Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: José Linhares (until 30 January) Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (from 31 January) Vice President: Nereu Ramos (from 31 September)
Governors Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda Amazonas: Siseno Sarmento Bahia: João Vicente Bulcão Viana then Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback then Cândido Caldas Ceará: till 10 January: Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos 10 January-21 January: Tomás Pompeu Filho 21 January-16 February: Acrísio Moreira da Rocha 16 February-28 October: Pedro Firmeza from 28 October: José Machado Lopes Espírito Santo: till 27 February: Octávio de Carvalho Lemgruber 27 February-8 June: Aristides Alexandre Campos 8 June-14 October: Ubaldo Ramalhete Maia from 14 October: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva Goiás: till 18 February: Eládio de Amorim 18 February-4 August: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros 4 August-18 August: Paulo Fleury da Silva e Sousa 18 August-12 September: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros 12 September-22 October: Belarmino Cruvinel from 22 October: Joaquim Machado de Araújo Maranhão: Mato Grosso: Olegário de Barros then Jose Marcelo Moreira Minas Gerais: till 3 February: Nísio Batista de Oliveira 3 February-14 August: João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo 14 August-16 November: Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho 16 November-20 December: Noraldino Lima from 20 December: Alcides Lins Pará: till 9 February: Manuel Maroja Neto 9 February-9 December: Otávio Bastos Meira from 9 December: José Faustino Santos Paraíba: till 13 February: Severino Montenegro 13 February-20 September: Odon Bezerra Cavalcanti from 20 September: José Gomes da Silva Paraná: Clotário de Macedo Portugal then Brasil Pinheiro Machado then Mário Gomes da Silva Pernambuco: till 7 February: José Neves Filho 7 February-7 August: José Domingues da Silva from 7 August: Demerval Peixoto Piaui: Hugo Silva Rio de Janeiro: till 20 March: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego 20 March-3 September: José Vitorino Correia 3 September-11 October: Manuel Sotero Vaz da Silveira from 11 October: Teodoro Sobral Rio Grande do Norte: Miguel Seabra Fagundes (till 13 February); Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo (from 13 February) Rio Grande do Sul: Samuel Figueiredo da Silva (till 7 February); Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (from 7 February) Santa Catarina: Luís Gallotti (till 8 February); Udo Deeke (from 8 February) São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares Sergipe: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso (till 31 March); Antônio de Freitas Brandão (from 31 March)
Vice governors Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor São Paulo: no vice governor
Events
18 September - A new constitution is introduced, and the position of Vice President of Brazil is recreated; Nereu Ramos is selected as the first incumbent. date unknown - The new airline, Transportes Aéreos Nacional, is founded (but does not fly until the following year).Pereira, Aldo (1987). Breve História da Aviação Comercial Brasileira. Rio de Janeiro: Europa. pp. 303–304.
Arts and culture
Books Jorge Amado - Seara Vermelha Maria José Dupré - Os Rodriguez
Drama Nelson Rodrigues - Álbum de família
Films Caídos do Céu, directed by Luiz de Barros
Births 1 January - Rivellino, footballer 12 April - Nelson Jobim, politician 4 May - Rogério Sganzerla, film director (died 2004) 19 May - Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, pneumologist 18 June - Maria Bethânia, singer 6 July - Toquinho, singer and guitarist 29 September - Celso Pitta, politician (died 2009) 2 November - Marieta Severo, actress 12 December - Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver
Deaths 9 February - Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30 (born 1882) 19 May - Francesco Camero Medici, Brazilian-born Italian diplomat (born 1886) 15 June – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (born 1870)
References
See also 1946 in Brazilian football List of Brazilian films of 1946