1990 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President:
• *José Sarney
• *Fernando Collor de Mello
• Vice President:
• *Vacant
• *Itamar Franco

  Governors

• Acre: Édison Simão Cadaxo
• Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
• Amazonas:
• *Amazonino Mendes
• *Vivaldo Barroso Frota
• Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
• Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
• Goiás: Henrique Santillo
• Maranhão:
• *Epitácio Cafeteira
• *João Alberto de Souza
• Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
• Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
• Pará: Hélio Gueiros
• Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
• Paraná: Alvaro Dias
• Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• Piauí: Alberto Silva
• Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
• Rio 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 Valadares
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

  Vice governors

• Acre:
• *Edison Simão Cadaxo
• *Vacant thereafter
• Alagoas: vacant
• Amazonas:
• *Vivaldo Barros Frota
• *Vacant thereafter
• Bahia: Vacant
• Ceará: 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 Coutinho
• Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
• Paraíba: Vacant
• Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
• Pernambuco:
• *Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos
• *Vacant thereafter
• Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
• Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
• Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
• *Vacant thereafter
• Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
• Santa Catarina:
• *Casildo João Maldaner
• *Vacant thereafter
• São Paulo:
• *Almino Afonso
• *Vacant thereafter
• Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
• Tocantins: 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

  July

• July 3 - Lucas Mendes, footballer

  September

• September 14 - Douglas Costa, footballer

  Deaths

January

• January 24 - Araken Patusca, footballer

  March

• March 7 - Luís Carlos Prestes, politician

  May

• May 7 - Elizete Cardoso, singer and actress

  July

• July 7 - Cazuza, singer and songwriter,