1990 in Brazil

1990 in Brazil
Events in the year 1990 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:
José Sarney (until March 14)
Fernando Collor de Mello (starting March 15)
Vice President:
Vacant (until March 14)
Itamar Franco (starting March 15)
Governors
Acre: Édison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
Amazonas:
Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2)
Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
Goiás: Henrique Santillo
Maranhão:
Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)
Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hélio Gueiros
Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
Paraná: Alvaro Dias
Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
Piauí: Alberto Silva
Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
Rio Grande do Sul:
Pedro Simon (until April 2)
Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from April 2)
Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
Roraima: Rubens Vilar
Santa Catarina:
Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos
Vice governors
Acre:
Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Alagoas: vacant
Amazonas:
Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Bahia: Vacant
Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
Maranhão:
João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Mato Grosso:
Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto
Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
Paraíba: Vacant
Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
Pernambuco:
Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
Rio Grande do Sul:
Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
Santa Catarina:
Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
São Paulo:
Almino Afonso (until April 2)
Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho
Events
March
March 15: Fernando Collor de Mello is sworn in as the 32nd President of Brazil and becomes the youngest president in Brazilian history.
April
April 3: The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.
July
July 25: President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.
July 26: Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.
November
November 30: The country's first cell phone system is inaugurated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Ozires Silva, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1990/12/01/2/ ''Ozires considera empréstimo de Cr$ 3,3 bi à Eletronorte 'normal] (página 6 do caderno Economia), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de dezembro de 1990).</ref>
DecemberDecember 16: Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.
Births
MarchMarch 17 – Santos, footballer
July
July 3 – Lucas Mendes, footballer
September
September 14 – Douglas Costa, footballer
Deaths
March
March 7 – Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (b. 1898)
May
May 7 – Elizete Cardoso, singer and actress (b. 1920)
July
July 7''' – Cazuza, singer and songwriter, (b. 1958)
See also
1990 in Brazilian football
1990 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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