1993 in Brazil
Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Itamar Franco[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: ''vacant''Governors
Acre: VacantAlagoas: Geraldo BulhõesAmapa: Annibal Barcellos Amazonas: Gilberto MestrinhoBahia: Antônio Carlos MagalhãesCeará: Ciro GomesEspírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo Goiás: Iris RezendeMaranhão: Edison Lobão Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Pedro Pedrossian Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia Pará: Jader Barbalho Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti Piauí: Freitas Neto Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus CollaresRondônia: Oswaldo Piana FilhoRoraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho Sergipe: João Alves Filho Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira AvelinoVice governors
Acre: VacantAlagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de MeloAmapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues Bahia: Paulo Souto Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto SobrinhoMato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho Paraná: Mário Pereira Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo Rio de Janeiro: Nilo BatistaRio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia: Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei AntunesEvents
February
- February 4: President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.
April
- April 21: Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, a presidential republic, unchanged.
May
- May 21: Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including Capitão Guimarães, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil, and Anísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.
July
- July 23: The Candelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.
August
- August 1: The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.
- August 29: Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the Vigário Geral favela.
October
- October 13-'19': American singer Michael Jackson is in São Paulo for his Dangerous World Tour; with two shows at the Morumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month.
December
- December 7: Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.
- December 17: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.
Births
January
January 4 - Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writerFebruary
February 12 - Rafinha, footballerMarch
March 5 - Fred, footballerMarch 24 - Gustavo Henrique, footballerMarch 30 - Anitta, singer and dancerApril
April 13 - Letícia Bufoni, street skateboarderApril 15 - Felipe Anderson, footballerApril 30 - Henry Zaga, actorJune
June 27:- * Adair Cardoso, singer and composer
- * Camila Queiroz, actress
August
August 17:- *Rodrigo Caio, footballer
- *Ederson, footballer