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
• Alagoas : Moacir Andrade
• Amazonas :
  • Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
  • Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2) ^[1]
• Bahia : Nilo Moraes Coelho
• Ceará : Tasso Jereissati ^[2]
• Espírito Santo : Max Freitas Mauro
• Goiás : Henrique Santillo
• Maranhão :
  • Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
  • João Alberto de Souza (from April 3) ^[3]
• Mato Grosso : Edison de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Marcelo Miranda Soares
• Minas Gerais : Newton Cardoso ^[4]
• Pará : Hélio Gueiros
• Paraíba : Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná : Alvaro Dias
• Pernambuco : Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• Piauí : 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
• Santa Catarina :
  • Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
  • Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
• São Paulo : Orestes Quércia
• Sergipe : Antônio Carlos Valadares
• Tocantins : José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• Acre :
  • Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Alagoas : vacant
• Amazonas :
  • Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Bahia : Vacant
• Ceará : Francisco Castelo de Castro
• Espírito Santo : Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
• Goiás : Joaquim Domingos Roriz
• Maranhão :
  • João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Mato Grosso :
  • Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Mato Grosso do Sul : George Takimoto
• Minas Gerais : Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
• Pará : Hermínio Calvinho Filho
• Paraíba : Vacant
• Paraná : Ary Veloso Queiroz
• Pernambuco :
  • Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Piauí : Lucídio Portela Nunes
• Rio de Janeiro : Francisco Amaral
• Rio Grande do Norte : Garibaldi Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Rondônia : Orestes Muniz Filho
• Santa Catarina :
  • Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• São Paulo :
  • Almino Afonso (until April 2)
  • Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
• Sergipe : Benedito de Figueiredo
• Tocantins : 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. ^[5]

April

• April 3 : The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan. ^[6]

July

• July 25 : President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes. ^[7]
• July 26 : Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre. ^[8]

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. ^[9]

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. ^[10]

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

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) ^[11]

See also

• 1990 in Brazilian football
• 1990 in Brazilian television

References

1. "Morre Vivaldo Frota, ex-governador do Amazonas". D24am . January 16, 2016. Archived from the original on February 3, 2015. Retrieved February 15, 2015.
2. Policymaking in a Redemocratized Brazil: A Report by the Policy Research Project on Public Policies in Brazil, The University of Texas at Austin. Decentralization and social policy. Board of Regents, University of Texas. 1997. p. 454. ISBN   978-0-89940-727-2.
3. Veja. Abril. 2001. p. 43.
4. Valéria Bretas (4 April 2016). "Quem são os 26 brasileiros citados por ora no Panama Papers". Exame. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
5. Collor toma posse, baixa nove medidas e prepara o choque (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de março de 1990).
6. Congresso aprova primeiras medidas (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de abril de 1990).
7. Nova lei tem 2 vetos de Collor (página 5 do caderno Cidades), Folha de S.Paulo (26 de julho de 1990).
8. Polícia desce rios em busca de 11 sequestrados (página 4 do caderno Cidades), Folha de S.Paulo (3 de agosto de 1990).
9. Ozires considera empréstimo de Cr$ 3,3 bi à Eletronorte 'normal' (página 6 do caderno Economia), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de dezembro de 1990).
10. Juiz condena Darcy e Darly a 19 anos de prisão (página 8 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (17 de dezembro de 1990).
11. Aldrich, Robert; Garry Wotherspoon (2001). Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History: From Antiquity to World War II. Routledge. p. 79. ISBN   0-415-22974-X . Retrieved 2007-09-29.