1978 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1978 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• • President: General Ernesto Geisel Vice President: General Adalberto Pereira dos Santos

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• Alagoas:
  • Divaldo Suruagy (until 14 August)
  • Ernandes Lopes Dorvillé (14 August-14 September)
  • Geraldo Mello (from 14 September)
• Amazonas: Henoch da Silva Reis
  • Bahia: Roberto Santos Ceará:
  • José Adauto Bezerra (until 28 February)
  • Waldemar Alcântara (from 28 February)
    • • Espírito Santo: Élcio Álvares Goiás: Irapuan Costa Jr. Maranhão: Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire Mato Grosso:
  • Jose Garcia Neto (until 14 August)
  • Cássio Leite de Barros (from 14 August)
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
• Minas Gerais:
  • Aureliano Chaves (until 9 July)
  • Levindo Ozanan Coelho (from 9 July)
• Pará:
  • Aloysio Chaves (until 1 August)
  • Clóvis Rego (from 1 August)
• Paraíba:
  • Ivan Bichara (until 14 August)
  • Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 14 August)
    • Paraná: Jaime Canet Júnior Pernambuco: Francisco Moura Cavalcanti Piauí:
  • Dirceu Arcoverde (until 14 August)
  • Djalma Veloso (from 14 August)
• Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
  • • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Paulo Egídio Martins Sergipe: José Rollemberg

Vice governors

• • Acre: Omar Sabino de Paula Alagoas: Antônio Guedes Amaral (from 14 September)
    • Amazonas: João Bosco Ramos de Lima Bahia: Edvaldo Brandão Correia Ceará:
  • José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (until 1 March)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 1 March)
    • • Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen Goiás: José Luís Bittencourt Maranhão: José Duailibe Murad Mato Grosso:
  • Cássio Leite de Barros (until 14 August)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
• Minas Gerais:
  • Levindo Ozanam Coelho (until 5 July)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 5 July)
• Pará:
  • Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (until 1 August)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 1 August)
• Paraíba:
  • Dorgival Terceiro Neto (until 14 August)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
    • Paraná: Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior Pernambuco: Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha Piauí:
  • Djalma Martins Veloso (until 14 August)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 August)
• Rio de Janeiro: Vacant
  • • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo Melo Rio Grande do Sul: José Augusto Amaral de Sousa Santa Catarina: Marcos Henrique Büechler São Paulo: Ferreira Filho Sergipe: Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo

Events

March

• March 29-31: United States President Jimmy Carter makes his three-day visit to Brazil and is the fifth US president to visit the country. ^{[1] [2]}

July

• July 8

A fire destroys the art collection at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro.^[3]

August

• August 4

President Ernesto Geisel signs a national decree, that prohibits strikes in the sectors of national security and public services.^[4]

September

• September 6

Dr. Roberto Farina is sentenced to two years in prison for performing Brazil's first male-to-female gender-affirming surgery.^[5]

October

• October 13

The National Congress of Brazil grants Constitutional Amendment No. 11, which would repeal the Institutional Act No. 5.^[6]

• October 16

General João Batista Figueiredo is elected President of Brazil by the electoral college.^[7]

• October 27

A federal judge delivers a judgement, establishing that journalist Vladimir Herzog was wrongfully detained and tortured under the premises of the DOI-CODI.^[8]

December

• December 29

President Ernesto Geisel signs a decree that lifts the banning of over a hundred Brazilians living abroad as political exiles. The decree also extinguishes the General Commission of Investigations.^[9]

Births

January

• January 4: André Neles, footballer (died 2020)
• January 19: Eryk Rocha, director and screenwriter
• January 29: Joice Hasselmann, journalist, writer, activist and conservative political commentator

March

• March 7: Jaqueline Jesus, psychologist and activist
• March 18: Fernandão, Brazilian footballer and manager (d. 2014)

May

• May 8: Lúcio, footballer
• May 18: Helton, football manager and former player
• May 10: Marcelo Moretto, footballer
• May 30: Lyoto Machida, mixed martial artist

June

• June 23: Leandro Firmino, actor
• June 28: Baiano, footballer

July

• July 4: Marcos Daniel, tennis player^[10]
• July 17: Ricardo Arona, mixed martial artist
• July 20: André Bankoff, actor

August

• August 31: Regiane Alves, actress

September

• September 16: Emerson Sheik, association footballer
• September 16: Carolina Dieckmann, actress

November

• 6 November: Daniella Cicarelli, Brazilian model
• 25 November: Taís Araújo, actress

Deaths

• 17 March - Iracema de Alencar, actress (born 1900)
• 10 October -Hermes Lima, prime minister and foreign minister of Brazil (born 1902)

See also

• 1978 in Brazilian football
• 1978 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/03/29/2 "Carter aqui às 16h40" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/04/01/2 "Com o cardeal, o gesto inesperado" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
3. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19780709&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR "Incêndio destrói todo acervo do MAM" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/06/03/2 "Decreto proíbe greve em todo setor essencial" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
5. News: 'Monstro, prostituta, bichinha': como a Justiça condenou a 1ª cirurgia de mudança de sexo do Brasil . pt-BR . BBC News Brasil . 2023-12-27.
6. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/10/14/2 "Congresso promulga Emenda e salvaguardas substituem AI-5" (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
7. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/10/16/2 "'Prendo quem for contra a abertura'" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/10/28/2 "União culpada no caso Herzog" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1978/12/30/2 "Governo revoga os banimentos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo
10. Web site: Marcos Daniel Overview ATP Tour Tennis . ATP Tour.