1986 in Brazil

1986 in Brazil
Events in the year 1986 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: José Sarney
Vice President: Vacant
Governors
Acre:
Nabor Júnior (until 15 March)
Iolanda Fleming (from 15 March)
Alagoas:
Divaldo Suruagy (till 14 May)
José de Medeiros Tavares (from 14 May)
Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
Bahia: João Durval Carneiro
Ceará: Gonzaga Mota
Espírito Santo:
Gerson Camata (until 14 May)
José Moraes (from 14 May)
Goiás:
Iris Rezende (till 13 February)
Onofre Quinan (from 13 February)
Maranhão: Luís Rocha
Mato Grosso:
Julio Campos (until 15 May)
Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 May)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
Wilson Barbosa Martins (until 14 March)
Ramez Tebet (from 14 March)
Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
Pará: Jader Barbalho
Paraíba:
Wilson Braga (until 14 May)
Rivando Cavalcanti (15 May-14 June)
Milton Bezerra Cabral (from 15 June)
Paraná:
José Richa (until 9 May)
João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 9 May)
Pernambuco:
Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
Piauí:
Hugo Napoleão (until 14 May)
Bona Medeiros (from 14 May)
Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
Rio Grande do Norte:
José Agripino Maia (until 15 May)
Radir Pereira de Araujo (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
Rondônia: Ângelo Angelin
Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
Sergipe: João Alves Filho
Vice governors
Acre:
Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Alagoas:
José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Amazonas:
Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
Espírito Santo:
José Moraes (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Goiás:
Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
Mato Grosso:
Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Minas Gerais: Vacant
Pará: Laércio Dias Franco
Paraíba:
José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Paraná:
João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Pernambuco:
Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Piauí:
José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
Rio Grande do Norte:
Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana
São Paulo:
Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
Vacant (from 30 March)
Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
Events
January
January 16: Octávio Pinto Guimarães is elected president of the CBF, after being supported and financed by mobster Castor de Andrade.
February
February 28: The Cruzado Plan, an economic plan that establishes a price freeze, is launched. The Brazilian currency is now called the Cruzado, which is equivalent to one thousand Cruzeiros.
March
March 28: The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.
April
April 16: The National Congress of Brazil approves the Cruzado Plan, also known as the Economic Stabilization Plan.
June
June 30: Xou da Xuxa begins on TV Globo.
July
July 29: Brazilian President José Sarney and Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).
October
October 31: The Volkswagen Beetle ceased to be produced after 30 years of commercialization and 23 years of leadership in the Brazilian market; where 3 million and 300 thousand units were commercialized.
November
November 15: General elections are held for governors, senators, federal and state deputies.
November 30: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hits the municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte.
Births
February
February 19: Marta, footballer
April
April 1: Hugo Pessanha, judoka
April 29: Monique Alfradique, actress
June
June 15: Cezar Bononi, professional wrestler
July
July 25: Hulk, footballer
August
August 10: Jucemar Gaucho, footballer
August 21: Caio Narcio, politician and social scientist (died 2020)
August 24: Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-born Italian footballer
Deaths
February 19: Francisco Mignone, classical music composer (b. 1897)
See also
1986 in Brazilian football
1986 in Brazilian television
References
1980s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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