1961 in Brazil

Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
• Juscelino Kubitschek (until 30 January)
• Jânio Quadros (from 31 January to 25 August)
• Ranieri Mazzilli (from 25 August to September 7)
• João Goulart (starting September 7)
• Prime Minister: Tancredo Neves (starting 8 September)
• Vice President:
• João Goulart (until 25 August)
• Vacant (from August 25)

Governors

• :
• Sebastião Muniz Falcão (until 31 January)
• Luis Cavalcante (from 31 January)
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia: Juracy Magalhães
• Ceará: Parsifal Barroso
• Espírito Santo:Raul Giuberti
• :
• José Feliciano Ferreira (until 31 January)
• Mauro Borges (from 31 January)
• Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
• Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo (from 31 January)
• Mato Grosso:
• João Ponce de Arruda (until 31 January)
• Fernando Corrêa da Costa (from 31 January)
• Minas Gerais:
• José Francisco Bias Fortes (until 31 January)
• José de Magalhães Pinto (from 31 January)
• :
• Luís de Moura Carvalho (until 31 January)
• Aurélio do Carmo (from 31 January)
• :
• José Fernandes de Lima (until 31 January)
• Pedro Gondim (from 31 January)
• Paraná:
• Moisés Lupion (until 31 January)
• Nei Braga (from 31 January)
• : Cid Sampaio
• : Chagas Rodrigues
• :
• Roberto Silveira (until 28 February)
• Celso Peçanha (from 28 February)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz (until 31 January)
• Aluízio Alves (from 31 January)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola
• :
• Heriberto Hülse (until 31 January)
• Celso Ramos (from 31 January)
• São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
• : Luís Garcia

Vice governors

• :
• Sizenando Nabuco de Melo (until 31 January)
• Teotônio Brandão Vilela (from 31 January)
• : Orlando Moscoso
• : Wilson Gonçalves
• : Raul Giuberti
• :
• João de Abreu (until 31 January)
• Antônio Rezende Monteiro (from 31 January)
• :
• Alexandre Alves Costa (until 31 January)
• Alfredo Salim Duailibe (from 31 January)
• :
• Henrique José Vieira Neto (until 31 January)
• Jose Garcia Neto (from 31 January)
• :
• Artur Bernardes Filho (until 31 January)
• Clóvis Salgado da Gama (from 31 January)
• : Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda (from 31 January)
• :
• Pedro Gondim (until 31 January)
• André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha (from 31 January)
• : Pelópidas da Silveira
• : Tibério Nunes
• :
• Celso Peçanha (until 1 March)
• Vacant thereafter (from 31 January)
• :
• José Augusto Varela (until 31 January)
• Walfredo Gurgel (from 31 January)
• : Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade (from 31 January)
• : Porfírio da Paz
• : Dionísio Machado

Events

January

• January 31: Jânio Quadros becomes the 22nd President of Brazil, succeeding Juscelino Kubitschek.

August

• August 25-September 7: The Legality Campaign takes place, which aims to defend the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil.
• August 25: Jânio Quadros resigns as President of the Republic. The President of the Chamber of Deputies, Ranieri Mazzilli, takes over as the 23rd President of Brazil on an interim basis.

September

• September 2: The National Congress of Brazil approves Constitutional Amendment No. 4, which establishes parliamentarism.
• September 7: João Goulart is sworn in as the 24th President of Brazil.
• September 8: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitution of the first Council of Ministers.

November

• November 1: A Panair do Brasil plane crashes near Recife airport, leaving 45 dead and 43 injured.
• November 23: Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, 14 years after their breakup.

December

• December 17: An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history.
• December 20: Adilson Marcelino Alves, known as Dequinha, is arrested by the Rio de Janeiro police and confesses to being responsible for the fire at the Niterói circus.

Births

January

• January 1 – Rita Camata, politician and journalist

March

• 7 March – Miguel Nicolelis, scientist

September

• 8 September – Fernanda Abreu, singer

Deaths

April

• April 25 – Borges de Medeiros, lawyer and politician (born 1863)

June

• June 22 – José de Mesquita (born 1892)

December

• 31 December – Péricles, cartoonist (born 1924)

See also

• 1961 in Brazilian television

References

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