1983 in Brazil

Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: General João Figueiredo
• Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

• Acre: Nabor Júnior
• Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia:
  • Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
  • João Durval Carneiro (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Manuel de Castro (until 15 March)
  • Gonzaga Mota (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Eurico Vieira Resende (until 15 March)
  • Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Ary Valadão (until 15 March)
  • Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • Ivar Saldanha (until 15 March)
  • Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • Frederico Campos (until 15 March)
  • Julio Campos (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March)
  • Wilson Barbosa Martins (from 1 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Francelino Pereira (until 15 March)
  • Tancredo Neves (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
  • Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
  • Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • José Hosken de Novaes
  • José Richa
• Pernambuco:
  • José Muniz Ramos (until 15 March)
  • Roberto Magalhães (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Lucídio Portela (until 15 March)
  • Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Antônio Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
  • Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March)
  • José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • José Augusto Amaral de Souza (until 15 March)
  • Jair de Oliveira Soares (from 15 March)
• Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
• Santa Catarina:
  • Henrique Córdova (until 15 March)
  • Esperidião Amin (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • José Maria Marin (until 15 March)
  • André Franco Montoro (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Djenal Queirós (until 15 March)
  • João Alves Filho (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • José Fernandes Rego (until 15 March)
  • Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (from 15 March)
• Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
• Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • Luis Viana Neto (until 15 March)
  • Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (from 15 March)
• Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • José Carlos Fonseca (until 31 January)
  • José Moraes (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
  • Onofre Quinan (from 15 March)
• Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • José Vilanova Torres (until 15 March)
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • João Marques de Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
  • Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Gerson dos Santos Peres (until 31 January)
  • Laércio Dias Franco (from 15 March)
• Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
• Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • Waldemar de Castro Macedo (until 15 March)
  • Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (from 15 March)
• Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Hamilton Xavier (until 15 March)
  • Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Geraldo Melo (until 15 March)
  • Radir Pereira (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Otávio Badui Germano (until 15 March)
  • Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 15 March)
  • Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
• São Paulo: Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
• Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

Events

February

• February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.^[1]

March

• March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.^[2]
• March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.^[3]

June

• June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.^[4]

July

• July 24-August 6: The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.^[5]

August

• August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.^[6]

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.^[7]

December

• December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is stolen in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.^[8]

Births

January

• January 2: Jefferson, footballer
• January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
• 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 (died 2013)
• 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 (b. 1933)
• January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)

April

• April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)

October

• October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director (b. 1897)
• October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) (b. 1916)