1987 in Brazil

Events in the year 1987 in Brazil:

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: José Sarney
• Vice President: Vacant

Governors

• Acre:
• Iolanda Fleming (until 15 March)
• Flaviano Melo (from 15 March)
• :
• José de Medeiros Tavares (until 15 March)
• Fernando Collor de Mello (from 15 March)
• Amazonas:
• Gilberto Mestrinho (until 15 March)
• Amazonino Mendes (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
• João Durval Carneiro (until 15 March)
• Waldir Pires (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
• Gonzaga Mota (until 15 March)
• Tasso Jereissati (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
• José Moraes (until 15 March)
• Max Freitas Mauro (from 15 March)
• :
• Onofre Quinan (until 15 March)
• Henrique Santillo (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
• Luís Rocha (until 15 March)
• Epitácio Cafeteira (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
• Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 15 March)
• Carlos Bezerra (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Ramez Tebet (until 15 March)
• Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
• Hélio Garcia (until 15 March)
• Newton Cardoso (from 15 March)
• :
• Jader Barbalho (until 15 March)
• Hélio Gueiros (from 15 March)
• :
• Milton Bezerra Cabral (until 15 March)
• Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
• João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 15 March)
• Alvaro Dias (from 15 March)
• :
• Gustavo Krause (until 15 March)
• Miguel Arraes (from 15 March)
• :
• Bona Medeiros (until 15 March)
• Alberto Silva (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
• Leonel Brizola then Moreira Franco
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Radir Pereira de Araujo (until 15 March)
• Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Jair de Oliveira Soares (until 15 March)
• Pedro Simon (from 15 March)
• Rondônia:
• Ângelo Angelin (until 15 March)
• Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (from 15 March)
• :
• Esperidião Amin (until 15 March)
• Pedro Ivo Campos (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
• André Franco Montoro (until 15 March)
• Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
• :
• João Alves Filho (until 15 March)
• Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• : Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 15 March)
• : Moacir Andrade (from 15 March)
• : Vivaldo Barros Frota (from 15 March)
• :
• Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (until 15 March)
• Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 15 March)
• :
• José Adauto Bezerra (until 15 March)
• Francisco Castelo de Castro (from 15 March)
• :
• José Moraes (until 15 March)
• Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (from 15 March)
• : Joaquim Domingos Roriz (from 15 March)
• :
• João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (until 15 March)
• João Alberto Souza (from 15 March)
• : Edison de Oliveira (from 15 March)
• :
• Vacant (until 15 March)
• George Takimoto (from 15 March)
• : Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (from 15 March)
• :
• Laércio Dias Franco (until 15 March)
• Hermínio Calvinho Filho (from 15 March)
• :
• Antônio da Costa Gomes (until 15 March)
• Vacant (from 15 March)
• : Ary Veloso Queiroz (from 15 March)
• : Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (from 15 March)
• : Lucídio Portela Nunes (from 15 March)
• :
• Darcy Ribeiro (until 15 March)
• Francisco Amaral (from 15 March)
• :
• Vacant (until 15 March)
• Garibaldi Alves (from 15 March)
• :
• Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (until 15 March)
• Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from 15 March)
• : Orestes Muniz Filho (from 15 March)
• :
• Victor Fontana (until 15 March)
• Casildo João Maldaner (from 15 March)
• :
• Vacant (until 15 March)
• Almino Afonso (from 15 March)
• :
• Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
• Benedito de Figueiredo (from 15 March)

Events

February

• 1 February: The National Constituent Assembly is installed by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, José Carlos Moreira Alves.
• 25 February: The Central Bank of Brazil decides to intervene in banks in the states of Maranhão, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina.

June

• 12 June: President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages.

July

• July 26: Around 70 people are killed, after a crash between two tourist buses and a Voyage car on BR-040, which connects Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais.

August

• 1 August: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic by the Workers' Party.

September

• 13 September: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.

December

• 7 December: Brasília is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Births

January

• January 10: César Cielo, swimmer
• January 15: Jesus Luz, model and DJ

March

• March 20: Jô, footballer

April

• April 22: David Luiz, footballer

June

• June 6: Cássio, footballer
• June 25: Hugo Bonemer, actor

July

• July 7: Alex Pereira, mixed martial artist
• July 23: Luiz Gustavo, footballer

October

• October 11: Andressa Urach, model & reality television star

December

• December 13: Weverton, footballer
• December 18: Deiveson Figueiredo, mixed martial artist
• December 31: Maiara & Maraisa, musical duo

Deaths

February

• February 2: Carlos Castilho, footballer (b. 1927)

August

• August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet and writer (b. 1902)

September

• September 18: Golbery do Couto e Silva, general and politician (b. 1911)

December

• December 22: José do Patrocínio Oliveira, musician and voice actor (b. 1904)

See also

• 1987 in Brazilian football
• 1987 in Brazilian television

References