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1991 in Brazil

Events in the year 1991 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Fernando Collor de Mello
Vice President: Itamar Franco

Governors

Acre:
ÃÂdison SimÃÂ£o Cadaxo (until 15 March)
Edmundo Pinto (from 15 March)
:
Moacir Andrade (until 15 March)
Geraldo BulhÃÂµes (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)
AntÃÂ´nio Carlos MagalhÃÂ£es (from 15 March)
CearÃÂ¡:
Tasso Jereissati (until 15 March)
Ciro Gomes (from 15 March)
EspÃÂrito Santo:
Max Freitas Mauro (until 15 March)
AlbuÃÂno Cunha de Azeredo (from 15 March)
Federal District: Wanderley Vallim
:
Henrique Santillo (until 15 March)
Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
MaranhÃÂ£o:
JoÃÂ£o Alberto de Souza (until 15 March)
Edison LobÃÂ£o (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)
HÃÂ©lio Garcia (from 15 March)
:
HÃÂ©lio Gueiros (until 15 March)
Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
:
TarcÃÂsio Burity (until 15 March)
Ronaldo Cunha Lima (from 15 March)
ParanÃÂ¡:
Alvaro Dias (until 15 March)
Roberto RequiÃÂ£o de Mello e Silva (from 15 March)
:
Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
:
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 JosÃÂ© Ferreira de Melo (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
Rio Grande do Sul:
Sinval SebastiÃÂ£o Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
Alceu de Deus Collares (from 15 March)
RondÃÂ´nia:
JerÃÂ´nimo 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)
:
Casildo Maldaner (until 15 March)
Vilson KleinÃÂ¼bing (from 15 March)
SÃÂ£o Paulo:
Orestes QuÃÂ©rcia (until 15 March)
LuÃÂs AntÃÂ´nio Fleury Filho (from 15 March)
:
AntÃÂ´nio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
JoÃÂ£o Alves Filho (from 15 March)
Tocantins:
JosÃÂ© Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 15 March)
MoisÃÂ©s Nogueira Avelino (from 15 March)

Vice governors

: Romildo MagalhÃÂ£es da Silva (from 15 March)
: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo (from 15 March)
: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges (from 1 January)
: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues (from 15 March)
: Paulo Souto (from 15 March)
:
Francisco Castelo de Castro (until 15 March)
LÃÂºcio GonÃÂ§alo de AlcÃÂ¢ntara (from 15 March)
:
Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (until 15 March)
Adelson AntÃÂ´nio Salvador (from 15 March)
:
Joaquim Domingos Roriz (until 15 March)
LuÃÂs Alberto Maguito Vilela (from 15 March)
: JosÃÂ© de Ribamar Fiquene (from 15 March)
: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho (from 15 March)
:
George Takimoto (until 14 March)
Ary Rigo (from 15 March)
:
JÃÂºnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (until 31 January)
Arlindo Porto Neto (from 15 March)
:
HermÃÂnio Calvinho Filho (until 15 March)
Carlos JosÃÂ© Oliveira Santos (from 15 March)
: CÃÂcero Lucena Filho (from 15 March)
:
Ary Veloso Queiroz (until 15 March)
MÃÂ¡rio Pereira (from 15 March)
: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes (from 15 March)
:
LucÃÂdio Portela Nunes (until 15 March)
Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (from 15 March)
:
Francisco de Assis Amaral (until 15 March)
Nilo Batista (from 15 March)
:
Garibaldi Alves (until 15 March)
Vivaldo Costa (from 15 March)
: JoÃÂ£o Gilberto Lucas Coelho (from 15 March)
:
Orestes Muniz Filho (until 15 March)
Assis Canuto (from 15 March)
: AntÃÂ´nio Airton Oliveira Dias (from 1 January)
: AntÃÂ´nio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
:
Vacant (until 15 March)
Aloysio Nunes (from 15 March)
:
Benedito de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
JosÃÂ© Carlos Mesquita Teixeira (from 15 March)
:
Darci Martins Coelho (until 15 March)
Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 15 March)

Events

January

1 January: AmapÃÂ¡, 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 EspÃÂrito 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 MaracanÃÂ£ stadium.

March

26 March: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of AsunciÃÂ³n, 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 SÃÂ£o 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: JesuÃÂta Barbosa, actor

August

28 August: Humberto CarrÃÂ£o, actor

September

3 September: MaurÃÂcio 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: JosÃÂ© Guilherme Merquior, diplomat and philosopher (born 1941)
17 January: AntÃÂ´nio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction (born 1934)
31 January: MÃÂ¡rcio Melo, politician (born 1906)

March

9 March: Ely do Amparo, footballer (born 1921)

July

31 July: JoÃÂ£o Chedid, Maronite bishop (born 1914)

December

4 December: MoysÃÂ©s Baumstein, holographer and artist (born 1931)

See also

References