1998 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 1998 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso^[1]
• Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

• • • Acre: Orleir Messias Cameli Alagoas: Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) Amapa: João Capiberibe
• Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
  • • • Bahia: Paulo Souto Ceará: Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo: Vitor Buaiz Goiás:
  • Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
  • Naphtali Alves (2 April-24 November)
  • Helenês Cândido (from 24 November)
• Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
• Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Wilson Barbosa Martins
  • • • • • Minas Gerais: Eduardo Brandão Azeredo Pará: Almir Gabriel Paraíba: José Maranhão Paraná: Jaime Lerner Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes Piauí: Mão Santa
• Rio de Janeiro: Marcello Alencar
  • • • • • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Britto Rondônia: Valdir Raupp de Mattos Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos Santa Catarina: Paulo Afonso Vieira São Paulo: Mário Covas Sergipe: Albano Franco Tocantins:
  • José Wilson Siqueira Campos (until 3 April)
  • Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (from 3 April)

Vice governors

• • Acre: Labib Murad Alagoas: Vacant
  • Amapá: Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar Amazonas: Vacant
  • Bahia: César Borges Ceará: Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
  • Espírito Santo: José Renato Casagrande Goiás:
  • Naphtali Alves de Souza (until 3 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (starting 3 April)
    • Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares Mato Grosso: José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda Mato Grosso do Sul: Vacant
    • Minas Gerais: Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto Pará: Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior Paraíba: Vacant
      • Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco: Jorge José Gomes Piauí: Osmar Antônio de Araújo Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha
        • • • • Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire Rio Grande do Sul: Vicente Joaquim Bogo Rondônia: Aparício Carvalho de Moraes Roraima: Airton Antonio Soligo Santa Catarina: José Augusto Hülse São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: José Carlos Machado Tocantins:
  • Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 4 April)
  • Vacant thereafter (starting 4 April)

Events

January

• January 5

João Acácio Pereira da Costa, known as the Red Light Bandit, is killed with a shotgun blast in Joinville, Santa Catarina.^[2]

• January 22

The new Brazilian Traffic Code comes into force, stating that "safe traffic is a right to all and a duty of the bodies and entities of the National Transit System."^[3]

February

• February 22: A part of the Condominium Palace II collapses in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro; destroying 44 apartments and leaving eight buried.^[4]

March

• March 24: President Fernando Henrique Cardoso signs the Pelé Law with 17 vetoes. This forces professional sports clubs to observe business law and pay tax within two years.^{[5] [6]}

April

• April 18: Music Online Records, music portal is launched.^[7]

August

• August 4: Francisco de Assis Pereira, accused of killing at least eight women at the State Park in São Paulo; is arrested in Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul.^[8]
• August 12: The Superior Electoral Court unanimously rejects the request to register the candidacy of ex-president Fernando Collor de Mello for the presidency of the Republic in the 1998 presidential election.^[9]
• August 25: Former military police officer Marcos Aurélio Dias de Alcântara is sentenced to 204 years in prison by the justice of Rio de Janeiro for having participated in the 1993 Massacre at Candelária.^[10]

October

• October 4: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is re-elected president of Brazil in the first round. This is the first time an incumbent president is re-elected in the country's history. ^[11]
• October 25: The second round of elections for governor takes place in several states of Brazil.

November

• November 28: Ten former military police officers, accused of participating in the 1993 Vigário Geral massacre, are acquitted by the Rio de Janeiro court.^[12]

December

• December 16: Wellington Camargo, brother of Zezé Di Camargo & Luciano, is kidnapped in Goiânia.

Births

January

• January 13  - Isabela Souza, actress^[13]
• January 18  - Éder Militão, footballer

April

• April 8  - Renan Lodi, footballer

May

• May 9  - Douglas Luiz, footballer
• May 20  - Alanis Guillen, actress

July

• July 3  - Pedro Piquet, racing driver
• July 28  - Sasha Meneghel, model

December

• December 16  - Clara Moneke, actress and model

Deaths

March

• March 15  - Tim Maia, singer (b. 1942)

April

• April 18  - Nelson Gonçalves, singer (b. 1919)

June

• June 13  - Lúcio Costa, architect (b. 1902)

July

• July 26  - Aymoré Moreira, footballer and coach (b. 1912)

See also

• 1998 in Brazilian football
• 1998 in Brazilian television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fernando Henrique Cardoso Biography & Facts . Encyclopedia Britannica . 23 June 2020 . en.
2. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/01/06/264/ "Luz Vermelha é morto com um tiro na cabeça"
3. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/01/22/264/ "Apesar de trapalhadas, código estréia hoje"
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/02/23/2/ "Cai prédio de 22 andares no Rio"
5. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/03/25/264/ "FHC sanciona Lei Pelé com 17 vetos"
6. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=0qX8s2k1IRwC&dat=19980325&printsec=frontpage&hl=pt-BR "Presidente assina Lei Pelé"
7. Folha de S.Paulo."Portais abrem espaço para música brasileira.", Folha de S.Paulo, São Paulo, 20 October 2004. Retrieved on 26 July 2012.
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/08/05/2/ "Preso no RS o suposto maníaco do parque"
9. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/08/13/2/ "TSE exclui Collor da eleição à Presidência"
10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/08/25/2/ "Justiça condena ex-PM a 204 anos por chacina da Candelária"
11. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/10/05/2/ "FHC é o primeiro presidente a se reeleger na história do país"
12. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/1998/11/29/2/ "Absolvidos policiais no caso Vigário Geral"
13. Web site: Actriz Isabela Isabela Souza de Bia: "Trabajar en Disney es un sueño". 21 June 2019.