1959 in Brazil

Events in the year 1959 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Juscelino Kubitschek
• Vice President: João Goulart

Governors

• : Sebastião Muniz Falcão
• Amazonas:
• Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
• Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
• Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
• Ceará:
• Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
• Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
• Espírito Santo:
• Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
• Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
• Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
• :
• José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
• José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
• Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
• Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
• Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
• :
• Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
• Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
• : Pedro Gondim
• Paraná: Moisés Lupion
• :
• Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
• Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
• Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
• :
• Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
• Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
• :
• Togo Barros (until 30 January)
• Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
• Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
• Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
• : Heriberto Hülse
• São Paulo:
• Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
• Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
• :
• Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
• Luís Garcia (from 31 January)

Vice governors

• : Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
• : Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
• : Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
• :
• Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
• Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
• :
• Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
• João de Abreu (from 31 January)
• : Alexandre Alves Costa
• : Henrique José Vieira Neto
• : Artur Bernardes Filho
• : Pedro Gondim
• : Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
• :
• Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
• Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
• :
• Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
• Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
• : José Augusto Varela
• : Vacant
• : Porfírio da Paz
• :
• José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
• Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)

Events

January

• 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.

May

• 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.

June

• 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.

August

• 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.

December

• 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.
• 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.
• 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.
• 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.

Births

January

• 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
• 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician

April

• 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
• 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer

September

• 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player

Deaths

February

• 20 February: Gregório Bondar, Russian-Brazilian agronomist (b. 1881)

August

• 16 August: José Pessoa, Brazilian military officer (b. 1885)

November

• 17 November: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer (b. 1887)

References

See also

• 1959 in Brazilian football