1999 in Brazil
overview of Brazil-related events during the year of 1999
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!.
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