1997 in Brazil

Events in the year 1997 in Brazil .

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : Fernando Henrique Cardoso ^[1]
• Vice President : Marco Maciel

Governors

• Acre : Orleir Messias Cameli
• Alagoas :
  • 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
• Goiás : Maguito Vilela
• Maranhão : Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso : Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Wilson Barbosa Martins
• Minas Gerais : Eduardo Brandão Azeredo
• Pará : Almir Gabriel
• Paraíba : José Maranhão
• Paraná : Jaime Lerner
• Pernambuco : Miguel Arraes
• Piauí : 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
• Santa Catarina : Paulo Afonso Vieira
• São Paulo : Mário Covas
• Sergipe : Albano Franco
• Tocantins : José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• Acre : Labib Murad
• Alagoas :
  • Manuel Gomes de Barros (until 17 July)
  • Vacant (starting 17 July)
• Amapá : Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
• Amazonas :
  • Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento (until 17 July)
  • Vacant (starting 17 July)
• Bahia : César Borges
• Ceará : Moroni Bing Torgan
• Espírito Santo : José Renato Casagrande
• Goiás : Naphtali Alves de Souza
• Maranhão : José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
• Mato Grosso : José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda
• Mato Grosso do Sul : Vacant
• Minas Gerais : Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto
• Pará : Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior
• Paraíba : Vacant
• Paraná : Emília de Sales Belinati
• Pernambuco : Jorge José Gomes
• Piauí : Osmar Antônio de Araújo
• Rio de Janeiro : Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
• Rio Grande do Norte : Fernando Freire
• Rio Grande do Sul : Vicente Joaquim Bogo
• Rondônia : Aparício Carvalho de Moraes
• Roraima : Airton Antonio Soligo
• Santa Catarina : José Augusto Hülse
• São Paulo : Geraldo Alckmin
• Sergipe : José Carlos Machado
• Tocantins : 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. ^[2]

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. ^[3]

April

• April 5 : The program Planeta Xuxa premiers on TV Globo. ^[4]
• April 20 : Galdino Jesus dos Santos, a Pataxó native, is murdered by five students from Brasília after celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day. ^[5]

May

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

June

• June 29 : Brazil defeats Bolivia 3-1, to win their fifth Copa America trophy. ^[7]

October

• October 2 : Pope John Paul II visits Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 2nd World Meeting with Families. ^[8]

December

• December 21 : Brazil defeats Australia 6-0 to win the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup. ^[9]

Births

January

• January 20: Rayane Soares da Silva, Paralympic athlete ^[10]

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

1. "Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
2. "Guilherme de Pádua é condenado a 19 anos" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (26 de janeiro de 1997).
3. "Ministro da Justiça condena ação de PMs". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
4. "PLANETA XUXA - FORMATO". Memória Globo. Archived from the original on December 26, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
5. "Índio é queimado em 'brincadeira' de estudantes" (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (21 de abril de 1997).
6. "Vale é vendida por R$ 3,3 bi e ágio de 20%", Folha de S. Paulo (6 de maio de 1997).
7. Brasil é campeão da Copa América-97, Folha de S.Paulo (30 de junho de 1997).
8. "Papa no Brasil", Folha de S. Paulo (4 de outubro de 1997).
9. "Brasil é campeão com seis gols de Ro-Ro" Folha de S. Paulo (22 de dezembro de 1997).
10. "SOARES DA SILVA Rayane". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 23 July 2024.

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