1949 in Brazil

Events in the year 1949 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Marshal Eurico Gaspar Dutra
 * Vice President: Nereu Ramos

Governors

 * Alagoas: Silvestre Pericles
 * Amazonas: Leopoldo da Silva Amorim Neves
 * Bahia: Otávio Mangabeira
 * Ceará: Faustino de Albuquerque
 * Espírito Santo: Carlos Fernando Monteiro Lindenberg
 * Goiás: Jerônimo Coimbra Bueno
 * Maranhão: Sebastian Archer
 * Mato Grosso: Arnaldo Estêvão de Figueiredo
 * Minas Gerais: Milton Soares Campos
 * Pará: Luís de Moura Carvalho
 * Paraíba: Osvaldo Trigueiro
 * Paraná: Moisés Lupion
 * Pernambuco: Alexandre Barbosa Lima Sobrinho
 * Piauí: José da Rocha Furtado
 * Rio de Janeiro: Macedo Soares
 * Rio Grande do Norte: José Augusto Varela
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Walter Só Jobim
 * Santa Catarina: Aderbal Ramos da Silva
 * São Paulo: Ademar de Barros
 * Sergipe: Jose Rollemberg

Vice governors

 * Ceará: Francisco de Menezes Pimentel
 * Espírito Santo: José Rodrigues Sette
 * Goiás: Hosanah de Campos Guimarães
 * Maranhão: Saturnino Bello
 * Minas Gerais: José Ribeiro Pena
 * Paraíba: José Targino Pereira da Costa
 * Piauí: Osvaldo da Costa e Silva
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Tomaz Salustino
 * São Paulo: Luís Gonzaga Novelli Júnior

Events

 * date unknown - The Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas is founded by Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and Jayme Tiomno.

January

 * 25 January: IEPAC, the forerunner of UniÍtalo, is founded by professor and Italian immigrant Pasquale Cascino.

February

 * 1 February: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Macapá is established as Territorial Prelature of Macapá from the Territorial Prelature of Santarém.

May

 * 11 May: Brazil defeats Paraguay 7-0 to win the 1949 South American Championship.

July

 * 12 July: The first issue of the comic O Pato Donald is launched, giving rise to Editora Abril, founded by Victor Civita.

Books

 * Maria José Dupré - Dona Lola

Films

 * Almas Adversas
 * Estou Aí
 * A Escrava Isaura
 * O Homem que Passa
 * Inocência
 * Pinguinho de Gente
 * Vendaval Maravilhoso

Music

 * Afoxé music is introduced by a group called Filhos de Gandhi.

January

 * 27 January: Djavan, singer-songwriter

April

 * 18 April: Antônio Fagundes, actor

May

 * 14 May: Helvécio Ratton, film director, producer and screenwriter

August

 * 12 August: Fernando Collor de Mello, President of Brazil 1990-1992

September

 * 21 September: Odilo Scherer, Archbishop of São Paulo
 * 25 September: Ronaldo Caiado, politician

February

 * 2 February: Pedro Paulo Bruno, painter, singer and poet (born 1888)

December

 * 11 December: Rudolf Komorek, Salesian missionary (born 1890)