1983 in Brazil

Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General João Figueiredo
• Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• Acre: Nabor Júnior
• : Divaldo Suruagy
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia:
• Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
• João Durval Carneiro (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
• Manuel de Castro (until 15 March)
• Gonzaga Mota (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
• Eurico Vieira Resende (until 15 March)
• Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
• :
• Ary Valadão (until 15 March)
• Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
• Ivar Saldanha (until 15 March)
• Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
• Frederico Campos (until 15 March)
• Julio Campos (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March)
• Wilson Barbosa Martins (from 1 March)
• Minas Gerais:
• Francelino Pereira (until 15 March)
• Tancredo Neves (from 15 March)
• :
• Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
• Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
• :
• Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
• Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
• José Hosken de Novaes
• José Richa
• :
• José Muniz Ramos (until 15 March)
• Roberto Magalhães (from 15 March)
• :
• Lucídio Portela (until 15 March)
• Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
• Antônio Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
• Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March)
• José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• José Augusto Amaral de Souza (until 15 March)
• Jair de Oliveira Soares (from 15 March)
• Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
• :
• Henrique Córdova (until 15 March)
• Esperidião Amin (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
• José Maria Marin (until 15 March)
• André Franco Montoro (from 15 March)
• :
• Djenal Queirós (until 15 March)
• João Alves Filho (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• :
• José Fernandes Rego (until 15 March)
• Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (from 15 March)
• : José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
• : Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
• :
• Luis Viana Neto (until 15 March)
• Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (from 15 March)
• : José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
• :
• José Carlos Fonseca (until 31 January)
• José Moraes (from 15 March)
• :
• Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• Onofre Quinan (from 15 March)
• : João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (from 15 March)
• :
• José Vilanova Torres (until 15 March)
• Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 March)
• : Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
• :
• João Marques de Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
• Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
• :
• Gerson dos Santos Peres (until 31 January)
• Laércio Dias Franco (from 15 March)
• : José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
• : João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 15 March)
• :
• Waldemar de Castro Macedo (until 15 March)
• Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (from 15 March)
• : José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
• :
• Hamilton Xavier (until 15 March)
• Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
• :
• Geraldo Melo (until 15 March)
• Radir Pereira (from 15 March)
• :
• Otávio Badui Germano (until 15 March)
• Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (from 15 March)
• :
• Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 15 March)
• Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
• : Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
• : Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

Events

February

• February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.

March

• March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.
• March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.

June

• June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.

July

• July 24-August 6: The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.

August

• August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.

October

• October 24: Italian mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, is arrested by the Federal Police in São Paulo.

December

• December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is stolen in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.

Births

January

• January 2: Jefferson, footballer
• January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
• January 13: Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
• January 28: Sandy, singer

April

• April 15: Alice Braga, actress

May

• May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

August

• August 11: Tatá Werneck, actress
• August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
• August 31: Maria Flor, actress

October

• October 3: Fred, footballer
• October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver

December

• December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

Deaths

January

• January 20: Garrincha, footballer (b. 1933)
• January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)

April

• April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)

October

• October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director (b. 1897)
• October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) (b. 1916)

References

See also

• Brazilian football
• 1983 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 1983