1991 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

• *Édison Simão Cadaxo
• *Edmundo Pinto Alagoas:
• *Moacir Andrade
• *Geraldo Bulhões Amapa: Annibal Barcellos Amazonas:
• *Vivaldo Barroso Frota
• *Gilberto Mestrinho Bahia:
• *Nilo Moraes Coelho
• *Antônio Carlos Magalhães Ceará:
• *Tasso Jereissati
• *Ciro Gomes Espírito Santo:
• *Max Freitas Mauro
• *Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo Federal District: Wanderley VallimGoiás:
• *Henrique Santillo
• *Iris Rezende Maranhão:
• *João Alberto de Souza
• *Edison Lobão
• Mato Grosso:
• *Edison de Oliveira
• *Jayme Campos [List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]:
• *Marcelo Miranda Soares
• *Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais:
• *Newton Cardoso
• *Hélio Garcia Pará:
• *Hélio Gueiros
• *Jader Barbalho Paraíba:
• *Tarcísio Burity
• *Ronaldo Cunha Lima Paraná:
• *Alvaro Dias
• *Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva Pernambuco:
• *Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• *Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti Piauí:
• *Alberto Silva
• *Freitas Neto Rio de Janeiro:
• *Moreira Franco
• *Leonel Brizola Rio Grande do Norte:
• *Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
• *José Agripino Maia Rio Grande do Sul:
• *Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
• *Alceu de Deus Collares Rondônia:
• *Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
• *Oswaldo Piana Filho Roraima:
• *Rubens Vilar
• *Ottomar de Sousa Pinto Santa Catarina:
• *Casildo Maldaner
• *Vilson Kleinübing São Paulo:
• *Orestes Quércia
• *Luís Antônio Fleury Filho Sergipe:
• *Antônio Carlos Valadares
• *João Alves Filho Tocantins:
• *José Wilson Siqueira Campos
• *Moisés Nogueira Avelino

Vice governors

• *Francisco Castelo de Castro
• *Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara Espírito Santo:
• *Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
• *Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás:
• *Joaquim Domingos Roriz
• *Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho Mato Grosso do Sul:
• *George Takimoto
• *Ary Rigo Minas Gerais:
• *Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
• *Arlindo Porto Neto Pará:
• *Hermínio Calvinho Filho
• *Carlos José Oliveira Santos Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho Paraná:
• *Ary Veloso Queiroz
• *Mário Pereira Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí:
• *Lucídio Portela Nunes
• *Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo Rio de Janeiro:
• *Francisco de Assis Amaral
• *Nilo Batista Rio Grande do Norte:
• *Garibaldi Alves
• *Vivaldo Costa Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia:
• *Orestes Muniz Filho
• *Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo:
• *Vacant
• *Aloysio Nunes Sergipe:
• *Benedito de Figueiredo
• *José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins:
• *Darci Martins Coelho
• *Paulo Sidnei Antunes

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.
• 2 January: Creation of Pedra Azul State Park, in Espírito Santo.
• 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.
• 18 January: The second edition of the Rock in Rio music festival takes place at the Maracanã stadium.

March

• 26 March: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing the South Common Market.

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.
• 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.

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.

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
• 17 January: Antônio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction
• 31 January: Márcio Melo, politician

March

• 9 March: Ely do Amparo, footballer

July

• 31 July: João Chedid, Maronite bishop

December

• 4 December: Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist