1986 in Brazil

Events in the year 1986 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: José Sarney
 * Vice President: Vacant

Governors

 * Acre:
 * Nabor Júnior (until 15 March)
 * Iolanda Fleming (from 15 March)
 * Alagoas:
 * Divaldo Suruagy (till 14 May)
 * José de Medeiros Tavares (from 14 May)
 * Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
 * Bahia: João Durval Carneiro
 * Ceará: Gonzaga Mota
 * Espírito Santo:
 * Gerson Camata (until 14 May)
 * José Moraes (from 14 May)
 * Goiás:
 * Iris Rezende (till 13 February)
 * Onofre Quinan (from 13 February)
 * Maranhão: Luís Rocha
 * Mato Grosso:
 * Julio Campos (until 15 May)
 * Wilmar Peres de Faria (from 15 May)
 * Mato Grosso do Sul:
 * Wilson Barbosa Martins (until 14 March)
 * Ramez Tebet (from 14 March)
 * Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
 * Pará: Jader Barbalho
 * Paraíba:
 * Wilson Braga (until 14 May)
 * Rivando Cavalcanti (15 May-14 June)
 * Milton Bezerra Cabral (from 15 June)
 * Paraná:
 * José Richa (until 9 May)
 * João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (from 9 May)
 * Pernambuco:
 * Roberto Magalhães (until 14 May)
 * Gustavo Krause (from 14 May)
 * Piauí:
 * Hugo Napoleão (until 14 May)
 * Bona Medeiros (from 14 May)
 * Rio de Janeiro: Leonel Brizola
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * José Agripino Maia (until 15 May)
 * Radir Pereira de Araujo (from 15 March)
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Jair de Oliveira Soares
 * Rondônia: Ângelo Angelin
 * Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
 * São Paulo: André Franco Montoro
 * Sergipe: João Alves Filho

Vice governors

 * Acre:
 * Iolanda Ferreira Lima Fleming (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Alagoas:
 * José de Medeiros Tavares (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Amazonas:
 * Manoel Henriques Ribeiro (until 1 January)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 1 January)
 * Bahia: Edvaldo de Oliveira Flores
 * Ceará: José Adauto Bezerra
 * Espírito Santo:
 * José Moraes (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Goiás:
 * Onofre Quinan (from 14 February)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 February)
 * Maranhão: João Rodolfo Ribeiro Gonçalves
 * Mato Grosso:
 * Wilmar Peres de Faria (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Mato Grosso do Sul:
 * Ramez Tebet (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Minas Gerais: Vacant
 * Pará: Laércio Dias Franco
 * Paraíba:
 * José Carlos da Silva Júnior (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Paraná:
 * João Elísio Ferraz de Campos (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Pernambuco:
 * Gustavo Krause Gonçalves Sobrinho (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Piauí:
 * José Raimundo Bona Medeiros (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Rio de Janeiro: Darcy Ribeiro
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Radir Pereira (until 14 May)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 14 May)
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Cláudio Ênio Strassburger
 * Santa Catarina: Victor Fontana
 * São Paulo:
 * Orestes Quércia (until 30 March)
 * Vacant (from 30 March)
 * Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

January

 * January 16: Octávio Pinto Guimarães is elected president of the CBF, after being supported and financed by mobster Castor de Andrade.

February

 * February 28: The Cruzado Plan, an economic plan that establishes a price freeze, is launched. The Brazilian currency is now called the Cruzado, which is equivalent to one thousand Cruzeiros.

March

 * March 28: The second Brazilian communications satellite, Brasilsat A2, is launched by a European Ariane 3 rocket from the Kourou launch base in French Guiana.

April

 * April 16: The National Congress of Brazil approves the Cruzado Plan, also known as the Economic Stabilization Plan.

June

 * June 30: Xou da Xuxa begins on TV Globo.

July

 * July 29: Brazilian President José Sarney and Argentine President Raúl Alfonsín sign economic agreements in Buenos Aires for mutual integration; the basis for the future creation of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

October

 * October 31: The Volkswagen Beetle ceased to be produced after 30 years of commercialization and 23 years of leadership in the Brazilian market; where 3 million and 300 thousand units were commercialized.

November

 * November 15: General elections are held for governors, senators, federal and state deputies.
 * November 30: An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale hits the municipality of João Câmara, Rio Grande do Norte.

February

 * February 19: Marta, footballer

April

 * April 1: Hugo Pessanha, judoka
 * April 29: Monique Alfradique, actress

June

 * June 15: Cezar Bononi, professional wrestler

July

 * July 25: Hulk, footballer

August

 * August 10: Jucemar Gaucho, footballer
 * August 21: Caio Narcio, politician and social scientist (died 2020)
 * August 24: Fabiano Santacroce, Brazilian-born Italian footballer

Deaths

 * February 19: Francisco Mignone, classical music composer (b. 1897)