1987 in Brazil
Events in the year 1987 in Brazil:
Incumbents
Federal government
President: José Sarney[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: ''Vacant''Governors
Acre:- *Iolanda Fleming
- *Flaviano Melo Alagoas:
- *José de Medeiros Tavares
- *Fernando Collor de Mello Amazonas:
- *Gilberto Mestrinho
- *Amazonino Mendes Bahia:
- *João Durval Carneiro
- *Waldir Pires Ceará:
- *Gonzaga Mota
- *Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo:
- *José Moraes
- * Max Freitas Mauro Goiás:
- *Onofre Quinan
- *Henrique Santillo Maranhão:
- *Luís Rocha
- *Epitácio Cafeteira Mato Grosso:
- *Wilmar Peres de Faria
- *Carlos Bezerra Mato Grosso do Sul:
- *Ramez Tebet
- *Marcelo Miranda Soares Minas Gerais:
- *Hélio Garcia
- *Newton Cardoso Pará:
- *Jader Barbalho
- *Hélio Gueiros Paraíba:
- *Milton Bezerra Cabral
- *Tarcísio Burity Paraná:
- *João Elísio Ferraz de Campos
- *Alvaro Dias Pernambuco:
- *Gustavo Krause
- *Miguel Arraes Piauí:
- *Bona Medeiros
- *Alberto Silva Rio de Janeiro:
- *Leonel Brizola then Moreira FrancoRio Grande do Norte:
- *Radir Pereira de Araujo
- * Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo Rio Grande do Sul:
- *Jair de Oliveira Soares
- *Pedro Simon Rondônia:
- *Ângelo Angelin
- *Jerônimo Garcia de Santana Santa Catarina:
- *Esperidião Amin
- * Pedro Ivo Campos São Paulo:
- *André Franco Montoro
- *Orestes Quércia Sergipe:
- *João Alves Filho
- *Antônio Carlos Valadares
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo Alagoas: Moacir Andrade Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota Bahia:- *Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
- *Nilo Moraes Coelho Ceará:
- *José Adauto Bezerra
- * Francisco Castelo de Castro Espírito Santo:
- *José Moraes
- *Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz Maranhão:
- *João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
- *João Alberto Souza Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira Mato Grosso do Sul:
- *Vacant
- *George Takimoto Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho Pará:
- *Laércio Dias Franco
- *Hermínio Calvinho Filho Paraíba:
- *Antônio da Costa Gomes
- *Vacant Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes Rio de Janeiro:
- *Darcy Ribeiro
- *Francisco Amaral Rio Grande do Norte:
- *Vacant
- *Garibaldi Alves Rio Grande do Sul:
- *Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
- *Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho Santa Catarina:
- *Victor Fontana
- *Casildo João Maldaner São Paulo:
- *Vacant
- *Almino Afonso Sergipe:
- *Antônio Carlos Valadares
- *Benedito de Figueiredo
Events
February
- 1 February: The National Constituent Assembly is installed by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, José Carlos Moreira Alves.
- 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.
June
- 12 June: President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages.
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.
August
- 1 August: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic by the Workers' Party.
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.
December
- 7 December: Brasília is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.
Births
January
- January 10: César Cielo, swimmer
- January 15: Jesus Luz, model and DJ
March
April
- April 22: David Luiz, footballer
June
- June 6: Cássio, footballer
- June 25: Hugo Bonemer, actor
July
- July 7: Alex Pereira, mixed martial artist
- July 23: Luiz Gustavo, footballer
October
- October 11: Andressa Urach, model & reality television star
December
- December 13: Weverton, footballer
- December 18: Deiveson Figueiredo, mixed martial artist
- December 31: Maiara & Maraisa, musical duo
Deaths
February
- February 2: Carlos Castilho, footballer
August
- August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet and writer
September
- September 18: Golbery do Couto e Silva, general and politician
December
- December 22: José do Patrocínio Oliveira, musician and voice actor