1990 in Brazil
Events in the year 1990 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President:- *José Sarney
- *Fernando Collor de Mello [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]:
- *Vacant
- *Itamar Franco
Governors
Acre: Édison Simão CadaxoAlagoas: Moacir AndradeAmazonas:- *Amazonino Mendes
- *Vivaldo Barroso Frota Bahia: Nilo Moraes CoelhoCeará: Tasso JereissatiEspírito Santo: Max Freitas MauroGoiás: Henrique SantilloMaranhão:
- *Epitácio Cafeteira
- *João Alberto de Souza Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Marcelo Miranda SoaresMinas Gerais: Newton CardosoPará: Hélio Gueiros Paraíba: Tarcísio BurityParaná: Alvaro Dias Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti Piauí: Alberto Silva Rio de Janeiro: Moreira FrancoRio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo Rio Grande do Sul:
- *Pedro Simon
- *Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana Roraima: Rubens Vilar Santa Catarina:
- *Pedro Ivo Campos
- *Casildo Maldaner São Paulo: Orestes Quércia Sergipe: Antônio Carlos ValadaresTocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos
Vice governors
Acre:- *Edison Simão Cadaxo
- *Vacant thereafter Alagoas: vacantAmazonas:
- *Vivaldo Barros Frota
- *Vacant thereafter Bahia: VacantCeará: Francisco Castelo de Castro Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz Maranhão:
- *João Alberto Souza
- *Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso:
- *Edison de Oliveira
- *Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo CoutinhoPará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho Paraíba: VacantParaná: Ary Veloso Queiroz Pernambuco:
- *Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos
- *Vacant thereafter Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes Rio de Janeiro: Francisco AmaralRio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Rio Grande do Sul:
- *Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
- *Vacant thereafter Rondônia: Orestes Muniz FilhoSanta Catarina:
- *Casildo João Maldaner
- *Vacant thereafter São Paulo:
- *Almino Afonso
- *Vacant thereafter Sergipe: Benedito de FigueiredoTocantins: Darci Martins Coelho
Events
March
- March 15: Fernando Collor de Mello is sworn in as the 32nd President of Brazil and becomes the youngest president in Brazilian history.
April
- April 3: The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.
July
- July 25: President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.
- July 26: Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.
November
- November 30: The country's first cell phone system is inaugurated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Ozires Silva, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.
December
- December 16: Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.
Births
March
- March 17 - Santos, footballer
April
- April 16 - Alexandre Pantoja, mixed martial artist