1955 in Brazil
1955 in Brazil |
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Second Brazilian Republic |
Year of Constitution: 1946 |
Events in the year 1955 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: (until November 8) Café Filho; (from November 8) Carlos Luz
- Vice President:, then vacant
Governors
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas: Álvaro Botelho Maia/Plínio Ramos Coelho
- Bahia: Régis Pacheco/Antônio Balbino
- Ceará: Stênio Gomes da Silva/Paulo Sarasate
- Espírito Santo: Francisco Alves Ataíde/ Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar
- Goiás:
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso: Fernando Corrêa da Costa
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
Vice governors
Events
- October 3 - The presidential election results in victory for Juscelino Kubitschek, who receives 35.7% of the vote.[1]
- November 3 - Café Filho is forced to give up the presidency of Brazil on health grounds.[2] Kubitschek does not take office until the following year.
- date unknown
- The Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, is completed, a Modernist concrete museum building, designed by Affonso Eduardo Reidy, with gardens designed by Burle Marx.[3]
- The Latin American Episcopal Conference is founded in Rio de Janeiro.
Births
- March 16 - Bruno Barreto, film director
- June 24 - Betty Lago, actress
- July 17 - Luiz Alberto Figueiredo, diplomat and politician
Deaths
- March 23 - Arthur Bernardes, politician (born 1875)
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References
- Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- InfoEscola - Governo de Café Filho (Portuguese). Accessed 4 December 2014
- Mimoa.eu: MAM—Modern Arts Museum of Rio de Janeiro Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine . accessed 11.23.2013.
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