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Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• 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

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

Events

• 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).

Arts and culture

Books

• Jorge Amado - Seara Vermelha
• Maria José Dupré - Os Rodriguez

Drama

• Nelson Rodrigues - Álbum de família

Films

• Caídos do Céu, directed by Luiz de Barros

Births

• 1 January - Rivellino, footballer
• 12 April - Nelson Jobim, politician
• 4 May - Rogério Sganzerla, film director (died 2004)
• 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)
• 2 November - Marieta Severo, actress
• 12 December - Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver

Deaths

• 9 February - Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30 (born 1882)
• 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

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

• 1946 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1946

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