1990 in Brazil

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
• : Moacir Andrade
• Amazonas:
• Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
• Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2)
• Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
• Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
• : Henrique Santillo
• Maranhão:
• Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
• João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)
• Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
• Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
• : Hélio Gueiros
• : Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná: Alvaro Dias
• : Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• : 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
• :
• Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
• Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
• São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
• : Antônio Carlos Valadares
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• :
• Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : vacant
• :
• Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : Vacant
• : Francisco Castelo de Castro
• : Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
• : Joaquim Domingos Roriz
• :
• João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• :
• Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : George Takimoto
• : Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
• : Hermínio Calvinho Filho
• : Vacant
• : Ary Veloso Queiroz
• :
• Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : Lucídio Portela Nunes
• : Francisco Amaral
• : Garibaldi Alves
• :
• Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : Orestes Muniz Filho
• :
• Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• :
• Almino Afonso (until April 2)
• Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• : Benedito de Figueiredo
• : 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.

April

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

July

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

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.

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.

Births

March

• March 17 – Santos, footballer

April

• April 16 – Alexandre Pantoja, mixed martial artist

July

• July 3 – Lucas Mendes, footballer

September

• September 14 – Douglas Costa, footballer

Deaths

January

• January 24 – Araken Patusca, footballer (b. 1905)

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)

See also

• 1990 in Brazilian football
• 1990 in Brazilian television

References