1998 in Brazil

1998 in Brazil
Events in the year 1998 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors
Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli
Alagoas: Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano)
Amapa: João Capiberibe
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia: Paulo Souto
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz
Goiás:
Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
Naphtali Alves (2 April-24 November)
Helenês Cândido (from 24 November)
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 (until 3 April)
Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (from 3 April)
Vice governors
Acre: Labib Murad
Alagoas: Vacant
Amapá: Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
Amazonas: Vacant
Bahia: César Borges
Ceará: Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
Espírito Santo: José Renato Casagrande
Goiás:
Naphtali Alves de Souza (until 3 April)
Vacant thereafter (starting 3 April)
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 (until 4 April)
Vacant thereafter (starting 4 April)
Events
January
January 5: João Acácio Pereira da Costa, known as the Red Light Bandit, is killed with a shotgun blast in Joinville, Santa Catarina.
January 22: The new Brazilian Traffic Code comes into force, stating that "safe traffic is a right to all and a duty of the bodies and entities of the National Transit System."
February
February 22: A part of the Condominium Palace II collapses in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro; destroying 44 apartments and leaving eight buried.
March
March 24: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signs the Pelé Law with 17 vetoes. This forces professional sports clubs to observe business law and pay tax within two years.
April
April 18: Music Online Records, music portal is launched.
August
August 4: Francisco de Assis Pereira, accused of killing at least eight women at the State Park in São Paulo; is arrested in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul.
August 12: The Superior Electoral Court unanimously rejects the request to register the candidacy of ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello for the presidency of the Republic in the 1998 presidential election.
August 25: Former military police officer Marcos Aurélio Dias de Alcântara is sentenced to 204 years in prison by the justice of Rio de Janeiro for having participated in the 1993 Massacre at Candelária.
October
October 4: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is re-elected president of Brazil in the first round. This is the first time an incumbent president is re-elected in the country's history.
October 25: The second round of elections for governor takes place in several states of Brazil.
November
November 28: Ten former military police officers, accused of participating in the 1993 Vigário Geral massacre, are acquitted by the Rio de Janeiro court.
December
December 16: Wellington Camargo, brother of Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, is kidnapped in Goiânia.
Births
January
January 13 – Isabela Souza, actress
January 18 – Éder Militão, footballer
April
April 8 – Renan Lodi, footballer
May
May 9 – Douglas Luiz, footballer
May 20 – Alanis Guillen, actress
July
July 3 – Pedro Piquet, racing driver
July 28 – Sasha Meneghel, model
December
December 16 – Clara Moneke, actress and model
Deaths
March
March 15 – Tim Maia, singer (b. 1942)
April
April 18 – Nelson Gonçalves, singer (b. 1919)
June
June 13 – Lúcio Costa, architect (b. 1902)
July
July 26 – Aymoré Moreira, footballer and coach (b. 1912)
See also
1998 in Brazilian football
1998 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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