1991 in Brazil
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Year of Constitution: 1988

Events in the year 1991 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Collor de Mello^[1]
• Vice President: Itamar Franco^[1]

Governors

• Acre:
  • Édison Simão Cadaxo (until 15 March)
  • Edmundo Pinto (from 15 March)
• Alagoas:
  • Moacir Andrade (until 15 March)
  • Geraldo Bulhões (from 15 March)
• Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (from 1 January)
• Amazonas:
  • Vivaldo Barroso Frota (until 15 March)
  • Gilberto Mestrinho (from 15 March)
• Bahia:
  • Nilo Moraes Coelho (until 15 March)
  • Antônio Carlos Magalhães (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Tasso Jereissati (until 15 March)
  • Ciro Gomes (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Max Freitas Mauro (until 15 March)
  • Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo (from 15 March)
• Federal District: Wanderley Vallim^[2]
• Goiás:
  • Henrique Santillo (until 15 March)
  • Iris Rezende (from 15 March)
• Maranhão:
  • João Alberto de Souza (until 15 March)
  • Edison Lobão (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso:
  • Edison de Oliveira (until 15 March)
  • Jayme Campos (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Marcelo Miranda Soares (until 1 March)
  • Pedro Pedrossian (from 1 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Newton Cardoso (until 15 March)
  • Hélio Garcia (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Hélio Gueiros (until 15 March)
  • Jader Barbalho (from 15 March)
• Paraíba:
  • Tarcísio Burity (until 15 March)
  • Ronaldo Cunha Lima (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • Alvaro Dias (until 15 March)
  • Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco:
  • Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (until 15 March)
  • Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Alberto Silva (until 15 March)
  • Freitas Neto (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Moreira Franco (until 15 March)
  • Leonel Brizola (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo (until 15 March)
  • José Agripino Maia (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 15 March)
  • Alceu de Deus Collares (from 15 March)
• Rondônia:
  • Jerônimo Garcia de Santana (until 15 March)
  • Oswaldo Piana Filho (from 15 March)
• Roraima:
  • Rubens Vilar (until 15 March)
  • Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (from 15 March)
• Santa Catarina:
  • Casildo Maldaner (until 15 March)
  • Vilson Kleinübing (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • Orestes Quércia (until 15 March)
  • Luís Antônio Fleury Filho (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Antônio Carlos Valadares (until 15 March)
  • João Alves Filho (from 15 March)
• Tocantins:
  • José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 15 March)
  • Moisés Nogueira Avelino (from 15 March)

Vice governors

• Acre: Romildo Magalhães da Silva (from 15 March)
• Alagoas: Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo (from 15 March)
• Amapá: Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges (from 1 January)
• Amazonas: Francisco Garcia Rodrigues (from 15 March)
• Bahia: Paulo Souto (from 15 March)
• Ceará:
  • Francisco Castelo de Castro (until 15 March)
  • Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (from 15 March)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha (until 15 March)
  • Adelson Antônio Salvador (from 15 March)
• Goiás:
  • Joaquim Domingos Roriz (until 15 March)
  • Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (from 15 March)
• Maranhão: José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho (from 15 March)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • George Takimoto (until 14 March)
  • Ary Rigo (from 15 March)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho (until 31 January)
  • Arlindo Porto Neto (from 15 March)
• Pará:
  • Hermínio Calvinho Filho (until 15 March)
  • Carlos José Oliveira Santos (from 15 March)
• Paraíba: Cícero Lucena Filho (from 15 March)
• Paraná:
  • Ary Veloso Queiroz (until 15 March)
  • Mário Pereira (from 15 March)
• Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes (from 15 March)
• Piauí:
  • Lucídio Portela Nunes (until 15 March)
  • Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (from 15 March)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Francisco de Assis Amaral (until 15 March)
  • Nilo Batista (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Garibaldi Alves (until 15 March)
  • Vivaldo Costa (from 15 March)
• Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho (from 15 March)
• Rondônia:
  • Orestes Muniz Filho (until 15 March)
  • Assis Canuto (from 15 March)
• Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias (from 1 January)
• Santa Catarina: Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 15 March)
• São Paulo:
  • Vacant (until 15 March)
  • Aloysio Nunes (from 15 March)
• Sergipe:
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (until 15 March)
  • José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira (from 15 March)
• Tocantins:
  • Darci Martins Coelho (until 15 March)
  • Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 15 March)

Events

January

• 1 January: Amapá, a former territory, becomes Brazil's 26th state. It was the most recent state to be established in the country.^[3]
• 2 January: Creation of Pedra Azul State Park, in Espirito Santo.
• 11 January: President Fernando Collor de Mello signs Decree No. 1, also known as the Royalties Law, which regulates the payment of royalties to municipalities producing ore and electricity.^[4][5]
• 18 January: The second edition of the Rock in Rio music festival takes place at the Maracanã stadium.^[6]

March

• 26 March: Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay sign the Treaty of Asunción, establishing the South Common Market (Mercosur is its acronym in Spanish).^[7]

May

• 30 May: Florisvaldo de Oliveira, also known as "Cabo Bruno"; accused of over 50 murders, is arrested in Santo Amaro , in the state of São Paulo.^[8]
• 31 May: Chiara Lubich, founder of the Focolare Movement, visits Brazil and proposes the idea of an Economy of Communion.

August

• 1-6 August: South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela makes a six-day visit to Brazil, arriving in Rio de Janeiro.^[9]

September

• 30 September: A tornado destroys parts of Itu, a city in southeastern Brazil, killing 16 and leaving 176 injured.

October

• 12-21 October: Pope John Paul II makes a ten-day visit to Brazil.^[10][11]

Births

January

• 8 January: Allan, footballer
• 17 January: Tiquinho Soares, footballer
• 26 January: Alex Sandro, footballer

March

• 13 March: Luan Santana, singer

April

• 4 April: Lucas Lucco, singer, songwriter and actor
• 9 April: Sancler Frantz, model and journalist

June

• 21 June: Bruno Aquino, footballer
• 26 June: Jesuíta Barbosa, actor

August

• 28 August: Humberto Carrão, actor

September

• 3 September: Maurício Destri, actor
• 9 September: Oscar, footballer
• 16 September: Marlon Teixeira, model

October

• 2 October: Roberto Firmino, footballer

November

• 6 November: Camila Finn, model

Deaths

January

• 7 January: José Guilherme Merquior, diplomat and philosopher (born 1941)
• 17 January: Antônio Villas Boas, farmer who claimed alien abduction (born 1934)^[12]
• 31 January: Márcio Melo, politician (born 1906)

March

• 9 March: Ely do Amparo, footballer (born 1921)

July

• 31 July: João Chedid, Maronite bishop (born 1914)^[13]

December

• 4 December: Moysés Baumstein, holographer and artist (born 1931)