1982 in Brazil

Events in the year 1982 in Brazil.

Incumbents

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

Acre: VacantAlagoas:

*Guilherme Palmeira
*Teobaldo Vasconcelos Amazonas:
*José Bernardino Lindoso
*Paul Pinto Nery Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães Ceará:
*Virgílio Távora
*Manuel de Castro Espírito Santo: Eurico Vieira Resende Goiás: Ary Valadão Maranhão:
*João Castelo
*Ivar Saldanha Mato Grosso: Frederico Campos [List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Francelino Pereira Pará: Alacid Nunes Paraíba:
*Tarcísio Burity
*Clóvis Cavalcanti Paraná:
*Nei Braga
*José Hosken de Novais Pernambuco:
*Marco Maciel
*José Muniz Ramos Piauí: Lucídio Portela Rio de Janeiro: Antônio Chagas FreitasRio Grande do Norte: Lavoisier Maia Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Souza Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira Santa Catarina:
* Jorge Bornhausen
*Henrique Córdova São Paulo:
*Paulo Maluf
*José Maria Marin Sergipe:
*Augusto Franco
*Djenal Queirós

Acre: José Fernandes RegoAlagoas: Teobaldo Vasconcelos Barbosa Amazonas:

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

January 4: Rondônia, Brazil's 23rd state, is established.January 7: The inauguration of the Afro-Brazilian Museum in Salvador, Bahia.

February 11: The Superior Electoral Court grants definitive registration to the Workers' Party by a unanimous vote.

March 22: Gubernatorial candidates of São Paulo, Franco Montoro and Reinaldo de Barros, hold the first televised debate after the Falcão Law was suspended.

May 11-15: President João Baptista Figueiredo visits the United States to meet with US President Ronald Reagan in Washington, DC.

June 8: A Boeing 727 plane, flying VASP 168, crashes in the Serra da Aratanha, near Pacatuba, Ceará, killing all 137 occupants. This would become the biggest air accident in the history of Brazilian aviation until 2006.
June 22: French priests Aristides Camio and François Gouriou, along with thirteen squatters of São Geraldo do Araguaia are imprisoned in Belém, Pará, after violating National Security Law.