Events in the year 1978 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: General Ernesto Geisel Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos
Governors Acre: Vacant Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy (until 14 August) Ernandes Lopes Dorvillé (14 August-14 September) Geraldo Mello (from 14 September) Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis Bahia: Roberto Santos Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (until 28 February) Waldemar Alcântara (from 28 February) Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr. Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto (until 14 August) Cássio Leite de Barros (from 14 August) Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant Minas Gerais: Aureliano Chaves (until 9 July) Levindo Ozanan Coelho (from 9 July) Pará: Aloysio Chaves (until 1 August) Clóvis Rego (from 1 August) Paraíba: Ivan Bichara (until 14 August) Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 14 August) Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti Piauí: Dirceu Arcoverde (until 14 August) Djalma Veloso (from 14 August) Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins Sergipe: José Rollemberg
Vice governors Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula Alagoas: Antônio Guedes Amaral (from 14 September) Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia Ceará: José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 1 March) Vacant thereafter (from 1 March) Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad Mato Grosso:
Cássio Leite de Barros (until 14 August) Vacant thereafter (from 14 August) Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant Minas Gerais: Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 5 July) Vacant thereafter (from 5 July) Pará: Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (until 1 August) Vacant thereafter (from 1 August) Paraíba: Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 14 August) Vacant thereafter (from 14 August) Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha Piauí: Djalma Martins Veloso (until 14 August) Vacant thereafter (from 14 August) Rio de Janeiro: Vacant Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler São Paulo: Ferreira Filho Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo
Events
March March 29-31: United States President Jimmy Carter makes his three-day visit to Brazil and is the fifth US president to visit the country."Carter aqui às 16h40" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (29 de março de 1978)."Com o cardeal, o gesto inesperado" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (1 de abril de 1978).
July July 8: A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro."Incêndio destrói todo acervo do MAM" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (9 de julho de 1978). August August 4: President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services."Decreto proíbe greve em todo setor essencial" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (5 de agosto de 1978).
September September 6: Dr. Roberto Farina is sentenced to two years in prison for performing Brazil's first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery. October October 13: The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5."Congresso promulga Emenda e salvaguardas substituem AI-5" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (14 de outubro de 1978). October 16: General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college."'Prendo quem for contra a abertura'" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (16 de outubro de 1978). October 27: A federal judge delivers a judgement, establishing that journalist Vladimir Herzog was wrongfully detained and tortured under the premises of the DOI-CODI."União culpada no caso Herzog" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (28 de outubro de 1978).
December December 29: President Ernesto Geisel signs a decree that lifts the banning of over a hundred Brazilians living abroad as political exiles. The decree also extinguishes the General Commission of Investigations."Governo revoga os banimentos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (30 de dezembro de 1978).
Births January January 4: André Neles, footballer (died 2020) January 19: Eryk Rocha, director and screenwriter January 29: Joice Hasselmann, journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator March March 7: Jaqueline Jesus, psychologist and activist March 18: Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)
May May 8: Lúcio, footballer May 18: Helton, football manager and former player May 10: Marcelo Moretto, footballer May 30: Lyoto Machida, mixed martial artist June June 23: Leandro Firmino, actor June 28: Baiano, footballer July July 4: Marcos Daniel, tennis player July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist July 20: André Bankoff, actor August August 31: Regiane Alves, actress September September 16: Emerson Sheik, association footballer September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress
November
6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model 25 November: Taís Araújo, actress
Deaths 17 March - Iracema de Alencar, actress (born 1900) 10 October -Hermes Lima, prime minister and foreign minister of Brazil (born 1902)
References
See also 1978 in Brazilian football 1978 in Brazilian television