1993 in Brazil

Events in the year 1993 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Itamar Franco
 * Vice President: vacant

Governors

 * 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

Vice governors

 * 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

 * February 4: President Itamar Franco signs a law that regulates the plebiscite on the form and system of government in Brazil.

April

 * April 21: Eight years after democracy is restored in the country, Brazil holds a constitutional referendum about what form of government and regime the country would go on with. Voters could choose between a republican or monarchic government, and between a presidential or parliamentary 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, a presidential republic, unchanged.

May

 * May 21: Judge Denise Frossard sentences Castor de Andrade and 13 other big mobsters; including Capitão Guimarães, Luizinho Drummond, Antonio Petrus Kalil (aka Turcão), and Anísio Abraão David to six years in prison for criminal association. 53 deaths were attributed to the group.

July

 * July 23: The Candelária massacre occurs after eight homeless people, including six minors are killed by several men, who were members of the police.

August

 * August 1: The cruzeiro real becomes the national currency of Brazil, replacing the cruzeiro at a rate of 1000 to 1.
 * August 29: Military police in Rio de Janeiro murder twenty-one residents of the Vigário Geral favela.

October

 * October 13-19: American singer Michael Jackson is in São Paulo for his Dangerous World Tour; with two shows at the Morumbi Stadium, on the 15th and 17th of the month.

December

 * December 7: Minister of Finance Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces an economic stabilization program.
 * December 17: Brazil's Supreme Federal Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello could not hold elected office again until 2000, due to political corruption.

January

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

February

 * February 12 – Rafinha, footballer

March

 * March 5 – Fred, footballer
 * March 24 – Gustavo Henrique, footballer
 * March 30 – Anitta, singer and dancer

April

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

June

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

August

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

October

 * October 23 – Fabinho, footballer

November

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

December

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

January

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

April

 * 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

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

December

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