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)
• :
• 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)
• :
• 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
• : Jader Barbalho
• :
• 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)
• :
• Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
• Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
• :
• 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
• : Esperidião Amin
• São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
• : João Alves Filho

Vice governors

• :
• Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
• Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
• : Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
• : José Adauto Bezerra
• :
• José Moraes (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
• : João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
• :
• Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• : Vacant
• : Laércio Dias Franco
• :
• José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• :
• José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• : Darcy Ribeiro
• :
• Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
• Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• : Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
• : Victor Fontana
• :
• Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
• Vacant (from 30 March)
• : 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.

December

• December 18: The Rio Group (G-Rio) is created in Rio de Janeiro, with the purpose of creating a better political relationship among Latin America and Caribbean states.

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