Brazilian television
* List of Brazilian films of 1983

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