1994 in Brazil

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 (until 2 April)
  • Ruy Trindade (2 April-2 May)
  • Antônio Imbassahy (from 2 May)
• Ceará:
  • Ciro Gomes (until 8 September)
  • Francisco de Barros (8 September-9 October)
  • Francisco Aguiar (from 9 October)
• 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 (until 2 April)
  • Mário Pereira (from 2 April)
• Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• Piauí:
  • Freitas Neto (until 2 April)
  • Guilherme Melo (from 2 April)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Leonel Brizola (until 2 April)
  • Nilo Batista (from 2 April)
• 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]

February

• 28 February: The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.^[3]

March

• 3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.^[4]

May

• 1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.^[5]

July

• 1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.^[6]
• 17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.^[7]

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.^[8]

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.^[9]
• 12 December: The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.^[10][11]
• 13 December: The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation. ^[12]

Births

• 31 March: Felipe Colares, mixed martial artist (d. 2023)
• 14 May: Marquinhos, professional footballer

Deaths

January

• 6 January: Cláudia Magno, actress and dancer (b. 1958)

April

• 18 April: Dener Augusto de Sousa, footballer (b. 1971)

May

• 1 May: Ayrton Senna, racing driver (b. 1960)

July

• 10 July: Lélia Gonzalez, anthropologist and human rights activist (b. 1935)
• 29 July: Mussum, actor and musician (b. 1941)

December

• 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

• 1994 in Brazilian football
• 1994 in Brazilian television