# 1991 in Brazil

Events in the year 1991 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Fernando Collor de Mello
* Vice President: Itamar Franco

### Governors

* Acre:
** Édison Simão Cadaxo (until 15 March)
** Edmundo Pinto (from 15 March)
* Alagoas:
** Moacir Andrade (until 15 March)
** Geraldo Bulhões (from 15 March)
* Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (from 1 January)
* Amazonas:
** Vivaldo Barroso Frota (until 15 March)
** Gilberto Mestrinho (from 15 March)
* Bahia:
** Nilo Moraes Coelho (until 15 March)
** Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
* Ceará:
** Tasso Jereissati (until 15 March)
** Ciro Gomes (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** Max Freitas Mauro (until 15 March)
** Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo (from 15 March)
* Federal District: Wanderley Vallim
* Goiás:
** Henrique Santillo (until 15 March)
** Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
* Maranhão:
** João Alberto de Souza (until 15 March)
** Edison Lobão (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso:
** Edison de Oliveira (until 15 March)
** Jayme Campos (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
** Marcelo Miranda Soares (until 1 March)
** Pedro Pedrossian (from 1 March)
* Minas Gerais:
** Newton Cardoso (until 15 March)
** Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
* Pará:
** Hélio Gueiros (until 15 March)
** Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
* Paraíba:
** Tarcísio Burity (until 15 March)
** Ronaldo Cunha Lima (from 15 March)
* Paraná:
** Alvaro Dias (until 15 March)
** Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 15 March)
* Pernambuco:
** Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
** Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
* Piauí:
** Alberto Silva (until 15 March)
** Freitas Neto (from 15 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Moreira Franco (until 15 March)
** Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (until 15 March)
** José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul:
** Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
** Alceu de Deus Collares (from 15 March)
* Rondônia:
** Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (until 15 March)
** Oswaldo Piana Filho (from 15 March)
* Roraima:
** Rubens Vilar (until 15 March)
** Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (from 15 March)
* Santa Catarina:
** Casildo Maldaner (until 15 March)
** Vilson Kleinübing (from 15 March)
* São Paulo:
** Orestes Quércia (until 15 March)
** Luís Antônio Fleury Filho (from 15 March)
* Sergipe:
** Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
** João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
* Tocantins:
** José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 15 March)
** Moisés Nogueira Avelino (from 15 March)

### Vice governors

* Acre: Romildo Magalhães da Silva (from 15 March)
* Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo (from 15 March)
* Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges (from 1 January)
* Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues (from 15 March)
* Bahia: Paulo Souto (from 15 March)
* Ceará:
** Francisco Castelo de Castro (until 15 March)
** Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (from 15 March)
* Espírito Santo:
** Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (until 15 March)
** Adelson Antônio Salvador (from 15 March)
* Goiás:
** Joaquim Domingos Roriz (until 15 March)
** Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (from 15 March)
* Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho (from 15 March)
* Mato Grosso do Sul:
** George Takimoto (until 14 March)
** Ary Rigo (from 15 March)
* Minas Gerais:
** Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (until 31 January)
** Arlindo Porto Neto (from 15 March)
* Pará:
** Hermínio Calvinho Filho (until 15 March)
** Carlos José Oliveira Santos (from 15 March)
* Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho (from 15 March)
* Paraná:
** Ary Veloso Queiroz (until 15 March)
** Mário Pereira (from 15 March)
* Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes (from 15 March)
* Piauí:
** Lucídio Portela Nunes (until 15 March)
** Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (from 15 March)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Francisco de Assis Amaral (until 15 March)
** Nilo Batista (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Garibaldi Alves (until 15 March)
** Vivaldo Costa (from 15 March)
* Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (from 15 March)
* Rondônia:
** Orestes Muniz Filho (until 15 March)
** Assis Canuto (from 15 March)
* Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias (from 1 January)
* Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
* São Paulo:
** Vacant (until 15 March)
** Aloysio Nunes (from 15 March)
* Sergipe:
** Benedito de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
** José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira (from 15 March)
* Tocantins:
** Darci Martins Coelho (until 15 March)
** Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 15 March)

## Events
### January

* 1 January: Amapá, a former territory, becomes Brazil's 26th state. It was the most recent state to be established in the country.
* 2 January: Creation of Pedra Azul State Park, in Espírito Santo.
* 11 January: President Fernando Collor de Mello signs Decree No. 1, also known as the Royalties Law, which regulates the payment of royalties to municipalities producing ore and electricity.
* 18 January: The second edition of the Rock in Rio music festival takes place at the Maracanã stadium.

### March

* 26 March: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing the South Common Market (Mercosur is its acronym in Spanish).

### May

* 30 May: Florisvaldo de Oliveira, also known as "Cabo Bruno"; accused of over 50 murders, is arrested in Santo Amaro, in the state of São Paulo.
* 31 May: Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, visits Brazil and proposes the idea of an Economy of Communion.

### August

* 1-6 August: South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela makes a six-day visit to Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro.

### September

* 30 September: A tornado destroys parts of Itu, a city in southeastern Brazil, killing 16 and leaving 176 injured.

### October

* 12-21 October: Pope John Paul II makes a ten-day visit to Brazil.

## Births
### January

* 8 January: Allan, footballer
* 17 January: Tiquinho Soares, footballer
* 26 January: Alex Sandro, footballer

### March

* 13 March: Luan Santana, singer

### April

* 4 April: Lucas Lucco, singer, songwriter and actor
* 9 April: Sancler Frantz, model and journalist

### June

* 21 June: Bruno Aquino, footballer
* 26 June: Jesuíta Barbosa, actor

### August

* 28 August: Humberto Carrão, actor

### September

* 3 September: Maurício Destri, actor
* 9 September: Oscar, footballer
* 16 September: Marlon Teixeira, model

### October

* 2 October: Roberto Firmino, footballer

### November

* 6 November: Camila Finn, model

## Deaths
### January

* 7 January: José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat and philosopher (born 1941)
* 17 January: Antônio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction (born 1934)
* 31 January: Márcio Melo, politician (born 1906)

### March

* 9 March: Ely do Amparo, footballer (born 1921)

### July

* 31 July: João Chedid, Maronite bishop (born 1914)

### December

* 4 December: Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (born 1931)