1994 in Brazil

Events in the year 1994 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President: Itamar Franco[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: ''vacant''

Acre: VacantAlagoas: Geraldo BulhõesAmapa: Annibal Barcellos Amazonas: Gilberto MestrinhoBahia:

Acre: VacantAlagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de MeloAmapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues Bahia:

*Paulo Souto
*Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo Ceará:
*Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara
*Vacant thereafter Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador Goiás:
*Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela
*Vacant thereafter Maranhão:
*José de Ribamar Fiquene
*Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto SobrinhoMato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto Pará:
*Carlos José Oliveira Santos
*Vacant thereafter Paraíba:
*Cícero Lucena Filho
*Vacant thereafter Paraná:
*Mario Pereira
*Vacant thereafter Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes Piauí:
*Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo
*Vacant thereafter Rio de Janeiro:
*Nilo Batista
*Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Norte:
*Vivaldo Costa
*Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho Rondônia: Assis Canuto Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias Santa Catarina:
*Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
*Vacant thereafter São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

7 January: Paulo César Farias, the treasurer of Fernando Collor de Mello's electoral campaign, is sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.

28 February: The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.

3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.

1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.

17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.

5 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.

3 October: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is elected Brazil's 34th president, defeating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's presidential election.

7 December: The trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello and the treasurer of the electoral campaign, Paulo César Farias, begins at the Supreme Federal Court.
12 December: The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.
13 December: The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation.

8 December: Tom Jobim, composer and singer
19 December: Pedro Collor de Mello, businessman and brother of former President Fernando Collor de Mello