1946 in Brazil

Events in the year 1946 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President:
 * José Linhares (until 30 January)
 * Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra (from 31 January)
 * Vice President: Nereu Ramos (from 31 September)

Governors
(till 7 February); Pompílio Cylon Fernandes Rosa (from 7 February)
 * Alagoas: Antonio Guedes de Miranda
 * Amazonas: Siseno Sarmento
 * Bahia: João Vicente Bulcão Viana then Guilherme Carneiro da Rocha Marback then Cândido Caldas
 * Ceará:
 * till 10 January: Benedito Augusto Carvalho dos Santos
 * 10 January-21 January: Tomás Pompeu Filho
 * 21 January-16 February: Acrísio Moreira da Rocha
 * 16 February-28 October: Pedro Firmeza
 * from 28 October: José Machado Lopes
 * Espírito Santo:
 * till 27 February: Octávio de Carvalho Lemgruber
 * 27 February-8 June: Aristides Alexandre Campos
 * 8 June-14 October: Ubaldo Ramalhete Maia
 * from 14 October: Moacir Ubirajara da Silva
 * Goiás:
 * till 18 February: Eládio de Amorim
 * 18 February-4 August: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
 * 4 August-18 August: Paulo Fleury da Silva e Sousa
 * 18 August-12 September: Filipe Antônio Xavier de Barros
 * 12 September-22 October: Belarmino Cruvinel
 * from 22 October: Joaquim Machado de Araújo
 * Maranhão:
 * Mato Grosso: Olegário de Barros then Jose Marcelo Moreira
 * Minas Gerais:
 * till 3 February: Nísio Batista de Oliveira
 * 3 February-14 August: João Tavares Corrêa Beraldo
 * 14 August-16 November: Júlio Ferreira de Carvalho
 * 16 November-20 December: Noraldino Lima
 * from 20 December: Alcides Lins
 * Pará:
 * till 9 February: Manuel Maroja Neto
 * 9 February-9 December: Otávio Bastos Meira
 * from 9 December: José Faustino Santos
 * Paraíba:
 * till 13 February: Severino Montenegro
 * 13 February-20 September: Odon Bezerra Cavalcanti
 * from 20 September: José Gomes da Silva
 * Paraná: Clotário de Macedo Portugal then Brasil Pinheiro Machado then Mário Gomes da Silva
 * Pernambuco:
 * till 7 February: José Neves Filho
 * 7 February-7 August: José Domingues da Silva
 * from 7 August: Demerval Peixoto
 * Piaui: Hugo Silva
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * till 20 March: Benedito Martins Napoleão do Rego
 * 20 March-3 September: José Vitorino Correia
 * 3 September-11 October: Manuel Sotero Vaz da Silveira
 * from 11 October: Teodoro Sobral
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Miguel Seabra Fagundes (till 13 February); Ubaldo Bezerra de Melo (from 13 February)
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Samuel Figueiredo da Silva
 * Santa Catarina: Luís Gallotti (till 8 February); Udo Deeke (from 8 February)
 * São Paulo: José Carlos de Macedo Soares
 * Sergipe: Hunald Santaflor Cardoso (till 31 March); Antônio de Freitas Brandão (from 31 March)

Vice governors

 * Rio Grande do Norte: no vice governor
 * São Paulo: no vice governor

Events

 * 18 September - A new constitution is introduced, and the position of Vice President of Brazil is recreated; Nereu Ramos is selected as the first incumbent.
 * date unknown - The new airline, Transportes Aéreos Nacional, is founded (but does not fly until the following year).

Books

 * Jorge Amado - Seara Vermelha
 * Maria José Dupré - Os Rodriguez

Drama

 * Nelson Rodrigues - Álbum de família

Films

 * Caídos do Céu, directed by Luiz de Barros

Births

 * 1 January - Rivellino, footballer
 * 12 April - Nelson Jobim, politician
 * 4 May - Rogério Sganzerla, film director (died 2004)
 * 19 May - Carlos Alberto de Barros Franco, pneumologist
 * 18 June - Maria Bethânia, singer
 * 6 July - Toquinho, singer and guitarist
 * 29 September - Celso Pitta, politician (died 2009)
 * 2 November - Marieta Severo, actress
 * 12 December - Emerson Fittipaldi, racing driver

Deaths

 * 9 February - Júlio Prestes, President of Brazil 1927-30 (born 1882)
 * 19 May - Francesco Camero Medici, Brazilian-born Italian diplomat (born 1886)
 * 15 June – João Batista Becker, German-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, archbishop (born 1870)