1997 in Brazil
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Events in the year 1997 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso^[1]
• Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

• Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli
• Alagoas:
  • Divaldo Suruagy (till 17 July)
  • Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (from 17 July)
• Amapa: João Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
• Bahia: Paulo Souto
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
• Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz
• Goiás: Maguito Vilela
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins
• Minas Gerais: Eduardo Brandão Azeredo
• Pará: Almir Gabriel
• Paraíba: José Maranhão
• Paraná: Jaime Lerner
• Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes
• Piauí: Mão Santa
• Rio de Janeiro: Marcello Alencar
• Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
• Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Britto
• Rondônia: Valdir Raupp de Mattos
• Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
• Santa Catarina: Paulo Afonso Vieira
• São Paulo: Mário Covas
• Sergipe: Albano Franco
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• Acre: Labib Murad
• Alagoas:
  • Manuel Gomes de Barros (until 17 July)
  • Vacant (starting 17 July)
• Amapá: Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar
• Amazonas:
  • Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento (until 17 July)
  • Vacant (starting 17 July)
• Bahia: César Borges
• Ceará: Moroni Bing Torgan
• Espírito Santo: José Renato Casagrande
• Goiás: Naphtali Alves de Souza
• Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
• Mato Grosso: José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
• Minas Gerais: Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto
• Pará: Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior
• Paraíba: Vacant
• Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
• Pernambuco: Jorge José Gomes
• Piauí: Osmar Antônio de Araújo
• Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
• Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
• Rio Grande do Sul: Vicente Joaquim Bogo
• Rondônia: Aparício Carvalho de Moraes
• Roraima: Airton Antonio Soligo
• Santa Catarina: José Augusto Hülse
• São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
• Sergipe: José Carlos Machado
• Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos

Events

January

• January 25: Guilherme de Pádua is sentenced to 19 years in prison for the 1992 murder of actress Daniella Perez.^[2]

March

• March 31: A Jornal Nacional report on TV Globo, shows images of military police officers from São Paulo caught attacking residents of Favela Naval, in Diadema, during a blitz they carried out there. Mario José Josino died from a gunshot to the back of the head.^[3]

April

• April 5: The program Planeta Xuxa premiers on TV Globo.^[4]
• April 20: Galdino Jesus dos Santos, a Pataxó native, is murdered by five students from Brasilia after celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day.^[5]

May

• May 6: The company Vale do Rio Doce is privatized and sold to Consórcio Brasil, led by CSN, for R$3.3 billion.^[6]

June

• June 29: Brazil defeats Bolivia 3-1, to win their fifth Copa America trophy.^[7]

October

• October 2: Pope John Paul II visits Rio de Janeiro to participate in the 2nd World Meeting with Families.^[8]

December

• December 21: Brazil defeats Australia 6-0 to win the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.^[9]

Births

February

• February 26: Malcom, professional footballer

March

• March 3: David Neres, professional footballer
• March 10: Gabi Nunes, professional footballer
• March 23: Thiago Maia, professional footballer

April

• April 3: Gabriel Jesus, professional footballer

May

• May 10: Richarlison, professional footballer

August

• August 9: Luisa Stefani, professional tennis player
• August 27: Lucas Paquetá, professional footballer

November

• November 16: Bruno Guimarães, professional footballer

December

• December 21: Pedro Sampaio, music and producer

Deaths

February

• February 2: Chico Science, singer and composer (b. 1966)
• February 17: Darcy Ribeiro, anthropologist and politician (b. 1922)

April

• April 11: Castor de Andrade, mobster (b. 1926)

May

• May 2: Paulo Freire, philosopher (b. 1921)

August

• August 9: Herbert de Souza, activist and sociologist (b. 1935)