# 1997 in Brazil

Events in the year 1997 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
* Vice President: Marco Maciel

### Governors

* Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli
* Alagoas:
** Divaldo Suruagy (till 17 July)
** Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (from 17 July)
* Amapa: João Capiberibe
* Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
* Bahia: Paulo Souto
* Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
* Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz
* Goiás: Maguito Vilela
* Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
* Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins
* Minas Gerais: Eduardo Brandão Azeredo
* Pará: Almir Gabriel
* Paraíba: José Maranhão
* Paraná: Jaime Lerner
* Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes
* Piauí: Mão Santa
* Rio de Janeiro: Marcello Alencar
* Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
* Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Britto
* Rondônia: Valdir Raupp de Mattos
* Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
* Santa Catarina: Paulo Afonso Vieira
* São Paulo: Mário Covas
* Sergipe: Albano Franco
* Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

### Vice governors

* Acre: Labib Murad
* Alagoas:
** Manuel Gomes de Barros (until 17 July)
** Vacant (starting 17 July)
* Amapá: Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
* Amazonas:
** Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento (until 17 July)
** Vacant (starting 17 July)
* Bahia: César Borges
* Ceará: Moroni Bing Torgan
* Espírito Santo: José Renato Casagrande
* Goiás: Naphtali Alves de Souza
* Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
* Mato Grosso: José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
* Minas Gerais: Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto
* Pará: Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior
* Paraíba: Vacant
* Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
* Pernambuco: Jorge José Gomes
* Piauí: Osmar Antônio de Araújo
* Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
* Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
* Rio Grande do Sul: Vicente Joaquim Bogo
* Rondônia: Aparício Carvalho de Moraes
* Roraima: Airton Antonio Soligo
* Santa Catarina: José Augusto Hülse
* São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
* Sergipe: José Carlos Machado
* Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos

## Events
### January

* January 25: Guilherme de Pádua is sentenced to 19 years in prison for the 1992 murder of actress Daniella Perez.

### March

* March 31: A Jornal Nacional report on TV Globo, shows images of military police officers from São Paulo caught attacking residents of Favela Naval, in Diadema, during a blitz they carried out there. Mario José Josino died from a gunshot to the back of the head.

### April

* April 5: The program Planeta Xuxa premiers on TV Globo.
* April 20: Galdino Jesus dos Santos, a Pataxó native, is murdered by five students from Brasilia after celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day.

### May

* May 6: The company Vale do Rio Doce is privatized and sold to Consórcio Brasil, led by CSN, for R$3.3 billion.

### June

* June 29: Brazil defeats Bolivia 3-1, to win their fifth Copa America trophy.

### October

* October 2: Pope John Paul II visits Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 2nd World Meeting with Families.

### December

* December 21: Brazil defeats Australia 6-0 to win the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

## Births
### January

* January 20: Rayane Soares da Silva, Paralympic athlete

### February

* February 26: Malcom, professional footballer

### March

* March 3: David Neres, professional footballer
* March 10: Gabi Nunes, professional footballer
* March 23: Thiago Maia, professional footballer

### April

* April 3: Gabriel Jesus, professional footballer

### May

* May 10: Richarlison, professional footballer

### August

* August 9: Luisa Stefani, professional tennis player
* August 27: Lucas Paquetá, professional footballer

### November

* November 16: Bruno Guimarães, professional footballer

### December

* December 21: Pedro Sampaio, music and producer

## Deaths
### February

* February 2: Chico Science, singer and composer (b. 1966)
* February 17: Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist and politician (b. 1922)

### April

* April 11: Castor de Andrade, mobster (b. 1926)

### May

* May 2: Paulo Freire, philosopher (b. 1921)

### August

* August 9: Herbert de Souza, activist and sociologist (b. 1935)