1946 in Brazil
Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:- *José Linhares
- *Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: Nereu Ramos
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 ; Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo
- Rio Grande do Sul: Samuel Figueiredo da Silva
- Santa Catarina: Luís Gallotti ; Udo Deeke
- São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
- Sergipe: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso ; Antônio de Freitas Brandão
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.
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
- 19 May - Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, pneumologist
- 18 June - Maria Bethânia, singer
- 6 July - Toquinho, singer and guitarist
- 29 September - Celso Pitta, politician
- 2 November - Marieta Severo, actress
- 12 December - Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver
Deaths
- 9 February - Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30
- 19 May - Francesco Camero Medici, Brazilian-born Italian diplomat
- 15 June – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop