# 1990 in Brazil

Events in the year 1990 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President:
** José Sarney (until March 14)
** Fernando Collor de Mello (starting March 15)
* Vice President:
** Vacant (until March 14)
** Itamar Franco (starting March 15)

### Governors

* Acre: Édison Simão Cadaxo
* Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
* Amazonas:
** Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
** Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2)
* Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
* Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
* Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
* Goiás: Henrique Santillo
* Maranhão:
** Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
** João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)
* Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
* Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
* Pará: Hélio Gueiros
* Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
* Paraná: Alvaro Dias
* Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
* Piauí: Alberto Silva
* Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
* Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** Pedro Simon (until April 2)
** Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from April 2)
* Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
* Roraima: Rubens Vilar
* Santa Catarina:
** Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
** Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
* São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
* Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
* Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

### Vice governors

* Acre:
** Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Alagoas: vacant
* Amazonas:
** Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Bahia: Vacant
* Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
* Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
* Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
* Maranhão:
** João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Mato Grosso:
** Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto
* Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
* Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
* Paraíba: Vacant
* Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
* Pernambuco:
** Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
* Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
* Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
* Santa Catarina:
** Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* São Paulo:
** Almino Afonso (until April 2)
** Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
* Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
* Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho

## Events
### March

* March 15: Fernando Collor de Mello is sworn in as the 32nd President of Brazil and becomes the youngest president in Brazilian history.

### April

* April 3: The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.

### July

* July 25: President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.
* July 26: Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.

### November

* November 30: The country's first cell phone system is inaugurated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Ozires Silva, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

### December

* December 16: Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.

## Births
### March

* March 17 – Santos, footballer

### April

* April 16 – Alexandre Pantoja, mixed martial artist

### July

* July 3 – Lucas Mendes, footballer

### September

* September 14 – Douglas Costa, footballer

## Deaths
### March

* March 7 – Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (b. 1898)

### May

* May 7 – Elizete Cardoso, singer and actress (b. 1920)

### July

* July 7 – Cazuza, singer and songwriter, (b. 1958)