1991 in Brazil

Events in the year 1991 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : Fernando Collor de Mello ^[1]
• Vice President : Itamar Franco ^[1]

Governors

• Acre :
  • Édison Simão Cadaxo (until 15 March)
  • Edmundo Pinto (from 15 March)
• Alagoas :
  • Moacir Andrade (until 15 March)
  • Geraldo Bulhões (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)
  • Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Tasso Jereissati (until 15 March)
  • Ciro Gomes (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • Max Freitas Mauro (until 15 March)
  • Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo (from 15 March)
• Federal District : Wanderley Vallim ^[2]
• Goiás :
  • Henrique Santillo (until 15 March)
  • Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
• Maranhão :
  • João Alberto de Souza (until 15 March)
  • Edison Lobão (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)
  • Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
• Pará :
  • Hélio Gueiros (until 15 March)
  • Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
• Paraíba :
  • Tarcísio Burity (until 15 March)
  • Ronaldo Cunha Lima (from 15 March)
• Paraná :
  • Alvaro Dias (until 15 March)
  • Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco :
  • Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
  • Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• Piauí :
  • 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 José Ferreira de Melo (until 15 March)
  • José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
  • Alceu de Deus Collares (from 15 March)
• Rondônia :
  • Jerônimo 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)
• Santa Catarina :
  • Casildo Maldaner (until 15 March)
  • Vilson Kleinübing (from 15 March)
• São Paulo :
  • Orestes Quércia (until 15 March)
  • Luís Antônio Fleury Filho (from 15 March)
• Sergipe :
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
  • João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
• Tocantins :
  • José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 15 March)
  • Moisés Nogueira Avelino (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre : Romildo Magalhães da Silva (from 15 March)
• Alagoas : Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo (from 15 March)
• Amapá : Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges (from 1 January)
• Amazonas : Francisco Garcia Rodrigues (from 15 March)
• Bahia : Paulo Souto (from 15 March)
• Ceará :
  • Francisco Castelo de Castro (until 15 March)
  • Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (until 15 March)
  • Adelson Antônio Salvador (from 15 March)
• Goiás :
  • Joaquim Domingos Roriz (until 15 March)
  • Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (from 15 March)
• Maranhão : José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso : Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul :
  • George Takimoto (until 14 March)
  • Ary Rigo (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais :
  • Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (until 31 January)
  • Arlindo Porto Neto (from 15 March)
• Pará :
  • Hermínio Calvinho Filho (until 15 March)
  • Carlos José Oliveira Santos (from 15 March)
• Paraíba : Cícero Lucena Filho (from 15 March)
• Paraná :
  • Ary Veloso Queiroz (until 15 March)
  • Mário Pereira (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco : Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes (from 15 March)
• Piauí :
  • Lucídio Portela Nunes (until 15 March)
  • Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • Francisco de Assis Amaral (until 15 March)
  • Nilo Batista (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte :
  • Garibaldi Alves (until 15 March)
  • Vivaldo Costa (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul : João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (from 15 March)
• Rondônia :
  • Orestes Muniz Filho (until 15 March)
  • Assis Canuto (from 15 March)
• Roraima : Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias (from 1 January)
• Santa Catarina : Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
• São Paulo :
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Aloysio Nunes (from 15 March)
• Sergipe :
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
  • José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira (from 15 March)
• Tocantins:
  • Darci Martins Coelho (until 15 March)
  • Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 15 March)

Events

January

• 1 January : Amapá, a former territory, becomes Brazil's 26th state. It was the most recent state to be established in the country. ^[3]
• 2 January : Creation of Pedra Azul State Park, in Espírito Santo. ^[4]
• 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. ^{[5] [6]}
• 18 January : The second edition of the Rock in Rio music festival takes place at the Maracanã stadium. ^[7]

March

• 26 March : Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing the South Common Market (Mercosur is its acronym in Spanish). ^[8]

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 São Paulo. ^[9]
• 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. ^[10]

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. ^{[11] [12]}

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: Jesuíta Barbosa, actor

August

• 28 August: Humberto Carrão, actor

September

• 3 September: Maurício 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: José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat and philosopher (born 1941)
• 17 January: Antônio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction (born 1934) ^[13]
• 31 January: Márcio Melo, politician (born 1906)

March

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

July

• 31 July: João Chedid, Maronite bishop (born 1914) ^[14]

December

• 4 December: Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (born 1931)

See also

• 1991 in Brazilian football
• 1991 in Brazilian television

References

1. Phillips, Tom (3 July 2011). "Itamar Franco obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
2. "VALIM, Vanderley". Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Portuguese).
3. The Business One Irwin International Almanac: Business and Investments. Business One Irwin. 1993. p. 74. ISBN   978-1-55623-877-2.
4. Rezende, Gabriel (2024-10-09). "Parque Estadual da Pedra Azul: Natureza e Aventura no Espírito Santo". RevistaCaraseNomes.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-11-01.
5. Collor revoga onze mil decretos antigos (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de janeiro de 1991).
6. Collor regulamenta os 'Royalties' sobre energia (página 9 do caderno Economia), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de janeiro de 1991).
7. Rock in Rio vaia Medina na abertura (página 1 do caderno Cidades), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de janeiro de 1991).
8. Tratado de Assunção prevê mercado comum (página 11 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (27 de março de 1991).
9. Cabo Bruno é preso em São Paulo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (31 de maio de 1991).
10. Mandela inicia hoje sua visita ao Brasil (página 6 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de agosto de 1991).
11. Papa chega hoje ao Brasil e encontra ala conservadora da Igreja fortalecida (página 11 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de outubro de 1991).
12. Papa doa US$ 400 mil para obras de assistência a crianças abandonadas (página 6 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (21 de outubro de 1991).
13. Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga. Caso Vilas-Boas, 50 anos depois, Ufo. Campo Grande: Mythos Editora, ano 24, nº 137, dez. 2007, p. 34-35.
14. "João Chedid". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 22 January 2021.