1983 in Brazil
Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: General João Figueiredo
- President of Brazil|Vice President]: Aureliano Chaves
Governors
- Acre: Nabor Júnior
- Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia:
- *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
- 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 Richa
- Pernambuco:
- *José Muniz Ramos
- *Roberto Magalhães
- Piauí:
- *Lucídio Portela
- *Hugo Napoleão
- Rio de Janeiro:
- *Antônio Chagas Freitas
- *Leonel Brizola
- Governors of [Rio Grande do Norte|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
- Acre:
- *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 Championship for Women|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
- October 24: Italian mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, is arrested by the Federal Police in São Paulo.
December
- December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is 1983 theft of the [Jules Rimet Trophy|stolen] in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.
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)