1997 in Brazil

Events in the year 1997 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
• Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

• Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli
• :
• Divaldo Suruagy (till 17 July)
• Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (from 17 July)
• Amapa: João Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
• Bahia: Paulo Souto
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
• Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz
• : Maguito Vilela
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins
• Minas Gerais: Eduardo Brandão Azeredo
• : Almir Gabriel
• : José Maranhão
• Paraná: Jaime Lerner
• : Miguel Arraes
• : Mão Santa
• Rio de Janeiro: Marcello Alencar
• Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Britto
• Rondônia: Valdir Raupp de Mattos
• Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
• : Paulo Afonso Vieira
• São Paulo: Mário Covas
• : Albano Franco
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• : Labib Murad
• :
• Manuel Gomes de Barros (until 17 July)
• Vacant (starting 17 July)
• : Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
• :
• Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento (until 17 July)
• Vacant (starting 17 July)
• : César Borges
• : Moroni Bing Torgan
• : José Renato Casagrande
• : Naphtali Alves de Souza
• : José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
• : José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda
• : Vacant
• : Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto
• : Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior
• : Vacant
• : Emília de Sales Belinati
• : Jorge José Gomes
• : Osmar Antônio de Araújo
• : Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
• : Fernando Freire
• : Vicente Joaquim Bogo
• : Aparício Carvalho de Moraes
• : Airton Antonio Soligo
• : José Augusto Hülse
• : Geraldo Alckmin
• : José Carlos Machado
• : Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos

Events

January

• January 25: Guilherme de Pádua is sentenced to 19 years in prison for the 1992 murder of actress Daniella Perez.

March

• March 31: A Jornal Nacional report on TV Globo, shows images of military police officers from São Paulo caught attacking residents of Favela Naval, in Diadema, during a blitz they carried out there. Mario José Josino died from a gunshot to the back of the head.

April

• April 5: The program Planeta Xuxa premiers on TV Globo.
• April 20: Galdino Jesus dos Santos, a Pataxó native, is murdered by five students from Brasília after celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day.

May

• May 6: The company Vale do Rio Doce is privatized and sold to Consórcio Brasil, led by CSN, for R$3.3 billion.

June

• June 29: Brazil defeats Bolivia 3-1, to win their fifth Copa America trophy.

October

• October 2: Pope John Paul II visits Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 2nd World Meeting with Families.

December

• December 21: Brazil defeats Australia 6-0 to win the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

Births

January

• January 20: Rayane Soares da Silva, Paralympic athlete

February

• February 26: Malcom, professional footballer

March

• March 3: David Neres, professional footballer
• March 10: Gabi Nunes, professional footballer
• March 23: Thiago Maia, professional footballer

April

• April 3: Gabriel Jesus, professional footballer

May

• May 10: Richarlison, professional footballer

August

• August 9: Luisa Stefani, professional tennis player
• August 27: Lucas Paquetá, professional footballer

November

• November 16: Bruno Guimarães, professional footballer

December

• December 21: Pedro Sampaio, music and producer

Deaths

February

• February 2: Chico Science, singer and composer (b. 1966)
• February 17: Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist and politician (b. 1922)

April

• April 11: Castor de Andrade, mobster (b. 1926)

May

• May 2: Paulo Freire, philosopher (b. 1921)

August

• August 9: Herbert de Souza, activist and sociologist (b. 1935)

See also

• 1997 in Brazilian football
• 1997 in Brazilian television

References