1987 in Brazil

Events in the year 1987 in Brazil :

Incumbents

Federal government

• President : José Sarney
• Vice President : Vacant

Governors

• Acre :
  • Iolanda Fleming (until 15 March)
  • Flaviano Melo (from 15 March)
• Alagoas :
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (until 15 March)
  • Fernando Collor de Mello (from 15 March)
• Amazonas :
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 15 March)
  • Amazonino Mendes (from 15 March)
• Bahia :
  • João Durval Carneiro (until 15 March)
  • Waldir Pires (from 15 March)
• Ceará :
  • Gonzaga Mota (until 15 March)
  • Tasso Jereissati (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • José Moraes (until 15 March)
  • Max Freitas Mauro (from 15 March)
• Goiás :
  • Onofre Quinan (until 15 March)
  • Henrique Santillo (from 15 March)
• Maranhão :
  • Luís Rocha (until 15 March)
  • Epitácio Cafeteira (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso :
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 15 March)
  • Carlos Bezerra (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul :
  • Ramez Tebet (until 15 March)
  • Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais :
  • Hélio Garcia (until 15 March)
  • Newton Cardoso (from 15 March)
• Pará :
  • Jader Barbalho (until 15 March)
  • Hélio Gueiros (from 15 March)
• Paraíba :
  • Milton Bezerra Cabral (until 15 March)
  • Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
• Paraná :
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 15 March)
  • Alvaro Dias (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco :
  • Gustavo Krause (until 15 March)
  • Miguel Arraes (from 15 March)
• Piauí :
  • Bona Medeiros (until 15 March)
  • Alberto Silva (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • Leonel Brizola then Moreira Franco
• Rio Grande do Norte :
  • Radir Pereira de Araujo (until 15 March)
  • Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Jair de Oliveira Soares (until 15 March)
  • Pedro Simon (from 15 March)
• Rondônia :
  • Ângelo Angelin (until 15 March)
  • Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina :
  • Esperidião Amin (until 15 March)
  • Pedro Ivo Campos (from 15 March)
• São Paulo :
  • André Franco Montoro (until 15 March)
  • Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
• Sergipe :
  • João Alves Filho (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre : Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 15 March)
• Alagoas : Moacir Andrade (from 15 March)
• Amazonas : Vivaldo Barros Frota (from 15 March)
• Bahia :
  • Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (until 15 March)
  • Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 15 March)
• Ceará :
  • José Adauto Bezerra (until 15 March)
  • Francisco Castelo de Castro (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo :
  • José Moraes (until 15 March)
  • Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (from 15 March)
• Goiás : Joaquim Domingos Roriz (from 15 March)
• Maranhão :
  • João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (until 15 March)
  • João Alberto Souza (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso : Edison de Oliveira (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul :
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • George Takimoto (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais : Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (from 15 March)
• Pará :
  • Laércio Dias Franco (until 15 March)
  • Hermínio Calvinho Filho (from 15 March)
• Paraíba :
  • Antônio da Costa Gomes (until 15 March)
  • Vacant (from 15 March)
• Paraná : Ary Veloso Queiroz (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco : Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (from 15 March)
• Piauí : Lucídio Portela Nunes (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro :
  • Darcy Ribeiro (until 15 March)
  • Francisco Amaral (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte :
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Garibaldi Alves (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul :
  • Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (until 15 March)
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from 15 March)
• Rondônia : Orestes Muniz Filho (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina :
  • Victor Fontana (until 15 March)
  • Casildo João Maldaner (from 15 March)
• São Paulo :
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Almino Afonso (from 15 March)
• Sergipe :
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (from 15 March)

Events

February

• 1 February : The National Constituent Assembly is installed by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, José Carlos Moreira Alves. ^[1]
• 25 February : The Central Bank of Brazil decides to intervene in banks in the states of Maranhão, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina. ^[2]

June

• 12 June : President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages. ^[3]

July

• July 26 : Around 70 people are killed, after a crash between two tourist buses and a Voyage car on BR-040, which connects Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais. ^[4]

August

• 1 August : Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic by the Workers' Party. ^[5]

September

• 13 September : A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning. ^{[6] [7]}

December

• 7 December : Brasília is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. ^[8]

Births

January

• January 10: César Cielo, swimmer ^[9]
• January 15: Jesus Luz, model and DJ

March

• March 20: Jô, footballer

April

• April 22: David Luiz, footballer

June

• June 6: Cássio, footballer
• June 25: Hugo Bonemer, actor

July

• July 23: Luis Gustavo, footballer

October

• October 11: Andressa Urach, model & reality television star

December

• December 13: Weverton, footballer
• December 31: Maiara & Maraisa, musical duo

Deaths

February

• February 2: Carlos Castilho, footballer (b. 1927)

August

• August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet and writer (b. 1902)

September

• September 18: Golbery do Couto e Silva, general and politician (b. 1911)

See also

• 1987 in Brazilian football
• 1987 in Brazilian television

References

1. Aberto o Congresso constituinte (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (2 de fevereiro de 1987).
2. BC intervém em 5 bancos estaduais (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (26 de fevereiro de 1987).
3. Sarney dá segundo choque; preços e salários congelados por 90 dias (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (13 de junho de 1987).
4. Choque entre ônibus mata 70 em Minas (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (27 de julho de 1987).
5. PT antecipa a corrida para suceder Sarney (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (2 de agosto de 1987).
6. The Radiological accident in Goiânia (PDF). Vienna: International Atomic Energy Agency. 1988. ISBN   92-0-129088-8.
7. Foderaro, Lisa (8 July 2010). "Columbia Scientists Prepare for a Threat: A Dirty Bomb". The New York Times .
8. Brasília vira patrimônio da humanidade (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (8 de dezembro de 1987).
9. "César Cielo Filho". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 9 April 2020.