1999 in Brazil
# 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.
* January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

### 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.
* 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.
* March 22: The newspaper Agora São Paulo is launched to replace Folha da Tarde.

### 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.

### July

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

### 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.

### November

* November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.

### December

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

## Births

### January

* 14 January: Emerson Royal, footballer

### March

* 27 May: Matheus Cunha, footballer

### August

* 13 August: Giulia Be, singer
* 15 August: Paola Reis, BMX rider

### October

* 8 October: Camila Rossi, rhythmic gymnast

### December

* 28 December: Ary Borges, footballer

## 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)

### 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)
