1978 in Brazil
| 1978 in Brazil | 
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| Brazilian military government | 
| Year of Constitution: 1967 | 
Events in the year 1978 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General Ernesto Geisel
 - Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
 
Governors
- Acre: Vacant
 - Alagoas: 
- Divaldo Suruagy (until 14 August)
 - Ernandes Lopes Dorvillé (14 August-14 September)
 - Geraldo Mello (from 14 September)
 
 - Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
 - Bahia: Roberto Santos
 - Ceará: 
- José Adauto Bezerra (until 28 February)
 - Waldemar Alcântara (from 28 February)
 
 - Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares
 - Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr.
 - Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire
 - Mato Grosso: 
- Jose Garcia Neto (until 14 August)
 - Cássio Leite de Barros (from 14 August)
 
 - Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
 - Minas Gerais: 
- Aureliano Chaves (until 9 July)
 - Levindo Ozanan Coelho (from 9 July)
 
 - Pará: 
- Aloysio Chaves (until 1 August)
 - Clóvis Rego (from 1 August)
 
 - Paraíba: 
- Ivan Bichara (until 14 August)
 - Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 14 August)
 
 - Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior
 - Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti
 - Piauí: 
- Dirceu Arcoverde (until 14 August)
 - Djalma Veloso (from 14 August)
 
 - Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
 - Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia
 - Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
 - Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
 - São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins
 - Sergipe: José Rollemberg
 
Vice governors
- Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula
 - Alagoas: Antônio Guedes Amaral (from 14 September)
 - Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima
 - Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia
 - Ceará: 
- José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 1 March)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 1 March)
 
 - Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen
 - Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt
 - Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad
 - Mato Grosso:
 
- Cássio Leite de Barros (until 14 August)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
 
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
 - Minas Gerais: 
- Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 5 July)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 5 July)
 
 - Pará: 
- Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (until 1 August)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 1 August)
 
 - Paraíba: 
- Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 14 August)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
 
 - Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior
 - Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha
 - Piauí: 
- Djalma Martins Veloso (until 14 August)
 - Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
 
 - Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
 - Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
 - Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa
 - Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler
 - São Paulo: Ferreira Filho
 - Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo
 
Events
March
- March 29-31: United States President Jimmy Carter makes his three-day visit to Brazil and is the fifth US president to visit the country. [1][2]
 
July
- July 8: A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.[3]
 
August
- August 4: President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services.[4]
 
September
- September 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is sentenced to two years in prison for performing Brazil's first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery.[5]
 
October
- October 13: The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5.[6]
 - October 16: General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college.[7]
 - October 27: A federal judge delivers a judgement, establishing that journalist Vladimir Herzog was wrongfully detained and tortured under the premises of the DOI-CODI.[8]
 
December
- December 29: President Ernesto Geisel signs a decree that lifts the banning of over a hundred Brazilians living abroad as political exiles. The decree also extinguishes the General Commission of Investigations.[9]
 
Births
January
- January 4: André Neles, footballer (died 2020)
 - January 19: Eryk Rocha, director and screenwriter
 - January 29: Joice Hasselmann, journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator
 
March
- March 7: Jaqueline Jesus, psychologist and activist
 - March 18: Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
 
May
- May 8: Lúcio, footballer
 - May 18: Helton, football manager and former player
 - May 10: Marcelo Moretto, footballer
 - May 30: Lyoto Machida, mixed martial artist
 
June
- June 23: Leandro Firmino, actor
 - June 28: Baiano, footballer
 
July
- July 4: Marcos Daniel, tennis player[10]
 - July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist
 - July 20: André Bankoff, actor
 
August
- August 31: Regiane Alves, actress
 
September
- September 16: Emerson Sheik, association footballer
 - September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress
 
November
- 6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model
 - 25 November: Taís Araújo, actress
 
Deaths
- 17 March - Iracema de Alencar, actress (born 1900)
 - 10 October -Hermes Lima, prime minister and foreign minister of Brazil (born 1902)
 
References
- ^ "Carter aqui às 16h40" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de março de 1978).
 - ^ "Com o cardeal, o gesto inesperado" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (1 de abril de 1978).
 - ^ "Incêndio destrói todo acervo do MAM" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de julho de 1978).
 - ^ "Decreto proíbe greve em todo setor essencial" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (5 de agosto de 1978).
 - ^ "'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.
 - ^ "Congresso promulga Emenda e salvaguardas substituem AI-5" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (14 de outubro de 1978).
 - ^ "'Prendo quem for contra a abertura'" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de outubro de 1978).
 - ^ "União culpada no caso Herzog" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (28 de outubro de 1978).
 - ^ "Governo revoga os banimentos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (30 de dezembro de 1978).
 - ^ "Marcos Daniel | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
 
See also
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