1968 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Marshal Artur da Costa e Silva
• Vice-President: Pedro Aleixo

  Governors

• Acre:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de governadores do Piauí|Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• :pt:Lista de governadores de Sergipe|Sergipe:

  Vice governors

• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Alagoas|Alagoas:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Amazonas|Amazonas:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores da Bahia|Bahia:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Ceará|Ceará:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Espírito Santo|Espírito Santo:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Goiás|Goiás:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Minas Gerais|Minas Gerais:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Pará|Pará:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores da Paraíba|Paraíba:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Paraná|Paraná:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Pernambuco|Pernambuco:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Piauí|Piaui:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores do Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de Santa Catarina|Santa Catarina:
• :pt:Lista de vice-governadores de São Paulo|São Paulo:

  Events

March

• 28 March – Student Edson Luís de Lima Souto is shot dead by a police officer in a protest at the restaurant Calabouço, in Rio de Janeiro.

  May

• 26 May – Doctor Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini performs the first heart transplant in Latin America.
• 28 May – A 23rd star representing the state of Acre, established six years before, is added to the flag of Brazil.

  June

• 26 June – March of the One Hundred Thousand held in Rio de Janeiro against the military dictatorship.

  November

• 2 November – Queen Elizabeth II visits Brazil.

  December

• 13 December – Institucional Act Number 5 proclaimed, giving the president the powers to intervene on local governments, suspend the Congress, ban political meetings, and censor the press, music and film.

  Births

• 20 July – Carlos Saldanha, director
• 18 November – Luizianne Lins, politician

  Deaths

• 4 April – Assis Chateaubriand, entrepreneur.
• 13 October – Manuel Bandeira, poet.