1990 in Brazil

Events in the year 1990 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President:
 * José Sarney (until March 14)
 * Fernando Collor de Mello (starting March 15)
 * Vice President:
 * Vacant (until March 14)
 * Itamar Franco (starting March 15)

Governors

 * Acre: Édison Simão Cadaxo
 * Alagoas: Moacir Andrade
 * Amazonas:
 * Amazonino Mendes (until April 2)
 * Vivaldo Barroso Frota (from April 2)
 * Bahia: Nilo Moraes Coelho
 * Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
 * Espírito Santo: Max Freitas Mauro
 * Goiás: Henrique Santillo
 * Maranhão:
 * Epitácio Cafeteira (until April 3)
 * João Alberto de Souza (from April 3)
 * Mato Grosso: Edison de Oliveira
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Marcelo Miranda Soares
 * Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
 * Pará: Hélio Gueiros
 * Paraíba: Tarcísio Burity
 * Paraná: Alvaro Dias
 * Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
 * Piauí: Alberto Silva
 * Rio de Janeiro: Moreira Franco
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Geraldo José Ferreira de Melo
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Pedro Simon (until April 2)
 * Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (from April 2)
 * Rondônia: Jerônimo Garcia de Santana
 * Roraima: Rubens Vilar
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Pedro Ivo Campos (until February 27)
 * Casildo Maldaner (from February 27)
 * São Paulo: Orestes Quércia
 * Sergipe: Antônio Carlos Valadares
 * Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

 * Acre:
 * Edison Simão Cadaxo (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Alagoas: vacant
 * Amazonas:
 * Vivaldo Barros Frota (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Bahia: Vacant
 * Ceará: Francisco Castelo de Castro
 * Espírito Santo: Carlos Alberto Batista da Cunha
 * Goiás: Joaquim Domingos Roriz
 * Maranhão:
 * João Alberto Souza (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Mato Grosso:
 * Edison de Oliveira (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * 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 (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Piauí: Lucídio Portela Nunes
 * Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Amaral
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Sinval Sebastião Duarte Guazzelli (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Rondônia: Orestes Muniz Filho
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Casildo João Maldaner (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * São Paulo:
 * Almino Afonso (until April 2)
 * Vacant thereafter (from April 2)
 * Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
 * Tocantins: Darci Martins Coelho

March

 * March 15: Fernando Collor de Mello is sworn in as the 32nd President of Brazil and becomes the youngest president in Brazilian history.

April

 * April 3: The National Congress of Brazil approves the first measures of the Collor Plan.

July

 * July 25: President Collor de Mello signs the Heinous Crimes Law, which increases the penalties for kidnapping, trafficking, rape, and other crimes.
 * July 26: Eleven people, who were residents of the Acari favela, are kidnapped by six armed men in the so-called Acari Massacre.

November

 * November 30: The country's first cell phone system is inaugurated by the Minister of Infrastructure, Ozires Silva, in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro.

December

 * December 16: Darcy Alves Pereira and Darly Alves da Silva are sentenced to 19 years in prison for the murder of rubber tapper Chico Mendes.

March

 * March 17 – Santos, footballer

July

 * July 3 – Lucas Mendes, footballer

September

 * September 14 – Douglas Costa, footballer

March

 * March 7 – Luís Carlos Prestes, politician (b. 1898)

May

 * May 7 – Elizete Cardoso, singer and actress (b. 1920)

July

 * July 7 – Cazuza, singer and songwriter, (b. 1958)