# 1986 in Brazil

Events in the year 1986 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: José Sarney
* Vice President: Vacant

### Governors

* Acre:
** Nabor Júnior (until 15 March)
** Iolanda Fleming (from 15 March)
* Alagoas:
** Divaldo Suruagy (till 14 May)
** José de Medeiros Tavares (from 14 May)
* Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
* Bahia: João Durval Carneiro
* Ceará: Gonzaga Mota
* Espírito Santo:
** Gerson Camata (until 14 May)
** José Moraes (from 14 May)
* Goiás:
** Iris Rezende (till 13 February)
** Onofre Quinan (from 13 February)
* Maranhão: Luís Rocha
* Mato Grosso:
** Julio Campos (until 15 May)
** Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 May)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
** Wilson Barbosa Martins (until 14 March)
** Ramez Tebet (from 14 March)
* Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
* Pará: Jader Barbalho
* Paraíba:
** Wilson Braga (until 14 May)
** Rivando Cavalcanti (15 May-14 June)
** Milton Bezerra Cabral (from 15 June)
* Paraná:
** José Richa (until 9 May)
** João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 9 May)
* Pernambuco:
** Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
** Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
* Piauí:
** Hugo Napoleão (until 14 May)
** Bona Medeiros (from 14 May)
* Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** José Agripino Maia (until 15 May)
** Radir Pereira de Araujo (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
* Rondônia: Ângelo Angelin
* Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
* São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
* Sergipe: João Alves Filho

### Vice governors

* Acre:
** Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Alagoas:
** José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Amazonas:
** Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
** Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
* Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
* Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
* Espírito Santo:
** José Moraes (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Goiás:
** Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
* Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
* Mato Grosso:
** Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
** Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Minas Gerais: Vacant
* Pará: Laércio Dias Franco
* Paraíba:
** José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Paraná:
** João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Pernambuco:
** Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Piauí:
** José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
** Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
* Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
* Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana
* São Paulo:
** Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
** Vacant (from 30 March)
* Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

## Events
### January

* January 16: Octávio Pinto Guimarães is elected president of the CBF, after being supported and financed by mobster Castor de Andrade.

### February

* February 28: The Cruzado Plan, an economic plan that establishes a price freeze, is launched. The Brazilian currency is now called the Cruzado, which is equivalent to one thousand Cruzeiros.

### March

* March 28: The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.

### April

* April 16: The National Congress of Brazil approves the Cruzado Plan, also known as the Economic Stabilization Plan.

### June

* June 30: Xou da Xuxa begins on TV Globo.

### July

* July 29: Brazilian President José Sarney and Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

### October

* October 31: The Volkswagen Beetle ceased to be produced after 30 years of commercialization and 23 years of leadership in the Brazilian market; where 3 million and 300 thousand units were commercialized.

### November

* November 15: General elections are held for governors, senators, federal and state deputies.
* November 30: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hits the municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte.

### December

* December 18: The Rio Group (G-Rio) is created in Rio de Janeiro, with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among Latin America and Caribbean states.

## Births
### February

* February 19: Marta, footballer

### April

* April 1: Hugo Pessanha, judoka
* April 29: Monique Alfradique, actress

### June

* June 15: Cezar Bononi, professional wrestler

### July

* July 25: Hulk, footballer

### August

* August 10: Jucemar Gaucho, footballer
* August 21: Caio Narcio, politician and social scientist (died 2020)
* August 24: Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-born Italian footballer

## Deaths

* February 19: Francisco Mignone, classical music composer (b. 1897)