1959 in Brazil
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Federal government
Governors
- Alagoas: Sebastião Muniz Falcão
- Amazonas:
- Plínio Ramos Coelho (till 25 March)
- Gilberto Mestrinho (from 25 March)
- Bahia: Antônio Balbino then Juracy Magalhães
- Ceará:
- Flávio Marcílio (until 25 March)
- Parsifal Barroso (from 25 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Francisco Lacerda de Aguiar (until 31 January)
- Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg (31 January-10 October)
- Raul Giuberti (from 10 October)
- Goiás:
- José Ludovico de Almeida (until 31 January)
- José Feliciano Ferreira (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: José de Matos Carvalho
- Mato Grosso: João Ponce de Arruda
- Minas Gerais: José Francisco Bias Fortes
- Pará:
- Magalhães Barata (until 29 May)
- Luís de Moura Carvalho (from 29 May)
- Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
- Paraná: Moisés Lupion
- Pernambuco:
- Otávio Correia de Araújo (until 31 January)
- Constantino Carneiro de Albuquerque Maranhão (31 January-31 March)
- Cid Sampaio (from 31 March)
- Piauí:
- Jacob Gaioso e Almendra (until 25 March)
- Chagas Rodrigues (from 25 March)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Togo Barros (until 30 January)
- Osmar Serpa de Carvalho (30 January-31 January)
- Roberto Silveira (from 31 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Dinarte de Medeiros Mariz
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Ildo Meneghetti (until 25 March)
- Leonel Brizola (from 25 March)
- Santa Catarina: Heriberto Hülse
- São Paulo:
- Jânio Quadros (until 31 January)
- Carlos Alberto Alves de Carvalho Pinto (from 31 January)
- Sergipe:
- Leandro Maciel (until 31 January)
- Luís Garcia (from 31 January)
Vice governors
- Alagoas: Sizenando Nabuco de Melo
- Bahia: Orlando Moscoso (from 7 April)
- Ceará: Wilson Gonçalves (from 25 March)
- Espírito Santo:
- Adwalter Ribeiro Soares (until 31 January)
- Raul Giuberti (from 31 January)
- Goiás:
- Bernardo Sayão Carvalho Araújo (until 31 January)
- João de Abreu (from 31 January)
- Maranhão: Alexandre Alves Costa
- Mato Grosso: Henrique José Vieira Neto
- Minas Gerais: Artur Bernardes Filho
- Paraíba: Pedro Gondim
- Pernambuco: Pelópidas da Silveira (from 15 December)
- Piauí:
- Francisco Ferreira de Castro (until 25 March)
- Tibério Nunes (from 25 March)
- Rio de Janeiro:
- Roberto Silveira (until 25 March)
- Celso Peçanha (from 25 March)
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
- Santa Catarina: Vacant
- São Paulo: Porfírio da Paz
- Sergipe:
- José Machado de Souza (until 31 January)
- Dionísio Machado (from 31 January)
Events
January
- 31 January: The Brazilian Men's Basketball Team wins its first World Basketball Championship title by beating the Chilean Men's Basketball Team in Santiago.[1][2]
May
- 26 May: The non-profit philanthropic organization, The Charitable Works Foundation of Sister Dulce is established by Sister Dulce.[3]
June
- 17 June: President Juscelino Kubitschek decides to break away with the IMF, due to pressure on meeting loan requirements.[4]
August
- 23 August: The first Brazilian Football Championship begins with state champion clubs in the country's cities.[5]
December
- 2 December: Journalist Antônio Callado from Correio da Manhã publishes a series of reports on the Peasant Leagues of the Northeast.[6][7]
- 2-4 December: Officials of the Brazilian Air Force and Brazilian Army try to start a military uprising with a seizure of power and carry out the country's first plane hijacking. The revolt would fail and later be known as the Aragarças Revolt.[8][9]
- 7 December: The Legislative Assembly of Pernambuco approves the expropriation of Engenho Galiléia (a sugar mill), a project by Deputy Francisco Julião; lawyer for the Peasant League.[10]
- 15 December: SUDENE is created by Law nº 3.692, which would seek the development of the Northeast region of Brazil.[11]
Births
January
- 13 January: Gilmar Rinaldi, retired footballer
- 20 January: Ivo Cassol, politician
April
- 12 April: Robinson Faria, politician (Governor of Rio Grande do Norte, 2015-2018)
- 18 April: José Eduardo Cardozo, lawyer
September
- 23 September: Hortência Marcari, basketball player
