# 1994 in Brazil

Events in the year 1994 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Itamar Franco
* Vice President: vacant

### Governors

* Acre: Vacant
* Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
* Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (until 31 December)
* Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
* Bahia:
** Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 2 April)
** Ruy Trindade (2 April-2 May)
** Antônio Imbassahy (from 2 May)
* Ceará:
** Ciro Gomes (until 8 September)
** Francisco de Barros (8 September-9 October)
** Francisco Aguiar (from 9 October)
* Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
* Goiás:
** Iris Rezende (until 2 April)
** Agenor Rezende (from 2 April)
* Maranhão:
** Edison Lobão (until 2 April)
** José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 2 April)
* Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
* Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
* Pará:
** Jader Barbalho (until 2 April)
** Carlos Santos (from 2 April)
* Paraíba:
** Ronaldo Cunha Lima (until 2 April)
** Cícero de Lucena (from 2 April)
* Paraná:
** Roberto Requião (until 2 April)
** Mário Pereira (from 2 April)
* Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
* Piauí:
** Freitas Neto (until 2 April)
** Guilherme Melo (from 2 April)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Leonel Brizola (until 2 April)
** Nilo Batista (from 2 April)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** José Agripino Maia (until 2 April)
** Vivaldo Costa (from 2 April)
* Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
* Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
* Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
* Santa Catarina:
** Vilson Kleinübing (until 6 April)
** Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 6 April)
* São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
* Sergipe: João Alves Filho
* Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino

### Vice governors

* Acre: Vacant
* Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
* Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
* Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
* Bahia:
** Paulo Souto (until 2 April)
** Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo (from 2 May)
* Ceará:
** Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (until 16 September)
** Vacant thereafter (from 16 September)
* Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador
* Goiás:
** Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Maranhão:
** José de Ribamar Fiquene (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo
* Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto
* Pará:
** Carlos José Oliveira Santos (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Paraíba:
** Cícero Lucena Filho (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Paraná:
** Mario Pereira (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
* Piauí:
** Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Rio de Janeiro:
** Nilo Batista (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Rio Grande do Norte:
** Vivaldo Costa (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
* Rondônia: Assis Canuto
* Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
* Santa Catarina:
** Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 2 April)
** Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
* São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes
* Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
* Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

## Events
### January

* 7 January: Paulo César Farias, the treasurer of Fernando Collor de Mello's electoral campaign, is sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.

### February

* 28 February: The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.

### March

* 3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.

### May

* 1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

### July

* 1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.
* 17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.

### August

* 5 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.

### October

* 3 October: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is elected Brazil's 34th president, defeating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's presidential election.

### December

* 7 December: The trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello and the treasurer of the electoral campaign, Paulo César Farias, begins at the Supreme Federal Court.
* 12 December: The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.
* 13 December: The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation.

## Births

* 31 March: Felipe Colares, mixed martial artist (d. 2023)
* 14 May: Marquinhos, professional footballer

## Deaths
### January

* 6 January: Cláudia Magno, actress and dancer (b. 1958)

### April

* 18 April: Dener Augusto de Sousa, footballer (b. 1971)

### May

* 1 May: Ayrton Senna, racing driver (b. 1960)

### July

* 10 July: Lélia Gonzalez, anthropologist and human rights activist (b. 1935)
* 29 July: Mussum, actor and musician (b. 1941)

### December

* 8 December: Tom Jobim, composer and singer (b.1927)
* 19 December: Pedro Collor de Mello, businessman and brother of former President Fernando Collor de Mello (b. 1952)