1998 in Brazil
Events in the year 1998 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso[Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]: Marco MacielGovernors
Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli Alagoas: Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) Amapa: João CapiberibeAmazonas: Amazonino MendesBahia: Paulo Souto Ceará: Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz Goiás:- * Maguito Vilela
- * Naphtali Alves
- * Helenês Cândido Maranhão: Roseana SarneyMato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: Wilson Barbosa MartinsMinas Gerais: Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Pará: Almir Gabriel Paraíba: José Maranhão Paraná: Jaime Lerner Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes Piauí: Mão SantaRio de Janeiro: Marcello AlencarRio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Britto Rondônia: Valdir Raupp de Mattos Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos Santa Catarina: Paulo Afonso Vieira São Paulo: Mário Covas Sergipe: Albano Franco Tocantins:
- *José Wilson Siqueira Campos
- *Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
Vice governors
Acre: Labib Murad Alagoas: VacantAmapá: Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar Amazonas: VacantBahia: César Borges Ceará: Moroni Bing Torgan Espírito Santo: José Renato Casagrande Goiás:- *Naphtali Alves de Souza
- *Vacant thereafter Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares Mato Grosso: José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda Mato Grosso do Sul: VacantMinas Gerais: Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto Pará: Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior Paraíba: VacantParaná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco: Jorge José Gomes Piauí: Osmar Antônio de Araújo Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Correa da RochaRio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire Rio Grande do Sul: Vicente Joaquim Bogo Rondônia: Aparício Carvalho de Moraes Roraima: Airton Antonio Soligo Santa Catarina: José Augusto Hülse São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: José Carlos Machado Tocantins:
- *Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
- *Vacant thereafter
Events
January
- January 5: João Acácio Pereira da Costa, known as the Red Light Bandit, is killed with a shotgun blast in Joinville, Santa Catarina.
- January 22: The new Brazilian Traffic Code comes into force, stating that ''"safe traffic is a right to all and a duty of the bodies and entities of the National Transit System."''
February
February 22: A part of the Condominium Palace II collapses in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro; destroying 44 apartments and leaving eight buried.March
March 24: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signs the Pelé Law with 17 vetoes. This forces professional sports clubs to observe business law and pay tax within two years.April
April 18: Music Online Records, music portal is launched.August
August 4: Francisco de Assis Pereira, accused of killing at least eight women at the State Park in São Paulo; is arrested in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul.August 12: The Superior Electoral Court unanimously rejects the request to register the candidacy of ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello for the presidency of the Republic in the 1998 presidential election.August 25: Former military police officer Marcos Aurélio Dias de Alcântara is sentenced to 204 years in prison by the justice of Rio de Janeiro for having participated in the 1993 Massacre at Candelária.October
October 4: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is re-elected president of Brazil in the first round. This is the first time an incumbent president is re-elected in the country's history. October 25: The second round of elections for governor takes place in several states of Brazil.November
November 28: Ten former military police officers, accused of participating in the 1993 Vigário Geral massacre, are acquitted by the Rio de Janeiro court.December
December 16: Wellington Camargo, brother of Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, is kidnapped in Goiânia.Births
January
- January 13 - Isabela Souza, actress
- January 18 - Éder Militão, footballer
April
- April 8 - Renan Lodi, footballer
May
- May 9 - Douglas Luiz, footballer
- May 20 - Alanis Guillen, actress
July
- July 3 - Pedro Piquet, racing driver
- July 28 - Sasha Meneghel, model
December
- December 16 - Clara Moneke, actress and model
Deaths
March
- March 15 - Tim Maia, singer
April
- April 18 - Nelson Gonçalves, singer
June
- June 13 - Lúcio Costa, architect
July
- July 26 - Aymoré Moreira, footballer and coach