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Events in the year 1945 in Brazil.
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
Events
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- 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
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
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
References
- Brasil e Rússia restabelecem relações diplomáticas (primeira página do 2° caderno), Folha da Noite (2 de abril de 1945).
- ""Rebel in Rio", Time Magazine, July 23, 1945". Retrieved 2014-06-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p173 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
- Tyrrell, John (2001). The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians: Volume 21.
- Jeff Wallenfeldt (10 April 2018). "Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2018.
- Suárez, José I., and Tomlins, Jack E., Mário de Andrade: The Creative Works (Cranbury, New Jersey: Associated University Presses, 2000).
- EsSA Max Wolff Filho Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine (Portuguese)