1994 in Brazil
| 1994 in Brazil |
|---|
| Flag |
 27 stars (1992–present) |
| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| History of Brazil (1985–present) |
| Year of Constitution: 1988 |
Events in the year 1994 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Itamar Franco[1]
- Vice President: vacant
Governors
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
- Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (until 31 December)
- Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
- Bahia: Antônio Carlos Magalhães then Ruy Trindade then Antônio Imbassahy
- Ceará:
- until 8 September: Ciro Gomes
- 8 September-9 October: Francisco de Barros
- starting 9 October: Francisco Aguiar
- Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
- Goiás: Iris Rezende (until 2 April); Agenor Rezende (from 2 April)
- Maranhão: Edison Lobão (until 2 April); José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 2 April)
- Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
- Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
- Pará: Jader Barbalho (until 2 April); Carlos Santos (from 2 April)
- Paraíba: Ronaldo Cunha Lima (until 2 April); Cícero de Lucena (from 2 April)
- Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva then Mario Pereira
- Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
- Piauí: Freitas Neto (until 2 April); Guilherme Melo (from 2 April)
- Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola then Nilo Batista
- Rio Grande do Norte: José Agripino Maia (until 2 April); Vivaldo Costa (from 2 April)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
- Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
- Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
- Santa Catarina: Vilson Kleinübing (until 6 April); Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 6 April)
- São Paulo: Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
- Sergipe: João Alves Filho
- Tocantins: Moisés Nogueira Avelino
Vice governors
- Acre: vacant
- Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
- Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
- Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
- Bahia: Paulo Souto (until 2 April); Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo (from 2 May)
- Ceará: Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (until 16 September); vacant thereafter (from 16 September)
- Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador
- Goiás: Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo
- Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto
- Pará: Carlos José Oliveira Santos (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Paraná: Mario Pereira (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
- Piauí: Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio de Janeiro: Nilo Batista (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio Grande do Norte: Vivaldo Costa (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
- Rondônia: Assis Canuto
- Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
- Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 2 April); vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
- São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes
- Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
- Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
January
- 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.[2]
March
- 3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.[3]
May
- 1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.[4]
July
- 1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.[5]
- 17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil would claim their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.[6]
August
- 5 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.
October
- 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
- 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.[8]
Births
- 31 March: Felipe Colares, mixed martial artist (d. 2023)
- 14 May: Marquinhos, professional footballer
Deaths
- 6 January – Cláudia Magno, actress and dancer (b. 1958)
- 18 April - Dener Augusto de Sousa, footballer (b. 1971)
- 1 May – Ayrton Senna, racing driver (b. 1960)
- 8 December - Tom Jobim, composer and singer (b.1927)
- 19 December - Pedro Collor de Mello, businessman and brother of former President Fernando Collor de Mello (b. 1952)
See also
References
- ^ "Itamar Franco | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ PC pega quatro anos por sonegação (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (8 de janeiro de 1994).
- ^ FHC assume candidatura ao Planalto (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de março de 1994).
- ^ Acidente mata Ayrton Senna (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (2 de maio de 1994).
- ^ Costas, Ruth (1 July 2014). "Brazil's currency marks 20 years". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- ^ "1994 FIFA World Cup Final Details". Planet World Cup. Archived from the original on June 22, 2004. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
- ^ FHC é presidente (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (4 de outubro de 1994).
- ^ STF começa hoje a julgar Collor e PC (página 6 do 1° caderno), Folha de S.Paulo (7 de dezembro de 1994).
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1994 in Brazil.
| Caribbean |  | |
|---|---|---|
| Central America | ||
| Middle America | ||
| South America | ||
Dependencies not included. Semi-autonomous territories are in italics. | ||