1975 in Brazil

Events in the year 1975 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• Alagoas:
  • Afrânio Lages (until 15 March)
  • Divaldo Suruagy (from 15 March)
• Amazonas:
  • João Walter de Andrade (until 15 March)
  • Henoch da Silva Reis (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
  • Roberto Santos (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • César Cals (until 15 March)
  • José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Artur Carlos Gerhardt Santos (until 15 March)
  • Élcio Álvares (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Leonino Caiado (until 15 March)
  • Irapuan Costa Jr. (from 15 March)
• Guanabara: Antonio de Pádua Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • Pedro Neiva de Santana (until 15 March)
  • Oswaldo da Costa Nunes Freire (from 31 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • José Fragelli (until 15 March)
  • Jose Garcia Neto (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Rondon Pacheco (until 15 March)
  • Aureliano Chaves (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Fernando Guilhon (until 15 March)
  • Aloysio Chaves (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Ernâni Sátiro (until 15 March)
  • Ivan Bichara (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • Emílio Hoffmann Gomes (until 15 March)
  • Jaime Canet Júnior (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • Eraldo Gueiros (until 15 March)
  • Francisco Moura Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Alberto Silva (until 15 March)
  • Dirceu Arcoverde (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro: Floriano P. Faria Lima
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Jose Pereira de Araújo Cortez (until 15 March)
  • Tarcisio de Vasconcelos Maia (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Euclides Triches (until 15 March)
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Colombo Salles (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • Laudo Natel (until 15 March)
  • Paulo Egídio Martins (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Paulo Barreto de Menezes (until 15 March)
  • José Rollemberg (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • Alberto Barbosa da Costa (until 15 March)
  • Omar Sabino de Paula (from 15 March)
• Alagoas:
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Gomes de Barro (from 15 March)
• Amazonas:
  • Deoclides de Carvalho Leal (until 15 March)
  • João Bosco Ramos de Lima (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • Menandro Minahim (until 15 March)
  • Edvaldo Brandão Correia (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Francisco Humberto Bezerra (until 15 March)
  • José Waldemar de Alcântara e Silva (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Henrique Pretti (until 15 March)
  • Carlos Alberto Lindenberg von Schilgen (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Ursulino Tavares Leão (until 15 March)
  • José Luís Bittencourt (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • Alexandre Sá Colares Moreira (until 15 March)
  • José Duailibe Murad (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • José Monteiro de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
  • Cássio Leite de Barros (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Celso Porfírio de Araújo Machado (until 15 March)
  • Levindo Ozanam Coelho (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Newton Burlamaqui Barreira (until 15 March)
  • Clovis Silva de Morais Rego (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Clóvis Bezerra Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
  • Dorgival Terceiro Neto (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • Jaime Canet Júnior (until 15 March)
  • Octávio Cesário Pereira Júnior (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • José Antônio Barreto Guimarães (until 15 March)
  • Paulo Gustavo de Araújo Cunha (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Sebastião Rocha Leal (until 15 March)
  • Djalma Martins Veloso (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Tertius Rebelo (until 15 March)
  • Geraldo Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Teotônio Araújo (until 15 March)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Edmar Fetter (until 15 March)
  • José Augusto Amaral de Sousa (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Atílio Francisco Xavier Fontana (until 15 March)
  • Marcos Henrique Büechler(from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • Antonio José Rodrigues Filho (until 15 March)
  • Ferreira Filho (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Adalberto Moura (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Ribeiro Sotelo (from 15 March)

Events

March

• March 15: The state of Guanabara merges into the state of Rio de Janeiro, in accordance to a complementary law approved the previous year.

June

• June 4-7: Romanian President Nicolae Ceauşescu arrives in Brasilia for a four-day visit to Brazil and a meeting with President Ernesto Geisel at the Planalto Palace.
• June 27: Brazil signs a nuclear agreement with the Federal Republic of Germany, in Bonn.

August

• August 15: Embraer exports its first aircraft to Uruguay.

October

• October 25: The director of journalism at TV Cultura, Vladimir Herzog, is found dead in a simulated suicide on the premises of DOI-CODI in São Paulo.

Births

January

• 6 January: Ricardo Santos, beach volleyball player
• 30 January: Juninho Pernambucano, footballer

April

• 14 April: Anderson Silva, mixed martial artist

May

• 8 May:
• 10 May: Hélio Castroneves, racing driver

July

• 14 July: Derlei, footballer
• 16 July: Ana Paula Arósio, actress and model

August

• 22 August: Rodrigo Santoro, actor

September

• 7 September: Renato Sobral, martial artist
• 21 September: Acelino Freitas, boxer and politician

November

• 14 November: Luizão, footballer

Deaths

April

• April 21: Ranieri Mazzilli, 23rd and 25th President of Brazil (born 1910)

November

• November 28: Érico Veríssimo, writer (born 1905)

See also

• 1975 in Brazilian football
• 1975 in Brazilian television