1983 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

• *Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• *João Durval Carneiro Ceará:
• *Manuel de Castro
• *Gonzaga Mota Espírito Santo:
• *Eurico Vieira Resende
• *Gerson Camata Goiás:
• *Ary Valadão
• *Iris Rezende Maranhão:
• *Ivar Saldanha
• *Luís Rocha Mato Grosso:
• *Frederico Campos
• *Julio Campos [List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]:
• *Pedro Pedrossian
• *Wilson Barbosa Martins Minas Gerais:
• *Francelino Pereira
• *Tancredo Neves Pará:
• *Alacid Nunes
• *Jader Barbalho Paraíba:
• *Clóvis Cavalcanti
• *Wilson Braga Paraná:
• *José Hosken de Novaes
• *José RichaPernambuco:
• *José Muniz Ramos
• *Roberto Magalhães Piauí:
• *Lucídio Portela
• *Hugo Napoleão Rio de Janeiro:
• *Antônio Chagas Freitas
• *Leonel Brizola Rio Grande do Norte:
• *Lavoisier Maia
• *José Agripino Maia Rio Grande do Sul:
• *José Augusto Amaral de Souza
• *Jair de Oliveira Soares Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira Santa Catarina:
• *Henrique Córdova
• *Esperidião Amin São Paulo:
• *José Maria Marin
• *André Franco Montoro Sergipe:
• *Djenal Queirós
• *João Alves Filho

Vice governors

• *José Fernandes Rego
• *Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro Bahia:
• *Luis Viana Neto
• *Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra Espírito Santo:
• *José Carlos Fonseca
• *José Moraes Goiás:
• *Rui Brasil Cavalcanti
• *Onofre Quinan Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves Mato Grosso:
• *José Vilanova Torres
• *Wilmar Peres de Faria Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet Minas Gerais:
• *João Marques de Vasconcelos
• *Hélio Garcia Pará:
• *Gerson dos Santos Peres
• *Laércio Dias Franco Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos Pernambuco:
• *Waldemar de Castro Macedo
• *Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros Rio de Janeiro:
• *Hamilton Xavier
• *Darcy Ribeiro Rio Grande do Norte:
• *Geraldo Melo
• *Radir Pereira Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Otávio Badui Germano
• *Cláudio Ênio Strassburger Santa Catarina:
• *Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova
• *Victor Fontana São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

Events

February

• February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.

March

• March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.
• March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.

June

• June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.

July

• July 24-'August 6': The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.

August

• August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.

October

December

Births

January

• January 2: Jefferson, footballer
• January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza
• January 13: Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
• January 28: Sandy, singer

April

• April 15: Alice Braga, actress

May

• May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

August

• August 11: Tatá Werneck, actress
• August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer
• August 31: Maria Flor, actress

October

• October 3: Fred, footballer
• October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver

December

• December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

Deaths

January

• January 20: Garrincha, footballer
• January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization

April

• April 2: Clara Nunes, singer

October

• October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director
• October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba)