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
References
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