1986 in Brazil

Events in the year 1986 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : José Sarney
• Vice President : Vacant

Governors

• Acre :
  • Nabor Júnior (until 15 March)
  • Iolanda Fleming (from 15 March)
• Alagoas :
  • Divaldo Suruagy (till 14 May)
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (from 14 May)
• Amazonas : Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia : João Durval Carneiro
• Ceará : Gonzaga Mota
• Espírito Santo :
  • Gerson Camata (until 14 May)
  • José Moraes (from 14 May)
• Goiás :
  • Iris Rezende (till 13 February)
  • Onofre Quinan (from 13 February)
• Maranhão : Luís Rocha
• Mato Grosso :
  • Julio Campos (until 15 May)
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 May)
• Mato Grosso do Sul :
  • Wilson Barbosa Martins (until 14 March)
  • Ramez Tebet (from 14 March)
• Minas Gerais : Hélio Garcia
• Pará : Jader Barbalho
• Paraíba :
  • Wilson Braga (until 14 May)
  • Rivando Cavalcanti (15 May-14 June)
  • Milton Bezerra Cabral (from 15 June)
• Paraná :
  • José Richa (until 9 May)
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 9 May)
• Pernambuco :
  • Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
  • Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
• Piauí :
  • Hugo Napoleão (until 14 May)
  • Bona Medeiros (from 14 May)
• Rio de Janeiro : Leonel Brizola
• Rio Grande do Norte :
  • José Agripino Maia (until 15 May)
  • Radir Pereira de Araujo (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul : Jair de Oliveira Soares
• Rondônia : Ângelo Angelin
• Santa Catarina : Esperidião Amin
• São Paulo : André Franco Montoro
• Sergipe : João Alves Filho

Vice governors

• Acre :
  • Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Alagoas :
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Amazonas :
  • Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
• Bahia : Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
• Ceará : José Adauto Bezerra
• Espírito Santo :
  • José Moraes (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Goiás :
  • Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
• Maranhão : João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
• Mato Grosso :
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Mato Grosso do Sul :
  • Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Minas Gerais : Vacant
• Pará : Laércio Dias Franco
• Paraíba :
  • José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Paraná :
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Pernambuco :
  • Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Piauí :
  • José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Rio de Janeiro : Darcy Ribeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte :
  • Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Rio Grande do Sul : Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
• Santa Catarina : Victor Fontana
• São Paulo :
  • Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
  • Vacant (from 30 March)
• Sergipe : Antônio Carlos Valadares

Events

January

• January 16 : Octávio Pinto Guimarães is elected president of the CBF, after being supported and financed by mobster Castor de Andrade. ^[1]

February

• February 28 : The Cruzado Plan, an economic plan that establishes a price freeze, is launched. The Brazilian currency is now called the Cruzado, which is equivalent to one thousand Cruzeiros. ^{[2] [3]}

March

• March 28 : The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana. ^[4]

April

• April 16 : The National Congress of Brazil approves the Cruzado Plan, also known as the Economic Stabilization Plan. ^[5]

June

• June 30 : Xou da Xuxa begins on TV Globo.

July

• July 29 : Brazilian President José Sarney and Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur). ^[6]

October

• October 31 : The Volkswagen Beetle ceased to be produced after 30 years of commercialization and 23 years of leadership in the Brazilian market; where 3 million and 300 thousand units were commercialized. ^[7]

November

• November 15 : General elections are held for governors, senators, federal and state deputies. ^[8]
• November 30 : An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hits the municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte. ^[9]

Births

February

• February 19: Marta, footballer

April

• April 1: Hugo Pessanha, judoka
• April 29: Monique Alfradique, actress

June

• June 15: Cezar Bononi, professional wrestler

July

• July 25: Hulk, footballer

August

• August 10: Jucemar Gaucho, footballer ^[10]
• August 21: Caio Narcio, politician and social scientist (died 2020) ^[11]
• August 24: Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-born Italian footballer

Deaths

• February 19: Francisco Mignone, classical music composer (b. 1897)

See also

• 1986 in Brazilian football
• 1986 in Brazilian television

References

1. "Está ficando difícil". Memória BN. Placar Magazine 19 jul. 1985. 19 July 1985. Retrieved 29 July 2017.
2. Sarney faz do povo fiscal contra inflação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Jornal do Brasil (1 de março de 1986).
3. Reação inicial ao choque é boa; população já fiscaliza os preços (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de março de 1986)
4. Novo satélite brasileiro já está em órbita (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (29 de março de 1986)
5. Funaro quer rigor para o congelamento (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (17 de abril de 1986)
6. Pacto Brasil-Argentina tem adesão do Uruguai (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (30 de julho de 1986)
7. 1986 LAST SERIES, SE Beetles
8. Marta Harnecker, El Sueño Era Posible (1995), p. 287.
9. O Rio Grande do Norte sofre seu maior terremoto (página 15 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de dezembro de 1986)
10. Jucemar Gaucho (Jucemar Decio Ribeiro da Silva) at Soccerway. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
11. "Deputado Caio Nárcio (PSDB-MG)". Câmara dos Deputados do Brasil (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2020.