1961 in Brazil

Events in the year 1961 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President:

Alagoas:

*Sebastião Muniz Falcão
*Luis Cavalcante Amazonas: Gilberto MestrinhoBahia: Juracy Magalhães Ceará: Parsifal Barroso Espírito Santo:Raul GiubertiGoiás:
*José Feliciano Ferreira
*Mauro Borges Guanabara: Carlos LacerdaMaranhão: Newton de Barros Belo Mato Grosso:
*João Ponce de Arruda
*Fernando Corrêa da Costa Minas Gerais:
*José Francisco Bias Fortes
*José de Magalhães Pinto Pará:
*Luís de Moura Carvalho
* Aurélio do Carmo Paraíba:
*José Fernandes de Lima
* Pedro Gondim Paraná:
*Moisés Lupion
*Nei Braga Pernambuco: Cid Sampaio Piauí: Chagas Rodrigues Rio de Janeiro:
*Roberto Silveira
*Celso Peçanha Rio Grande do Norte:
*Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
* Aluízio Alves Rio Grande do Sul: Leonel Brizola Santa Catarina:
*Heriberto Hülse
*Celso Ramos São Paulo: Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto Sergipe: Luís Garcia

Alagoas:

*Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
* Teotônio Brandão Vilela Bahia: Orlando Moscoso Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves Espírito Santo: Raul Giuberti Goiás:
*João de Abreu
* Antônio Rezende Monteiro Maranhão:
*Alexandre Alves Costa
*Alfredo Salim Duailibe Mato Grosso:
*Henrique José Vieira Neto
*Jose Garcia Neto Minas Gerais:
*Artur Bernardes Filho
*Clóvis Salgado da Gama Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda Paraíba:
*Pedro Gondim
* André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira Piauí: Tibério Nunes Rio de Janeiro:
*Celso Peçanha
*Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Norte:
*José Augusto Varela
*Walfredo Gurgel Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz Sergipe: Dionísio Machado

January 31: Jânio Quadros becomes the 22nd President of Brazil, succeeding Juscelino Kubitschek.

August 25-'September 7: The Legality Campaign takes place, which aims to defend the inauguration of João Goulart as President of Brazil.

September 2: The National Congress of Brazil approves Constitutional Amendment No. 4, which establishes parliamentarism.September 7: João Goulart is sworn in as the 24th President of Brazil.September 8: The National Congress of Brazil approves the constitution of the first Council of Ministers.

November 1: A Panair do Brasil plane crashes near Recife airport, leaving 45 dead and 43 injured. November 23: Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union, 14 years after their breakup.

December 17: An arson fire at the Niterói circus, kills more than 300 people and becomes the worst fire disaster in Brazilian history.December 20: Adilson Marcelino Alves, known as Dequinha, is arrested by the Rio de Janeiro police and confesses to being responsible for the fire at the Niterói circus.

31 December - Péricles, cartoonist