1993 in Brazil

Events in the year 1993 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : Itamar Franco ^[1]
• Vice President : vacant

Governors

• Acre : Vacant
• Alagoas : Geraldo Bulhões
• Amapa : Annibal Barcellos
• Amazonas : Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia : Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará : Ciro Gomes
• Espírito Santo : Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
• Goiás : Iris Rezende
• Maranhão : Edison Lobão
• Mato Grosso : Jaime Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais : Hélio Garcia
• Pará : Jader Barbalho
• Paraíba : Ronaldo Cunha Lima
• Paraná : Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
• Pernambuco : Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• Piauí : Freitas Neto
• Rio de Janeiro : Leonel Brizola
• Rio Grande do Norte : José Agripino Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul : Alceu de Deus Collares
• Rondônia : Oswaldo Piana Filho
• Roraima : Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
• Santa Catarina : Vilson Kleinübing
• São Paulo : Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
• Sergipe : João Alves Filho
• Tocantins : Moisés Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors

• Acre : Vacant
• Alagoas : Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
• Amapá : Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
• Amazonas : Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
• Bahia : Paulo Souto
• Ceará : Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara
• Espírito Santo : Adelson Antônio Salvador
• Goiás : Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela
• Maranhão : José de Ribamar Fiquene
• Mato Grosso : Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Ary Rigo
• Minas Gerais : Arlindo Porto Neto
• Pará : Carlos José Oliveira Santos
• Paraíba : Cícero Lucena Filho
• Paraná : Mário Pereira
• Pernambuco : Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
• Piauí : Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo
• Rio de Janeiro : Nilo Batista
• Rio Grande do Norte : Vivaldo Costa
• Rio Grande do Sul : João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
• Rondônia : Assis Canuto
• Roraima : Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
• Santa Catarina : Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
• São Paulo : Aloysio Nunes
• Sergipe : José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
• Tocantins : Paulo Sidnei Antunes

Events

February

• February 4 : President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil. ^[2]

April

• April 21 : Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, a presidential republic, unchanged. ^[3]

May

• May 21 : Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including Capitão Guimarães, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka Turcão), and Anísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group. ^[4]

July

• July 23 : The Candelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police. ^[5]

August

• August 1 : The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1. ^[6]
• August 29 : Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the Vigário Geral favela. ^[7]

October

• October 13 - 19 : American singer Michael Jackson is in São Paulo for his Dangerous World Tour ; with two shows at the Morumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month. ^{[8] [9] [10] [11]}

December

• December 7 : Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program. ^[12]
• December 17 : Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption. ^[13]

Births

January

• January 4– Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writer

February

• February 12– Rafinha, footballer

March

• March 5– Fred, footballer
• March 24– Gustavo Henrique, footballer
• March 30– Anitta, singer and dancer ^[14]

April

• April 13– Letícia Bufoni, street skateboarder
• April 15– Felipe Anderson, footballer
• April 30– Henry Zaga, actor

June

• June 27:
  • Adair Cardoso, singer and composer
  • Camila Queiroz, actress

August

• August 17:
  • Rodrigo Caio, footballer
  • Ederson, footballer

October

• October 23– Fabinho, footballer

November

• November 14– Tabata Amaral, political scientist, education activist and politician

December

• December 16– Thiago Braz da Silva, Olympic athlete
• December 22– Gabriel Medina, professional surfer

Deaths

January

• January 13– Camargo Guarnieri, composer (b. 1907)

April

• April 2– Thales Monteiro, basketball player and Olympian (b. 1925)
• April 3– Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician (b. 1922)
• April 9– Lindalva Justo de Oliveira, Roman Catholic nun (b. 1953)
• April 25– Geraldo Del Rey, actor (b. 1930)
• April 30– Diva Diniz Corrêa, marine zoologist (b. 1918)

September

• September 7– Bruno Giorgi, sculptor (b. 1905)

December

• December 14– Aristides Leão, neurophysiologist and researcher (b. 1914)

See also

• 1993 in Brazilian football
• 1993 in Brazilian television

References

1. "Itamar Franco | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. "Itamar sanciona legislação e veta cédula" (página 10 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (5 de fevereiro de 1993).
3. "Presidencialismo vence; Lula e Maluf lideram corrida para 94" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (22 de abril de 1993).
4. "Contraventores já foram condenados há 14 anos" (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2009-03-17. Retrieved 2009-03-17. . O Globo. April 13, 2007.
5. "Sete meninos são fuzilados no Rio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (24 de julho de 1993).
6. "Brasil estréia hoje nova moeda e salário" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de agosto de 1993).
7. "Sete meninos são fuzilados no Rio" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (24 de julho de 1993).
8. "Michael Jackson chega a SP e brinca no Playcenter" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (14 de outubro de 1993).
9. "Show de Michael Jackson leva 70 mil ao Morumbi" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (16 de outubro de 1993).
10. "Michael Jackson leva 90 mil ao Morumbi e encurta show" (primeira página do caderno São Paulo), Folha de S.Paulo (18 de outubro de 1993).
11. "Michael se despede de São Paulo mascarado" (página 6 do caderno São Paulo), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de outubro de 1993).
12. "Congresso reage a mais imposto; FHC planeja sair em abril de 94" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de dezembro de 1993).
13. Brooke, James (17 December 1993). "Brazilian Court Reaffirms Ban on the Ex-President". The New York Times. p. A9. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
14. "Perfil: Anitta" (in Portuguese). Dicionário Cravo Albin da Música Popular Brasileira. Archived from the original on November 3, 2013. Retrieved March 31, 2018.