1963 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: João Goulart
• Prime Minister of Brazil#President of the [Council of Ministers of the United States of Brazil |Prime Minister]: Hermes Lima
• President of Brazil|Vice President]: ''vacant''

  Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• Alagoas: Luis Cavalcante
• Amazonas:
• *Gilberto Mestrinho
• *Plínio Ramos Coelho
• Bahia:
• *Juracy Magalhães
• *Lomanto Junior
• Ceará:
• *Parsifal Barroso
• *Virgílio Távora
• Espírito Santo:
• *Asdrúbal Martins Soares
• * Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
• Goiás: Mauro Borges
• Guanabara: Carlos Lacerda
• Maranhão: Newton de Barros Belo
• Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
• Minas Gerais: José de Magalhães Pinto
• Pará: Aurélio do Carmo
• Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
• Paraná: Nei Braga
• Pernambuco:
• *Cid Sampaio
• *Miguel Arraes
• Piauí:
• *Tibério Nunes
• *Petrônio Portella
• Rio de Janeiro:
• * José Janotti
• * Luís Miguel Pinaud
• * Badger da Silveira
• Governors of [Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte]: Aluízio Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Leonel Brizola
• * Ildo Meneghetti
• Santa Catarina: Celso Ramos
• São Paulo:
• *Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto
• *Ademar de Barros
• Sergipe:
• * Dionísio Machado
• * Horácio Dantas de Goes
• * João de Seixas Dória

  Vice governors

• Alagoas: Teotônio Brandão Vilela
• Bahia: Orlando Moscoso
• Ceará:
• * Wilson Gonçalves
• *Joaquim de Figueiredo Correia
• Espírito Santo: Rubens Rangel
• Goiás:
• * Antônio Rezende Monteiro
• *Vacant thereafter
• Maranhão: Alfredo Salim Duailibe
• Mato Grosso: Jose Garcia Neto
• Minas Gerais: Clóvis Salgado da Gama
• Pará: Newton Burlamaqui de Miranda
• Paraíba: André Avelino de Paiva Gadelha
• Pernambuco: Paulo Pessoa Guerra
• Piauí: João Clímaco d'Almeida
• Rio de Janeiro: João Batista da Costa
• Rio Grande do Norte: Teodorico Bezerra
• Santa Catarina: Armindo Marcílio Doutel de Andrade
• São Paulo:
• * Porfírio da Paz
• * Laudo Natel
• Sergipe: Celso Carvalho

  Events

January

• January 6: A plebiscite chooses the presidential system over a parliamentary one. As a result, the office of the Prime Minister is abolished.
• January 8: The flag of Minas Gerais is instituted.

  March

• March 12: The first Korean immigrants arrive in Brazil.

  April

• April 20-'May 5': The 1963 [Pan American Games] are held in São Paulo.

  May

• May 23: The Brazilian national team wins its second World Men's Basketball Championship by beating the Soviet Union by 90 to 79 points, in Rio de Janeiro.

  July

• July 20: Ieda Maria Vargas becomes the first Brazilian to win the Miss Universe title, which is held in Miami Beach, Florida, United States of America.

  October

• October 7: The Ipatinga massacre takes place, after military police shot at Usiminas employees.

  November

• November 16: Santos FC becomes the first Brazilian club to win a second Intercontinental Cup .

  December

• December 4: Senator Arnon de Melo, who was trying to shoot Senator Silvestre Péricles, shot and killed alternate Senator José Kairala.

  Births

January

• January 5 - Luís Carlos Winck, footballer and coach
• January 12 - Nando Reis, musician and producer

  March

• March 11 - Marcos Pontes, astronaut and politician

  October

• October 31 - Dunga, footballer and coach

  November

• November 2 - Valdemiro Santiago, evangelical pastor

  Deaths

• November 4 - Carlos Magalhães de Azeredo, poet and writer