1999 in Brazil


Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

Acre:

Vice governors

Acre:
  • *Labib Murad
  • *Edison Simão Cadaxo Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio Amapá:
  • *Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
  • *Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan Bahia:
  • *César Borges
  • *Otto Alencar Ceará:
  • *Moroni Bing Torgan
  • *Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara Espírito Santo
  • *José Renato Casagrande
  • *Celso José Vasconcelos Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares Mato Grosso:
  • *José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda
  • *José Rogério Sales Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • *Vacant
  • *Moacir Kohl Minas Gerais:
  • *Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto
  • *Newton Cardoso Pará:
  • *Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior
  • *Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco:
  • *Jorge José Gomes
  • *José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí:
  • *Osmar Antônio de Araújo
  • *Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior Rio de Janeiro:
  • *Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
  • *Benedita da Silva Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire Rio Grande do Sul:
  • *Vicente Joaquim Bogo
  • *Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto Rondônia:
  • *Aparício Carvalho de Moraes
  • *Miguel de Souza Roraima:
  • *Airton Antonio Soligo
  • *Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina:
  • *José Augusto Hülse
  • *Paulo Roberto Bauer São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe:
  • *José Carlos Machado
  • *Benedito de Figueiredo Tocantins:
  • *Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
  • *João Lisboa da Cruz

Events

January

January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil.January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

February

February 1: Antônio Carlos Magalhães and Michel Temer are re-elected, respectively, as presidents of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

March

March 11: A blackout affects the Federal District, as well as ten states in the South, Southeast, and Central-West regions.

May

May 10th: The television network Rede Manchete ceases broadcasting, due to a growing decrease in audience, excessive interest on the station's debt and that of the Bloch Group; management failures and salary arrears since the previous year. The network later becomes RedeTV!.

June

June 6: In São José dos Campos, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.

July

July 18: Brazil defeats Uruguay 3-0, earning their sixth Copa América championship.July 26 - Truckers go on a national strike for four days in a row. Drivers claimed toll tariff reduction, tax exemption and retirement regulation.

September

September 29: Francisco de Assis Pereira, "The Park Maniac", is sentenced to 121 years in prison for the death of ten women in the State Park, in São Paulo.

November

November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.

December

December 11: Unsuccessful launch of VLS-1 V02 occurs.

Births

January

March

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October

December

Deaths

March

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May

June

July

August

October

8 October:

November

December