1988 in Brazil

Events in the year 1988 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: José Sarney
 * Vice President: Vacant

Governors

 * Acre: Flaviano Melo
 * Alagoas: Fernando Collor de Mello
 * Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
 * Bahia: Waldir Pires
 * Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
 * Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
 * Goiás: Henrique Santillo
 * Maranhão: Epitácio Cafeteira
 * Mato Grosso: Carlos Bezerra
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
 * Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
 * Pará: Hélio Gueiros
 * Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
 * Paraná: Alvaro Dias
 * Pernambuco: Miguel Arraes
 * Piauí: Alberto Silva
 * Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Pedro Simon
 * Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
 * Roraima: Romero Jucá
 * Santa Catarina: Pedro Ivo Campos
 * São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
 * Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares

Vice governors

 * Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
 * Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
 * Amazonas: Vivaldo Barros Frota
 * Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
 * Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
 * Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
 * Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
 * Maranhão: João Alberto Souza
 * Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: George Takimoto
 * Minas Gerais: Júnia Marise de Azeredo Coutinho
 * Pará: Hermínio Calvinho Filho
 * Paraíba: Vacant
 * Paraná: Ary Veloso Queiroz
 * Pernambuco: Carlos Wilson Rocha de Queirós Campos
 * Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
 * Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli
 * Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
 * Santa Catarina: Casildo João Maldaner
 * São Paulo: Almino Afonso
 * Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo

January

 * January 6-16: The first official edition of Hollywood Rock takes place at Praça da Apoteose in Rio de Janeiro from January 6th to 9th and at Estádio do Morumbi in São Paulo from January 13th to 16th.

June

 * June 25: PSDB is founded by members of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party linked to the European social democratic movement as an attempt to clarify their ideals.

August

 * August 3: The end of censorship and torture, as well as freedom of intellectual expression and the press in the country, is approved, by a vote of 313 to 5, by the National Constituent Assembly.

September

 * September 29: VASP Flight 375, made by a Boeing 737-300, is hijacked by an unemployed person, with the intention of crashing the plane into the Planalto Palace and killing President José Sarney. The kidnapping ends unsuccessfully.

October

 * October 5: The country's current constitution is created. According to the new constitution, Roraima becomes Brazil's 24th state.

November

 * November 29: Presidents José Sarney of Brazil and Raúl Alfonsin of Argentina, sign the Treaty of Integration, Cooperation and Development in Buenos Aires, which stipulates a deadline for the creation of a free trade area between the two countries.

December

 * December 22: Brazilian union and environmental activist Chico Mendes is assassinated.
 * December 31: The Bateau Mouche cruise ship capsized and sank in the South Atlantic off Rio de Janeiro with the loss of at least 51 of the 149 people on board.

January

 * January 16: Mel Fronckowiak, actress and television host
 * January 17: Taison, professional footballer
 * January 21: Felipe Neto, Youtuber

February

 * February 8: Renato Augusto, professional footballer

March

 * March 28: Arthur Sanches, football player

May

 * May 12: Marcelo, professional footballer
 * May 30: Amanda Nunes, mixed martial artist

June

 * June 7: Marlos, professional footballer

July

 * July 5: Adriano Buzaid, racing driver
 * July 25: Paulinho, professional footballer

August

 * August 9: Willian, professional footballer

September

 * September 28: Caio César, actor, voice actor and police officer (d. 2015)

January

 * January 4: Henfil, cartoonist and writer (b. 1944)
 * January 11: Janires, singer-songwriter (b. 1953)
 * January 15: Viana Moog, writer and journalist (b. 1906)

April

 * April 25: Lygia Clark, artist (b. 1920)

May

 * May 28: Alfredo Volpi, painter (b. 1896)

June

 * June 30: Chacrinha, television personality (b. 1917)

August

 * August 23: Menotti Del Picchia, poet and painter (b. 1892)

December

 * December 22: Francisco Alves Mendes Filho, environmental activist (b. 1944)
 * December 31: Yara Amaral, actress (b. 1936)