1991 in Brazil
| 1991 in Brazil |
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| Year of Constitution: 1988 |
Events in the year 1991 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
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
References
- 1 2 Phillips, Tom (3 July 2011). "Itamar Franco obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ↑ "VALIM, Vanderley". Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (in Portuguese).
- ↑ The Business One Irwin International Almanac: Business and Investments. Business One Irwin. 1993. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-55623-877-2.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Collor revoga onze mil decretos antigos (página 4 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de janeiro de 1991).
- ↑ Collor regulamenta os 'Royalties' sobre energia (página 9 do caderno Economia), Folha de S.Paulo (12 de janeiro de 1991).
- ↑ Rock in Rio vaia Medina na abertura (página 1 do caderno Cidades), Folha de S.Paulo (19 de janeiro de 1991).
- ↑ Tratado de Assunção prevê mercado comum (página 11 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (27 de março de 1991).
- ↑ Cabo Bruno é preso em São Paulo (página 1 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (31 de maio de 1991).
- ↑ Mandela inicia hoje sua visita ao Brasil (página 6 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (1 de agosto de 1991).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ 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).
- ↑ Cláudio Tsuyoshi Suenaga. Caso Vilas-Boas, 50 anos depois, Ufo. Campo Grande: Mythos Editora, ano 24, nº 137, dez. 2007, p. 34-35.
- ↑ "João Chedid". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
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