1983 in Brazil

Events in the year 1983 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: General João Figueiredo
 * Vice President: Aureliano Chaves

Governors

 * Acre: Nabor Júnior
 * Alagoas: Divaldo Suruagy
 * Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
 * Bahia:
 * Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 15 March)
 * João Durval Carneiro (from 15 March)
 * Ceará:
 * Manuel de Castro (until 15 March)
 * Gonzaga Mota (from 15 March)
 * Espírito Santo:
 * Eurico Vieira Resende (until 15 March)
 * Gerson Camata (from 15 March)
 * Goiás:
 * Ary Valadão (until 15 March)
 * Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
 * Maranhão:
 * Ivar Saldanha (until 15 March)
 * Luís Rocha (from 15 March)
 * Mato Grosso:
 * Frederico Campos (until 15 March)
 * Julio Campos (from 15 March)
 * Mato Grosso do Sul:
 * Pedro Pedrossian (until 1 March)
 * Wilson Barbosa Martins (from 1 March)
 * Minas Gerais:
 * Francelino Pereira (until 15 March)
 * Tancredo Neves (from 15 March)
 * Pará:
 * Alacid Nunes (until 15 March)
 * Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
 * Paraíba:
 * Clóvis Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
 * Wilson Braga (from 15 March)
 * Paraná:
 * José Hosken de Novaes
 * José Richa
 * Pernambuco:
 * José Muniz Ramos (until 15 March)
 * Roberto Magalhães (from 15 March)
 * Piauí:
 * Lucídio Portela (until 15 March)
 * Hugo Napoleão (from 15 March)
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Antônio Chagas Freitas (until 15 March)
 * Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Lavoisier Maia (until 15 March)
 * José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * José Augusto Amaral de Souza (until 15 March)
 * Jair de Oliveira Soares (from 15 March)
 * Rondônia: Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Henrique Córdova (until 15 March)
 * Esperidião Amin (from 15 March)
 * São Paulo:
 * José Maria Marin (until 15 March)
 * André Franco Montoro (from 15 March)
 * Sergipe:
 * Djenal Queirós (until 15 March)
 * João Alves Filho (from 15 March)

Vice governors

 * Acre:
 * José Fernandes Rego (until 15 March)
 * Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (from 15 March)
 * Alagoas: José de Medeiros Tavares (from 15 March)
 * Amazonas: Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (from 15 March)
 * Bahia:
 * Luis Viana Neto (until 15 March)
 * Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (from 15 March)
 * Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra (from 15 March)
 * Espírito Santo:
 * José Carlos Fonseca (until 31 January)
 * José Moraes (from 15 March)
 * Goiás:
 * Rui Brasil Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
 * Onofre Quinan (from 15 March)
 * Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (from 15 March)
 * Mato Grosso:
 * José Vilanova Torres (until 15 March)
 * Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 March)
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Ramez Tebet (from 15 March)
 * Minas Gerais:
 * João Marques de Vasconcelos (until 15 March)
 * Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
 * Pará:
 * Gerson dos Santos Peres (until 31 January)
 * Laércio Dias Franco (from 15 March)
 * Paraíba: José Carlos da Silva Júnior (from 15 March)
 * Paraná: João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 15 March)
 * Pernambuco:
 * Waldemar de Castro Macedo (until 15 March)
 * Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (from 15 March)
 * Piauí: José Raimundo Bona Medeiros
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Hamilton Xavier (until 15 March)
 * Darcy Ribeiro (starting 15 March)
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Geraldo Melo (until 15 March)
 * Radir Pereira (from 15 March)
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Otávio Badui Germano (until 15 March)
 * Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (from 15 March)
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Henrique Hélion Velho de Córdova (until 15 March)
 * Victor Fontana (from 15 March)
 * São Paulo: Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
 * Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

February

 * February 18: The federal government decrees a maximum devaluation of the Cruzeiro, Brazil's monetary unit.

March

 * March 13: The 1983 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at Jacarepaguá and is won by Brazil's Nelson Piquet.
 * March 15: The first 22 directly elected governors take office, since the 1964 military coup.

June

 * June 5: Rede Manchete is founded in São Paulo.

July

 * July 24-August 6: The 1983 FIBA World Basketball Championship for Women is hosted by Brazil. It is won by the Soviet Union.

August

 * August 28: The creation of the Central Única dos Trabalhadores (CUT) is approved by the 1st National Congress of the Working Class, held in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo.

October

 * October 24: Italian mafia boss Tommaso Buscetta, considered one of the biggest drug traffickers in the world, is arrested by the Federal Police in São Paulo.

December

 * December 20: The original Jules Rimet Trophy, awarded to Brazil in 1970, is stolen in Rio de Janeiro; it has never been recovered.

January

 * January 2: Jefferson, footballer
 * January 12: Prince Pedro Luiz of Orléans-Braganza (died 2009)
 * January 13: Bill Hudson, Brazilian-American musician
 * January 28: Sandy, singer

April

 * April 15: Alice Braga, actress

May

 * May 6: Dani Alves, footballer

August

 * August 15: Jancarlos de Oliveira Barros, footballer (died 2013)
 * August 31: Maria Flor, actress

October

 * October 3: Fred, footballer
 * October 15: Bruno Senna, racing driver

December

 * December 31: Jaqueline Carvalho, volleyball player

January

 * January 20: Garrincha, footballer (b. 1933)
 * January 23: Marcolino Gomes Candau, medical doctor and 2nd Director-General of World Health Organization (b. 1911)

April

 * April 2: Clara Nunes, singer (b. 1942)

October

 * October 5: Humberto Mauro, film director (b. 1897)
 * October 28: Romeu Italo Ripoli, agronomist and president of the Esporte Clube XV de Novembro (Piracicaba) (b. 1916)