1947 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra
• President of Brazil|Vice President]: Nereu Ramos

  Governors

• Alagoas:
• *Antonio Guedes de Miranda
• *Silvestre Pericles
• Amazonas:
• *Siseno Sarmento
• * João Nogueira da Mata
• * Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves
• Bahia:
• *Cândido Caldas
• *Otávio Mangabeira
• Ceará:
• *José Machado Lopes
• * José Feliciano de Ataíde
• * Faustino de Albuquerque
• Espírito Santo:
• *Moacir Ubirajara da Silva
• * Carlos [Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg]
• Goiás:
• *Joaquim Machado de Araújo
• *Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno
• Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
• Mato Grosso:
• *Jose Marcelo Moreira
• *Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
• Minas Gerais:
• *Alcides Lins
• *Milton Soares Campos
• Pará:
• *José Faustino Santos
• *Luís de Moura Carvalho
• Paraíba:
• *José Gomes da Silva
• *Osvaldo Trigueiro
• Paraná:
• * Mário Gomes
• *Antônio Augusto de Carvalho Chaves
• *Moisés Lupion
• Pernambuco: Demerval Peixoto
• Rio de Janeiro: Hugo Silva
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• * Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo
• * Orestes da Rocha Lima
• * José Augusto Varela
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa
• * Walter Só Jobim
• Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
• São Paulo:
• *José Carlos de Macedo Soares
• *Ademar de Barros
• Sergipe:
• * Antônio de Freitas Brandão
• * Joaquim Sabino Ribeiro
• * Jose Rollemberg

  Vice governors

• Ceará: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
• Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
• Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães
• Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
• Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena
• Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa
• Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
• Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino
• São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior

  Events

January

• 19 January: Parliamentary elections are held, for 19 vacant seats in the Chamber of Deputies, one additional Senator for each state, and for all state governors and legislatures. The Brazilian Communist Party win nearly 10% of the vote in the state elections, becoming the third party in the state of São Paulo and the single largest party in the federal capital, Rio de Janeiro.

  May

• 7 May:
• *President Eurico Gaspar Dutra signs a decree-law, suspending the functioning of the General Command of Workers.
• *The Superior Electoral Court decides to cancel the registration of the Communist Party of Brazil.
• 31 May: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 begins in Rio de Janeiro.

  June

• 17 June: The South American Basketball Championship 1947 ends in Rio de Janeiro.

  August

• 6 August: The Brazilian Socialist Party is founded.

  October

• 2 October: Journalist Assis Chateaubriand and painter Pietro Maria Bardi open the São Paulo Museum of Art to the public.

  December

• 22 December: The airline Lóide Aéreo Nacional is founded by Ruy Vacani.

  Arts and culture

Books

• Mario de Andrade - ''Contos Novos''

  Films

• The End of the River, directed by Derek Twist

  Music

• Valdir Azevedo - "Brasileirinho"

  Births

January

• 1 January - Miriam Batucada, singer
• 8 January - Rosa Magalhães, professor and artist
• 25 January - Tostão, footballer

  February

• 4 February - Garibaldi Alves Filho, politician
• 5 February - Regina Duarte, actress and politician
• 21 February - Renata Sorrah, actress

  June

• 18 June - Antonio Galves, mathematician
• 30 June - Fuad Noman, writer and politician

  July

• 16 July - Valnice Milhomens, pastor, apostle, author and televangelist
• 26 July - Siron Franco, painter, designer and sculptor

  August

• 24 August - Paulo Coelho, novelist

  October

• 17 October - Nuno Leal Maia, actor

  December

• 14 December - Dilma Rousseff, 36th President of Brazil
• 31 December - Rita Lee, singer

  Deaths

January

• 12 January - Júlio Afrânio Peixoto, physician, politician and writer

  April

• 21 April - Heitor da Silva Costa, civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro

  July

• 21 July - Johann Baptist Reus, German-Brazilian Jesuit leader