1999 in Brazil

Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
• Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

• Acre:
  • Orleir Messias Cameli (until 1 January)
  • Jorge Viana (from 1 January)
• Alagoas:
  • Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (until 1 January)
  • Ronaldo Lessa (from 1 January)
• Amapa: João Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
• Bahia:
  • Paulo Souto (until 1 January)
  • César Borges (from 1 January)
• Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
• Espírito Santo:
  • Vitor Buaiz (until 1 January)
  • José Ignácio Ferreira (from 1 January)
• Goiás:
  • Helenês Cândido (until 1 January)
  • Marconi Perillo (from 1 January)
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos (from 1 January)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Eduardo Brandão Azeredo (until 1 January)
  • Itamar Franco (from 1 January)
• Pará: Almir Gabriel
• Paraíba: José Maranhão
• Paraná: Jaime Lerner
• Pernambuco:
  • Miguel Arraes (until 1 January)
  • Jarbas Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
• Piauí: Mão Santa
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Marcello Alencar (until 1 January)
  • Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Antônio Britto (until 1 January)
  • Olívio Dutra (from 1 January)
• Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
• Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
• Santa Catarina:
  • Paulo Afonso Vieira (until 1 January)
  • Esperidião Amin (from 1 January)
• São Paulo: Mário Covas
• Sergipe: Albano Franco
• Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • Labib Murad (until 1 January)
  • Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 1 January)
• Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (from 1 January)
• Amapá:
  • Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar (until 1 January)
  • Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (from 1 January)
• Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (from 1 January)
• Bahia:
  • César Borges (until 1 January)
  • Otto Alencar (from 1 January)
• Ceará:
  • Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
  • Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara (from 1 January)
• Espírito Santo
  • José Renato Casagrande (until 1 January)
  • Celso José Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
• Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho (from 1 January)
• Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
• Mato Grosso:
  • José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda (until 1 January)
  • José Rogério Sales (from 1 January)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Vacant (until 1 January)
  • Moacir Kohl (from 1 January)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto (until 1 January)
  • Newton Cardoso (from 1 January)
• Pará:
  • Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior (until 1 January)
  • Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (from 1 January)
• Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
• Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
• Pernambuco:
  • Jorge José Gomes (until 1 January)
  • José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (from 1 January)
• Piauí:
  • Osmar Antônio de Araújo (until 1 January)
  • Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha (until 1 January)
  • Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Vicente Joaquim Bogo (until 1 January)
  • Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (from 1 January)
• Rondônia:
  • Aparício Carvalho de Moraes (until 1 January)
  • Miguel de Souza (from 1 January)
• Roraima:
  • Airton Antonio Soligo (until 1 January)
  • Francisco Flamarion Portela (from 1 January)
• Santa Catarina:
  • José Augusto Hülse (until 1 January)
  • Paulo Roberto Bauer (from 1 January)
• São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
• Sergipe:
  • José Carlos Machado (until 1 January)
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (from 1 January)
• Tocantins:
  • Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January)
  • João Lisboa da Cruz (from 1 January)

Events

January

• January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil.^[1]
• January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.^[2]

February

• February 1: Antônio Carlos Magalhães (PFL/BA) and Michel Temer (PMDB/SP) are re-elected, respectively, as presidents of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

March

• March 11: A blackout affects the Federal District, as well as ten states in the South, Southeast, and Central-West regions.^[3]
• March 21: After 94 days, the kidnapping of Wellington Camargo (brother of the country duo Zezé di Camargo & Luciano) ends. Camargo was found in a bush on the side of a road in Guapó and the kidnappers were arrested.^[4]
• March 22: The newspaper Agora São Paulo is launched to replace Folha da Tarde.^[5]

May

• May 10th: The television network Rede Manchete ceases broadcasting, due to a growing decrease in audience, excessive interest on the station's debt and that of the Bloch Group; management failures and salary arrears since the previous year. The network later becomes RedeTV!.

June

• June 6: In São José dos Campos, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.^[6]

July

• July 18: Brazil defeats Uruguay 3-0, earning their sixth Copa América championship.^[7]
• July 26 - Truckers go on a national strike for four days in a row. Drivers claimed toll tariff reduction, tax exemption and retirement regulation.^[8]

September

• September 29: Francisco de Assis Pereira, "The Park Maniac", is sentenced to 121 years in prison for the death of ten women in the State Park, in São Paulo.^[9]

November

• November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.^[10][11]

December

• December 11: Unsuccessful launch of VLS-1 V02 occurs.

Births

January

• 14 January: Emerson Royal, footballer^[12]

March

• 27 May: Matheus Cunha, footballer

August

• 13 August: Giulia Be, singer
• 15 August: Paola Reis, BMX rider^[13]

October

• 8 October: Camila Rossi, rhythmic gymnast^[14]

December

• 28 December: Ary Borges, footballer^[15]

Deaths

March

• 7 March: Antônio Houaiss, writer and lexicographer (born 1915)
• 12 March: Bidu Sayão, opera singer (born 1902)
• 24 March: Ladjane Bandeira, journalist and artist (born 1927)^[16]

April

• 1 April: Marcos Rey, writer (born 1925)

May

• 18 May: Dias Gomes, dramatist (born 1922)
• 22 May: Milton Banana, bossa nova and jazz drummer (born 1935)
• 29 May: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete (born 1954)

June

• 12 June: Carlos Kroeber, actor (born 1934)
• 19 June: Heloísa Helena, actress (born 1917)

July

• 16 July: Franco Montoro, politician (born 1916)

August

• 27 August: Hélder Câmara, Catholic archbishop (born 1909)

October

• 8 October:
  • Manfredo Fest, bossa nova and jazz pianist (born 1936)
  • Zezé Macedo, comedian and actress (born 1916)
• 30 October: Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist and student of Carl Jung (born 1905)

November

• 19 November: Plínio Marcos, writer and actor (born 1935)
• 22 November: Flávio Costa, football player and coach (born 1906)

December

• 3 December: Edmond Safra, Lebanese-born banker (born 1932)
• 8 December: Toninho, footballer (born 1948)
• 24 December: João Figueiredo, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
• 29 December: José Cláudio dos Reis, sports administrator (born 1939)

See also

• 1999 in Brazilian football
• 1999 in Brazilian television