1990 in Brazil

1990 in Brazil
Years 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
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Year of Constitution: 1988

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)^[1]
• Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati^[2]
• Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
• Goiás: Henrique Santillo
• Maranhão:
  • Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
  • João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)^[3]
• Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
• Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso^[4]
• 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.^[5]

April

• April 3: The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.^[6]

July

• July 25: President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.^[7]
• July 26: Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.^[8]

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.^[9]

December

• December 16: Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.^[10]

Births

March

• March 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) ^[11]

See also

• 1990 in Brazilian football
• 1990 in Brazilian television

References

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