1994 in Brazil

Events in the year 1994 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Itamar Franco
• Vice President: vacant

Governors

• Acre: Vacant
• : Geraldo Bulhões
• Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (until 31 December)
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia:
• Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 2 April)
• Ruy Trindade (2 April-2 May)
• Antônio Imbassahy (from 2 May)
• Ceará:
• Ciro Gomes (until 8 September)
• Francisco de Barros (8 September-9 October)
• Francisco Aguiar (from 9 October)
• Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
• :
• Iris Rezende (until 2 April)
• Agenor Rezende (from 2 April)
• Maranhão:
• Edison Lobão (until 2 April)
• José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 2 April)
• Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
• :
• Jader Barbalho (until 2 April)
• (from 2 April)
• :
• Ronaldo Cunha Lima (until 2 April)
• Cícero de Lucena (from 2 April)
• Paraná:
• Roberto Requião (until 2 April)
• Mário Pereira (from 2 April)
• : Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• :
• Freitas Neto (until 2 April)
• Guilherme Melo (from 2 April)
• Rio de Janeiro:
• Leonel Brizola (until 2 April)
• Nilo Batista (from 2 April)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• José Agripino Maia (until 2 April)
• Vivaldo Costa (from 2 April)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
• Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
• Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
• :
• Vilson Kleinübing (until 6 April)
• Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 6 April)
• São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
• : João Alves Filho
• Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors

• : Vacant
• : Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
• : Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
• : Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
• :
• Paulo Souto (until 2 April)
• Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo (from 2 May)
• :
• Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (until 16 September)
• Vacant thereafter (from 16 September)
• : Adelson Antônio Salvador
• :
• Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• :
• José de Ribamar Fiquene (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• : Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
• : Ary Rigo
• : Arlindo Porto Neto
• :
• Carlos José Oliveira Santos (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• :
• Cícero Lucena Filho (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• :
• Mario Pereira (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• : Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
• :
• Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• :
• Nilo Batista (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• :
• Vivaldo Costa (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• : João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
• : Assis Canuto
• : Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
• :
• Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 2 April)
• Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
• : Aloysio Nunes
• : José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
• : Paulo Sidnei Antunes

Events

January

• 7 January: Paulo César Farias, the treasurer of Fernando Collor de Mello's electoral campaign, is sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.

February

• 28 February: The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.

March

• 3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.

May

• 1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

July

• 1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.
• 17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.

August

• 5 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.

October

• 3 October: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is elected Brazil's 34th president, defeating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's presidential election.

December

• 7 December: The trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello and the treasurer of the electoral campaign, Paulo César Farias, begins at the Supreme Federal Court.
• 12 December: The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.
• 13 December: The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation.

Births

• 31 March: Felipe Colares, mixed martial artist (d. 2023)
• 14 May: Marquinhos, professional footballer

Deaths

January

• 6 January: Cláudia Magno, actress and dancer (b. 1958)

April

• 18 April: Dener Augusto de Sousa, footballer (b. 1971)

May

• 1 May: Ayrton Senna, racing driver (b. 1960)

July

• 10 July: Lélia Gonzalez, anthropologist and human rights activist (b. 1935)
• 29 July: Mussum, actor and musician (b. 1941)

December

• 8 December: Tom Jobim, composer and singer (b.1927)
• 19 December: Pedro Collor de Mello, businessman and brother of former President Fernando Collor de Mello (b. 1952)

See also

• 1994 in Brazilian football
• 1994 in Brazilian television

References