1991 in Brazil

1991 in Brazil
Events in the year 1991 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Collor de Mello
Vice President: Itamar Franco
Governors
Acre:
Édison Simão Cadaxo (until 15 March)
Edmundo Pinto (from 15 March)
Alagoas:
Moacir Andrade (until 15 March)
Geraldo Bulhões (from 15 March)
Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (from 1 January)
Amazonas:
Vivaldo Barroso Frota (until 15 March)
Gilberto Mestrinho (from 15 March)
Bahia:
Nilo Moraes Coelho (until 15 March)
Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
Ceará:
Tasso Jereissati (until 15 March)
Ciro Gomes (from 15 March)
Espírito Santo:
Max Freitas Mauro (until 15 March)
Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo (from 15 March)
Federal District: Wanderley Vallim
Goiás:
Henrique Santillo (until 15 March)
Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
Maranhão:
João Alberto de Souza (until 15 March)
Edison Lobão (from 15 March)
Mato Grosso:
Edison de Oliveira (until 15 March)
Jayme Campos (from 15 March)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
Marcelo Miranda Soares (until 1 March)
Pedro Pedrossian (from 1 March)
Minas Gerais:
Newton Cardoso (until 15 March)
Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
Pará:
Hélio Gueiros (until 15 March)
Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
Paraíba:
Tarcísio Burity (until 15 March)
Ronaldo Cunha Lima (from 15 March)
Paraná:
Alvaro Dias (until 15 March)
Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 15 March)
Pernambuco:
Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
Piauí:
Alberto Silva (until 15 March)
Freitas Neto (from 15 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Moreira Franco (until 15 March)
Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (until 15 March)
José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Sul:
Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
Alceu de Deus Collares (from 15 March)
Rondônia:
Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (until 15 March)
Oswaldo Piana Filho (from 15 March)
Roraima:
Rubens Vilar (until 15 March)
Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (from 15 March)
Santa Catarina:
Casildo Maldaner (until 15 March)
Vilson Kleinübing (from 15 March)
São Paulo:
Orestes Quércia (until 15 March)
Luís Antônio Fleury Filho (from 15 March)
Sergipe:
Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
Tocantins:
José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 15 March)
Moisés Nogueira Avelino (from 15 March)
Vice governors
Acre: Romildo Magalhães da Silva (from 15 March)
Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo (from 15 March)
Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges (from 1 January)
Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues (from 15 March)
Bahia: Paulo Souto (from 15 March)
Ceará:
Francisco Castelo de Castro (until 15 March)
Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (from 15 March)
Espírito Santo:
Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (until 15 March)
Adelson Antônio Salvador (from 15 March)
Goiás:
Joaquim Domingos Roriz (until 15 March)
Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (from 15 March)
Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 15 March)
Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho (from 15 March)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
George Takimoto (until 14 March)
Ary Rigo (from 15 March)
Minas Gerais:
Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (until 31 January)
Arlindo Porto Neto (from 15 March)
Pará:
Hermínio Calvinho Filho (until 15 March)
Carlos José Oliveira Santos (from 15 March)
Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho (from 15 March)
Paraná:
Ary Veloso Queiroz (until 15 March)
Mario Pereira (from 15 March)
Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes (from 15 March)
Piauí:
Lucídio Portela Nunes (until 15 March)
Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (from 15 March)
Rio de Janeiro:
Francisco de Assis Amaral (until 15 March)
Nilo Batista (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Garibaldi Alves (until 15 March)
Vivaldo Costa (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (from 15 March)
Rondônia:
Orestes Muniz Filho (until 15 March)
Assis Canuto (from 15 March)
Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias (from 1 January)
Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
São Paulo:
Vacant (until 15 March)
Aloysio Nunes (from 15 March)
Sergipe:
Benedito de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira (from 15 March)
Tocantins:
Darci Martins Coelho (until 15 March)
Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 15 March)
Events
January
1 January: Amapá, a former territory, becomes Brazil's 26th state. It was the most recent state to be established in the country.
2 January: Creation of Pedra Azul State Park, in Espirito Santo.
11 January: President Fernando Collor de Mello signs Decree No. 1, also known as the Royalties Law, which regulates the payment of royalties to municipalities producing ore and electricity.
18 January: The second edition of the Rock in Rio music festival takes place at the Maracanã stadium.
March
26 March: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing the South Common Market (Mercosur is its acronym in Spanish).
May
30 May: Florisvaldo de Oliveira, also known as "Cabo Bruno"; accused of over 50 murders, is arrested in Santo Amaro , in the state of São Paulo.
31 May: Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, visits Brazil and proposes the idea of an Economy of Communion.
August
1-6 August: South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela makes a six-day visit to Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro.
September
30 September: A tornado destroys parts of Itu, a city in southeastern Brazil, killing 16 and leaving 176 injured.
October
12-21 October: Pope John Paul II makes a ten-day visit to Brazil.
Births
January
8 January: Allan, footballer
17 January: Tiquinho Soares, footballer
26 January: Alex Sandro, footballer
March
13 March: Luan Santana, singer
April
4 April: Lucas Lucco, singer, songwriter and actor
9 April: Sancler Frantz, model and journalist
June
21 June: Bruno Aquino, footballer
26 June: Jesuíta Barbosa, actor
August
28 August: Humberto Carrão, actor
September
3 September: Maurício Destri, actor
9 September: Oscar, footballer
16 September: Marlon Teixeira, model
October
2 October: Roberto Firmino, footballer
November
6 November: Camila Finn, model
Deaths
January
7 January: José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat and philosopher (born 1941)
17 January: Antônio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction (born 1934)
31 January: Márcio Melo, politician (born 1906)
March
9 March: Ely do Amparo, footballer (born 1921)
July
31 July: João Chedid, Maronite bishop (born 1914)
December
4 December: Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (born 1931)
See also
1991 in Brazilian football
1991 in Brazilian television
References
1990s in Brazil
Years of the 20th century in Brazil
Brazil
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