1981 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General João Figueiredo
• President of Brazil|Vice President]: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• Alagoas: Guilherme Palmeira
• Amazonas: José Bernardino Lindoso
• Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará: Virgílio Távora
• Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende
• Goiás: Ary Valadão
• Maranhão: João Castelo
• Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira
• Pará: Alacid Nunes
• Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná: Nei Braga
• Pernambuco: Marco Maciel
• Piauí: Lucídio Portela
• Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas Freitas
• Governors of [Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte]: Lavoisier Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza
• Santa Catarina: Jorge Bornhausen
• São Paulo: Paulo Maluf
• Sergipe: Augusto Franco

Vice governors

• Acre: José Fernandes Rego
• Alagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa
• Amazonas: Paulo Pinto Nery
• Bahia: Luis Viana Neto
• Ceará: Manuel de Castro Filho
• Espírito Santo: José Carlos Fonseca
• Goiás: Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
• Maranhão: Artur Teixeira de Carvalho
• Mato Grosso: José Vilanova Torres
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
• Minas Gerais: João Marques de Vasconcelos
• Pará: Gerson dos Santos Peres
• Paraíba: Clóvis Cavalcanti
• Paraná: José Hosken de Novaes
• Pernambuco: Roberto Magalhães Melo
• Piauí: Waldemar de Castro Macedo
• Rio de Janeiro: Hamilton Xavier
• Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo
• Rio Grande do Sul: Otávio Badui Germano
• Santa Catarina: Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
• São Paulo: José Maria Marin
• Sergipe: Djenal Tavares Queiroz

Events

January

• January 6: A passenger ship called Novo Amapá was sunk by an overcrowded capacity off of a river mouth in Caja, Pará State. According to the Transport Ministry of Brazil, there was a confirmed report of at least 130 fatalities.
• January 13-'17': Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau makes his visit to Brazil to meet President João Figueiredo at the Planalto Palace the following day.

April

• April 30: Two bombs explode inside a car at the Pavilhão Riocentro, in Rio de Janeiro, during a concert commemorating Labor Day. Sergeant Guilherme Pereira do Rosário is killed and Captain Wilson Dias Machado is injured; both of the Brazilian Army.

August

• August 19: The Brazilian television network Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão is launched by businessman and television personality Silvio Santos.

September

• September 12: President João Figueiredo inaugurates the JK Memorial in Brasília.
• September 19: According to an official report from the Transport Ministry of Brazil, a passenger ferry, called the Sobral Santos II was capsized nearby Óbidos Port, Pará State, on the Amazon River, where more than 300 people drowned.

December

• December 22: President João Figueiredo signs a law, creating the state of Rondônia.

Births

January

• January 21: Michel Teló, singer

February

• February 4 - Sabrina Sato, television presenter

March

• March 1 - Ana Hickmann, model

April

• April 11 - Alessandra Ambrosio, model
• April 25 - Felipe Massa, race car driver
• April 26 - Mariana Ximenes, actress

June

• June 12 - Adriana Lima, model
• June 24 - Júnior Assunção, mixed martial artist
• June 25 - Carlo Prater, mixed martial artist
• June 27 - Cléber Santana, footballer
• June 29 - Maria Maya, actress

July

• July 5 - Gianne Albertoni, model
• July 19 - Anderson Luiz de Carvalho, footballer
• July 26 - Maicon Douglas Sisenando, footballer

August

• August 31 - Mosiah Rodrigues, gymnist

October

• October 11 - Arturo Ruas, professional wrestler

November

• November 4 - Adriana Araujo, boxer

Deaths

June

• June 13 - Amácio Mazzaropi, actor

August

• August 18 - Carolina Nabuco, writer and translator
• August 22 - Glauber Rocha, film director