1945 in Brazil

Events in the year 1945 in Brazil.(Incumbents, Events, Arts and culture, Births, Deaths)

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
  • Getúlio Vargas (until 29 October)
  • José Linhares (from 29 October)

Governors

• Alagoas:
  • till 10 November: Ismar de Góis Monteiro
  • 10 November-18 December: Edgar de Góis Monteiro
  • from 18 December: Antonio Guedes de Miranda
• Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia (till 7 November); Emiliano Estanislau Afonso (from 7 November)
• Bahia: Renato Onofre Pinto Aleixo then João Vicente Bulcão Viana
• Ceará: Francisco de Meneses Pimentel (till 28 October); Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos (from 28 October)
• Espírito Santo: Jones dos Santos Neves (till 27 October); José Rodrigues Sette (from 27 October)
• Goiás: Pedro Ludovico Teixeira (till 6 November); Eládio de Amorim (from 6 November)
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso: Júlio Strübing Müller then Olegário de Barros
• Minas Gerais: Benedito Valadares Ribeiro (till 4 November); Nísio Batista de Oliveira (from 4 November)
• Pará:
  • till 29 October: Magalhães Barata
  • 29 October-30 October: João Guilherme Bittencourt
  • 30 October-6 November: Zacarias de Assumpção
  • from 6 November: Manuel Maroja Neto
• Paraíba:
  • till 15 July: Rui Carneiro
  • 15 July-6 November: Samuel Duarte
  • from 6 November: Severino Montenegro
• Paraná: Manuel Ribas
• Pernambuco: Agamenon Magalhães
• Piauí:
  • till 9 November: Leônidas Melo
  • 6 November-19 December: Antônio Leôncio Pereira Ferraz
  • from 19 December: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego
• Rio Grande do Norte: Rafael Fernandes Gurjão/Antonio Fernandes Dantas
• Rio Grande do Sul: Ernesto Dornelles (till 6 November); Samuel Figueiredo da Silva (from 6 November)
• Santa Catarina: Nereu Ramos (till 6 November); Luís Gallotti (from 6 November)
• São Paulo:
  • till 27 October: Fernando de Sousa Costa
  • 27 October-7 November: Sebastião Nogueira de Lima
  • from 7 November: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
• Sergipe:
  • till 27 October: Augusto Maynard Gomes
  • 27 October-5 November: Francisco Leite Neto
  • from 5 November: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso

Vice governors

• Rio Grande do Norte:
• São Paulo:

Events

Brazilian Expeditionary Force shoulder sleeve insignia (Army component)

• February - A fourth transport of troops of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force reaches Italy, in preparation for the Spring 1945 offensive.
• 2 April - Brazil restores diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union. [1]
• 2 May - Brazilian troops arrive in Turin on the same day that the cessation of hostilities is announced.
• May - Bishop Carlos Duarte Costa, an outspoken critic of the regime of President Getúlio Vargas and of the Vatican's alleged relationship with fascist regimes,[2] gives newspaper interviews accusing Brazil's Papal nuncio of Nazi-Fascist spying, and accusing Rome of having aided and abetted Hitler. Shortly afterwards he establishes the Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church.
• 29 October - President Vargas resigns, beginning the period known as the Second Brazilian Republic. José Linhares becomes acting president.
• 2 December - A general election is held, the first since the establishment of Getúlio Vargas' Estado Novo.[3] The presidential election is won by Eurico Gaspar Dutra of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which also wins a majority of seats in both the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Arts and culture

Books

• Oswald de Andrade - A Arcádia e a Inconfidência

Films

• O Cortiço
• O Gol da Vitória
• Não Adianta Chorar

Births

• Unknown date - Eduardo Escorel, film editor and director

January

• 11 January - Geraldo Azevedo, singer and guitarist

February

• 18 February - Edir Macedo, evangelical leader and media mogul

May

• 7 May - Zila Bezerra, teacher and politician

August

• 13 August - Vânia Dantas Leite, pianist, conductor, music educator and composer (died 2018)[4]

September

• 26 September - Gal Costa, singer (died 2022)

October

• 8 October - Paulo Thiago, film director and screenwriter (died 2021)
• 27 October - Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 35th President of Brazil[5]

Deaths

• 25 February - Mário de Andrade, poet, novelist, musicologist, art historian and critic, and photographer (born 1893; heart attack)[6]
• 12 April - Max Wolff Filho, war hero (born 1912; killed in action)[7]

See also

• 1945 in Brazilian football

References

1. Brasil e Rússia restabelecem relações diplomáticas (primeira página do 2° caderno), Folha da Noite (2 de abril de 1945).
2. ""Rebel in Rio", Time Magazine, July 23, 1945". Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2014-06-11.
3. Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
4. Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 21.
5. Jeff Wallenfeldt (10 April 2018). "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
6. Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000).
7. EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)

See also

• 1945 in Brazilian football
• List of Brazilian films of 1945