1979 in Brazil

Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
• General Ernesto Geisel (until 14 March)
• General João Figueiredo (starting 15 March)
• Vice President:
• General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (until 14 March)
• Aureliano Chaves (starting 15 March)

Governors

• Acre:
• Geraldo Mesquita (until 15 March)
• Joaquim Macedo (from 15 March)
• :
• Geraldo Mello (until 15 March)
• Guilherme Palmeira (from 15 March)
• Amazonas:
• Henoch da Silva Reis (until 15 March)
• José Bernardino Lindoso (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
• Roberto Santos (until 15 March)
• Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
• Waldemar Alcântara (until 15 March)
• Virgílio Távora (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
• Élcio Álvares (until 15 March)
• Eurico Vieira Resende (from 15 March)
• :
• Irapuan Costa Jr. (until 15 March)
• Ary Valadão (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
• Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire (until 15 March)
• João Castelo (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
• Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
• Frederico Campos (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Harry Amorim Costa (until 12 June)
• Londres Machado (12 June-30 June)
• Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 30 June)
• Minas Gerais:
• Levindo Ozanan Coelho (until 15 March)
• Francelino Pereira (from 15 March)
• :
• Clóvis Rego (until 15 March)
• Alacid Nunes (from 15 March)
• :
• Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 15 March)
• Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
• Jaime Canet Júnior (until 15 March)
• Nei Braga (from 15 March)
• :
• Francisco Moura Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
• Marco Maciel (from 15 March)
• :
• Djalma Veloso (until 15 March)
• Lucídio Portela (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
• Floriano P. Faria Lima (until 15 March)
• Antônio Chagas Freitas (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia (until 15 March)
• Lavoisier Maia (from 1rio 5 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
• José Augusto Amaral de Souza (from 15 March)
• :
• Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 15 March)
• Jorge Bornhausen (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
• Paulo Egídio Martins (until 15 March)
• Paulo Maluf (from 15 March)
• :
• José Rollemberg (until 15 March)
• Augusto Franco (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• :
• Omar Sabino de Paula (until 15 March)
• José Fernandes Rego (from 15 March)
• :
• Antônio Guedes Amaral (until 15 March)
• Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa (from 15 March)
• :
• João Bosco Ramos de Lima (until 15 March)
• Paulo Pinto Nery (from 15 March)
• :
• Edvaldo Brandão Correia (until 15 March)
• Luis Viana Neto (from 15 March)
• :
• José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 15 March)
• Manuel de Castro Filho (from 15 March)
• :
• Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen (until 15 March)
• José Carlos Fonseca (from 15 March)
• :
• José Luís Bittencourt (until 15 March)
• Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• :
• José Duailibe Murad (until 15 March)
• Artur Teixeira de Carvalho (from 15 March)
• :
• Cássio Leite de Barros (until 15 March)
• José Vilanova Torres (from 15 March)
• : Vacant
• :
• Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 15 March)
• João Marques de Vasconcelos (from 15 March)
• : Gerson dos Santos Peres (from 15 March)
• : Clóvis Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• :
• Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior (until 15 March)
• José Hosken de Novaes (from 15 March)
• :
• Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha (until 15 March)
• Roberto Magalhães Melo (from 15 March)
• :
• Genibaldo Barros (until 15 March)
• Waldemar de Castro Macedo (from 15 March)
• : Hamilton Xavier
• : Geraldo Melo
• :
• José Augusto Amaral de Sousa (until 15 March)
• Otávio Badui Germano (from 15 March)
• :
• Marcos Henrique Büechler (until 15 March)
• Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (from 15 March)
• :
• Ferreira Filho (until 15 March)
• José Maria Marin (from 15 March)
• :
• Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo (until 15 March)
• Djenal Tavares Queiroz (from 15 March)

Events

January

• January 1: Mato Grosso do Sul is officially recognized as a federative unit of Brazil.

February

• February 7: Nazi criminal Josef Mengele suffers a stroke and drowns while swimming in Bertioga. His remains are found six years later.

March

• March 15: João Figueiredo is sworn in as the 30th President of Brazil.

May

• May 11: Eunice Michiles becomes the first woman to hold a seat in the Federal Senate.

August

• August 17: The National Association of Newspapers is founded, with the aim of defending freedom of the press.
• August 28: President João Figueiredo signs the Amnesty Law. This law would grant amnesty for political crimes and crimes with a political nexus committed by members of the armed forces or member of the government between September 2, 1961 and August 15, 1979.

November

• November 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is acquitted of all criminal liability in connection with the first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery performed in Brazil.

Births

January

• January 3 –
• Adriano, footballer
• Lucas Severino, footballer
• January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racecar driver

February

• February 1 –
• Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer
• Juan, Brazilian footballer

March

• March 26 – Juliana Paes, actress and former model

April

• April 2 – Grafite, footballer

June

• June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician

July

• July 6 – Luize Altenhofen, model and actress
• July 19 – Ellen Rocche, model
• July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)

August

• August 16 – Eduardo Maiorino, mixed martial artist and kick-boxer (died 2012)

September

• September 3 – Júlio César, professional footballer
• September 14Antônio Silva, kickboxer and mixed martial arts fighter
• September 24 – Fábio Aurélio, footballer
• September 27 – Danilo Gentili, comedian and television host

October

• October 28 – Glover Teixeira, mixed martial artist

December

• December 7 – Ronaldo Souza, mixed martial arts fighter

Deaths

• December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat (born 1892)

References

Sources

See also

• 1979 in Brazilian football
• 1979 in Brazilian television