1979 in Brazil
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| 1979 in Brazil |
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Events in the year 1979 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General Ernesto Geisel (until 15 March), General João Figueiredo (starting 15 March)
- Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos (until 15 March), Aureliano Chaves (starting 15 March)
Governors
- Acre:
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso:
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
- Acre:
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Mato Grosso:
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piaui:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
Events
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Births
- January 7 – Ricardo Maurício, racing driver
- February 1 – Clodoaldo Silva, Paralympic swimmer[1]
- June 29 – Artur Avila, mathematician
- July 27 – Marielle Franco, politician (died 2018)[2]
Deaths
- December 22 – Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda, lawyer and diplomat, 87
References
- ^ SILVA Clodoaldo. infostradasports.com Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Marco Aurélio Canônico (15 March 2018). "Da Maré, vereadora fazia parte do 'bonde de intelectuais da favela'" (in Portuguese). Folha de S.Paulo. Archived from the original on 2018-04-08. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
See also
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