1993 in Brazil

1993 in Brazil
Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Itamar Franco
Vice President: vacant
Governors
Acre: Vacant
Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
Amapa: Annibal Barcellos
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães
Ceará: Ciro Gomes
Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
Goiás: Iris Rezende
Maranhão: Edison Lobão
Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
Pará: Jader Barbalho
Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima
Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
Piauí: Freitas Neto
Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia
Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing
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
Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador
Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela
Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene
Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo
Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto
Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos
Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho
Paraná: Mario Pereira
Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo
Rio de Janeiro: Nilo Batista
Rio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa
Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
Rondônia: Assis Canuto
Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes
Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
February
February 4: President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.
April
April 21: Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, a presidential republic, unchanged.
May
May 21: Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including Capitão Guimarães, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka Turcão), and Anísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.
July
July 23: The Candelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.
August
August 1: The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.
August 29: Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the Vigário Geral favela.
October
October 13-19: American singer Michael Jackson is in São Paulo for his Dangerous World Tour; with two shows at the Morumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month.
December
December 7: Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.
December 17: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.
Births
January
January 4 – Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writer
February
February 12 – Rafinha, footballer
March
March 5 – Fred, footballer
March 24 – Gustavo Henrique, footballer
March 30 – Anitta, singer and dancer
April
April 13 – Letícia Bufoni, street skateboarder
April 15 – Felipe Anderson, footballer
April 30 – Henry Zaga, actor
June
June 27:
Adair Cardoso, singer and composer
Camila Queiroz, actress
August
August 17:
Rodrigo Caio, footballer
Ederson, footballer
October
October 23 – Fabinho, footballer
November
November 14 – Tabata Amaral, political scientist, education activist and politician
December
December 16 – Thiago Braz da Silva, Olympic athlete
December 22 – Gabriel Medina, professional surfer
Deaths
January
January 13 – Camargo Guarnieri, composer (b. 1907)
April
April 2 – Thales Monteiro, basketball player and Olympian (b. 1925)
April 3 – Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician (b. 1922)
April 9 – Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, Roman Catholic nun (b. 1953)
April 25 – Geraldo Del Rey, actor (b. 1930)
April 30 – Diva Diniz Corrêa, marine zoologist (b. 1918)
September
September 7 – Bruno Giorgi, sculptor (b. 1905)
December
December 14 – Aristides Leão, neurophysiologist and researcher (b. 1914)
See also
1993 in Brazilian football
1993 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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