1987 in Brazil
Years 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
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Events in the year 1987 in Brazil:

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: José Sarney
• Vice President: Vacant

Governors

• Acre:
  • Iolanda Fleming (until 15 March)
  • Flaviano Melo (from 15 March)
• Alagoas:
  • José de Medeiros Tavares (until 15 March)
  • Fernando Collor de Mello (from 15 March)
• Amazonas:
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (until 15 March)
  • Amazonino Mendes (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • João Durval Carneiro (until 15 March)
  • Waldir Pires (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Gonzaga Mota (until 15 March)
  • Tasso Jereissati (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • José Moraes (until 15 March)
  • Max Freitas Mauro (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Onofre Quinan (until 15 March)
  • Henrique Santillo (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • Luís Rocha (until 15 March)
  • Epitácio Cafeteira (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 15 March)
  • Carlos Bezerra (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Ramez Tebet (until 15 March)
  • Marcelo Miranda Soares (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Hélio Garcia (until 15 March)
  • Newton Cardoso (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Jader Barbalho (until 15 March)
  • Hélio Gueiros (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Milton Bezerra Cabral (until 15 March)
  • Tarcísio Burity (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 15 March)
  • Alvaro Dias (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • Gustavo Krause (until 15 March)
  • Miguel Arraes (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Bona Medeiros (until 15 March)
  • Alberto Silva (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Leonel Brizola then Moreira Franco
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Radir Pereira de Araujo (until 15 March)
  • Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Jair de Oliveira Soares (until 15 March)
  • Pedro Simon (from 15 March)
• Rondônia:
  • Ângelo Angelin (until 15 March)
  • Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Esperidião Amin (until 15 March)
  • Pedro Ivo Campos (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • André Franco Montoro (until 15 March)
  • Orestes Quércia (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • João Alves Filho (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 15 March)
• Alagoas: Moacir Andrade (from 15 March)
• Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores (until 15 March)
  • Nilo Moraes Coelho (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • José Adauto Bezerra (until 15 March)
  • Francisco Castelo de Castro (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • José Moraes (until 15 March)
  • Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (from 15 March)
• Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves (until 15 March)
  • João Alberto Souza (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • George Takimoto (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Laércio Dias Franco (until 15 March)
  • Hermínio Calvinho Filho (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Antônio da Costa Gomes (until 15 March)
  • Vacant (from 15 March)
• Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos (from 15 March)
• Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Darcy Ribeiro (until 15 March)
  • Francisco Amaral (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Garibaldi Alves (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Cláudio Ênio Strassburger (until 15 March)
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from 15 March)
• Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Victor Fontana (until 15 March)
  • Casildo João Maldaner (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Almino Afonso (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (from 15 March)

Events

February

• 1 February: The National Constituent Assembly is installed by the President of the Supreme Federal Court, José Carlos Moreira Alves.^[1]
• 25 February: The Central Bank of Brazil decides to intervene in banks in the states of Maranhão, Ceará, Mato Grosso, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina.^[2]

June

• 12 June: President José Sarney announces the launch of the Bresser Plan, which freezes rents and wages.^[3]

July

• July 26: Around 70 people are killed, after a crash between two tourist buses and a Voyage car on BR-040, which connects Rio de Janeiro to Belo Horizonte in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais.^[4]

August

• 1 August: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is chosen as a candidate for the presidency of the Republic by the Workers' Party.^[5]

September

• 13 September: A radioactive object is stolen from an abandoned hospital in Goiânia, Brazil, contaminating many people in the following weeks and causing some to die from radiation poisoning.^[6][7]

December

• 7 December: Brasília is declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO.^[8]

Births

January

• January 10: César Cielo, swimmer^[9]
• January 15: Jesus Luz, model and DJ

March

• March 20: Jô, footballer

April

• April 22: David Luiz, footballer

June

• June 6: Cássio, footballer
• June 25: Hugo Bonemer, actor

July

• July 23: Luis Gustavo, footballer

October

• October 11: Andressa Urach, model & reality television star

December

• December 13: Weverton, footballer
• December 31: Maiara & Maraisa, musical duo

Deaths

February

• February 2: Carlos Castilho, footballer (b. 1927)

August

• August 17: Carlos Drummond de Andrade, poet and writer (b. 1902)

September

• September 18: Golbery do Couto e Silva, general and politician (b. 1911)