1986 in Brazil
Years 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
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Year of Constitution: 1967

Events in the year 1986 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: José Sarney
• Vice President: Vacant

Governors

• Acre:
  • Nabor Júnior (until 15 March)
  • Iolanda Fleming (from 15 March)
• Alagoas:
  • Divaldo Suruagy (till 14 May)
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (from 14 May)
• Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia: João Durval Carneiro
• Ceará: Gonzaga Mota
• Espírito Santo:
  • Gerson Camata (until 14 May)
  • José Moraes (from 14 May)
• Goiás:
  • Iris Rezende (till 13 February)
  • Onofre Quinan (from 13 February)
• Maranhão: Luís Rocha
• Mato Grosso:
  • Julio Campos (until 15 May)
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 May)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Wilson Barbosa Martins (until 14 March)
  • Ramez Tebet (from 14 March)
• Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
• Pará: Jader Barbalho
• Paraíba:
  • Wilson Braga (until 14 May)
  • Rivando Cavalcanti (15 May-14 June)
  • Milton Bezerra Cabral (from 15 June)
• Paraná:
  • José Richa (until 9 May)
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 9 May)
• Pernambuco:
  • Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
  • Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
• Piauí:
  • Hugo Napoleão (until 14 May)
  • Bona Medeiros (from 14 May)
• Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • José Agripino Maia (until 15 May)
  • Radir Pereira de Araujo (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
• Rondônia: Ângelo Angelin
• Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
• São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
• Sergipe: João Alves Filho

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Alagoas:
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Amazonas:
  • Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
• Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
• Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
• Espírito Santo:
  • José Moraes (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Goiás:
  • Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
• Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
• Mato Grosso:
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Minas Gerais: Vacant
• Pará: Laércio Dias Franco
• Paraíba:
  • José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Paraná:
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Pernambuco:
  • Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Piauí:
  • José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
  • Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
• Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
• Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana
• São Paulo:
  • Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
  • Vacant (from 30 March)
• Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

Events

January

• January 16: Octávio Pinto Guimarães is elected president of the CBF, after being supported and financed by mobster Castor de Andrade.^[1]

February

• February 28: The Cruzado Plan, an economic plan that establishes a price freeze, is launched. The Brazilian currency is now called the Cruzado, which is equivalent to one thousand Cruzeiros.^[2][3]

March

• March 28: The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.^[4]

April

• April 16: The National Congress of Brazil approves the Cruzado Plan, also known as the Economic Stabilization Plan.^[5]

June

• June 30: Xou da Xuxa begins on TV Globo.

July

• July 29: Brazilian President José Sarney and Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).^[6]

October

• October 31: The Volkswagen Beetle ceased to be produced after 30 years of commercialization and 23 years of leadership in the Brazilian market; where 3 million and 300 thousand units were commercialized.^[7]

November

• November 15: General elections are held for governors, senators, federal and state deputies.^[8]
• November 30: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hits the municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte.^[9]

Births

February

• February 19: Marta, footballer

April

• April 1: Hugo Pessanha, judoka
• April 29: Monique Alfradique, actress

June

• June 15: Cezar Bononi, professional wrestler

July

• July 25: Hulk, footballer

August

• August 10: Jucemar Gaucho, footballer^[10]
• August 21: Caio Narcio, politician and social scientist (died 2020)^[11]
• August 24: Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-born Italian footballer

Deaths

• February 19: Francisco Mignone, classical music composer (b. 1897)