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1993 inBrazil
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Year of Constitution:1988

Events in the year1993 inBrazil.

• President:Itamar Franco^[1]
• Vice President:vacant

• Acre:Vacant
• Alagoas:Geraldo Bulhões
• Amapa:Annibal Barcellos
• Amazonas:Gilberto Mestrinho
• Bahia:Antônio Carlos Magalhães
• Ceará:Ciro Gomes
• Espírito Santo:Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
• Goiás:Iris Rezende
• Maranhão:Edison Lobão
• Mato Grosso:Jaime Campos
• Mato Grosso do Sul:Pedro Pedrossian
• Minas Gerais:Hélio Garcia
• Pará:Jader Barbalho
• Paraíba:Ronaldo Cunha Lima
• Paraná:Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
• Pernambuco:Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
• Piauí:Freitas Neto
• Rio de Janeiro:Leonel Brizola
• Rio Grande do Norte:José Agripino Maia
• Rio Grande do Sul:Alceu de Deus Collares
• Rondônia:Oswaldo Piana Filho
• Roraima:Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
• Santa Catarina:Vilson Kleinübing
• São Paulo:Luís Antônio Fleury Filho
• Sergipe:João Alves Filho
• Tocantins:Moisés Nogueira Avelino

• Acre:Vacant
• Alagoas:Francisco Roberto Holanda de Melo
• Amapá:Ronaldo Pinheiro Borges
• Amazonas:Francisco Garcia Rodrigues
• Bahia:Paulo Souto
• Ceará:Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara
• Espírito Santo:Adelson Antônio Salvador
• Goiás:Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela
• Maranhão:José de Ribamar Fiquene
• Mato Grosso:Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
• Mato Grosso do Sul:Ary Rigo
• Minas Gerais:Arlindo Porto Neto
• Pará:Carlos José Oliveira Santos
• Paraíba:Cícero Lucena Filho
• Paraná:Mário Pereira
• Pernambuco:Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
• Piauí:Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo
• Rio de Janeiro:Nilo Batista
• Rio Grande do Norte:Vivaldo Costa
• Rio Grande do Sul:João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
• Rondônia:Assis Canuto
• Roraima:Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
• Santa Catarina:Antônio Carlos Konder Reis
• São Paulo:Aloysio Nunes
• Sergipe:José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
• Tocantins:Paulo Sidnei Antunes

• February 4: PresidentItamar Franco signs a law that regulates theplebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.^[2]

• April 21: Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds aconstitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between arepublican ormonarchic government, and between apresidential orparliamentary regime. The result was 86.6% of votes in favour of a republic and 69.2% in favour of presidentialism, leaving the country's form of government, apresidential republic, unchanged.^[3]

• May 21: JudgeDenise Frossard sentencesCastor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; includingCapitão Guimarães,Luizinho Drummond,Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka Turcão), andAnísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.^[4]

• July 23: TheCandelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.^[5]

• August 1: Thecruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing thecruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.^[6]
• August 29:Military police in Rio de Janeiromurder twenty-one residents of theVigário Geral favela.^[7]

• October 13-19: American singerMichael Jackson is in São Paulo for hisDangerous World Tour; with two shows at theMorumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month.^{[8][9][10][11]}

• December 7:Minister of FinanceFernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.^[12]
• December 17: Brazil'sSupreme Federal Court rules that former PresidentFernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.^[13]

• January 4 –Manu Gavassi, singer, songwriter, actress, directress and writer

• February 12 –Rafinha, footballer

• March 5 –Fred, footballer
• March 24 –Gustavo Henrique, footballer
• March 30 –Anitta, singer and dancer^[14]

• April 13 –Letícia Bufoni, street skateboarder
• April 15 –Felipe Anderson, footballer
• April 30 –Henry Zaga, actor

• June 27:
  • Adair Cardoso, singer and composer
  • Camila Queiroz, actress

• August 17:
  • Rodrigo Caio, footballer
  • Ederson, footballer

• October 23 –Fabinho, footballer

• November 14 –Tabata Amaral, political scientist, education activist and politician

• December 16 –Thiago Braz da Silva, Olympic athlete
• December 22 –Gabriel Medina, professional surfer

• January 13 –Camargo Guarnieri, composer (b.1907)

• April 2 –Thales Monteiro, basketball player and Olympian (b.1925)
• April 3 –Leopoldo Nachbin, mathematician (b.1922)
• April 9 –Lindalva Justo de Oliveira,Roman Catholic nun (b.1953)
• April 25 –Geraldo Del Rey, actor (b.1930)
• April 30 –Diva Diniz Corrêa, marine zoologist (b.1918)

• September 7 –Bruno Giorgi, sculptor (b.1905)

• December 14 –Aristides Leão, neurophysiologist and researcher (b.1914)

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