1994 in Brazil

Events in the year 1994 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Itamar Franco
 * Vice President: vacant

Governors

 * Acre: Vacant
 * Alagoas: Geraldo Bulhões
 * Amapa: Annibal Barcellos (until 31 December)
 * Amazonas: Gilberto Mestrinho
 * Bahia:
 * Antônio Carlos Magalhães (until 2 April)
 * Ruy Trindade (2 April-2 May)
 * Antônio Imbassahy (from 2 May)
 * Ceará:
 * Ciro Gomes (until 8 September)
 * Francisco de Barros (8 September-9 October)
 * Francisco Aguiar (from 9 October)
 * Espírito Santo: Albuíno Cunha de Azeredo
 * Goiás:
 * Iris Rezende (until 2 April)
 * Agenor Rezende (from 2 April)
 * Maranhão:
 * Edison Lobão (until 2 April)
 * José de Ribamar Fiquene (from 2 April)
 * Mato Grosso: Jaime Campos
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Pedro Pedrossian
 * Minas Gerais: Hélio Garcia
 * Pará:
 * Jader Barbalho (until 2 April)
 * Carlos Santos (from 2 April)
 * Paraíba:
 * Ronaldo Cunha Lima (until 2 April)
 * Cícero de Lucena (from 2 April)
 * Paraná:
 * Roberto Requião (until 2 April)
 * Mário Pereira (from 2 April)
 * Pernambuco: Joaquim Francisco Cavalcanti
 * Piauí:
 * Freitas Neto (until 2 April)
 * Guilherme Melo (from 2 April)
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Leonel Brizola (until 2 April)
 * Nilo Batista (from 2 April)
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * José Agripino Maia (until 2 April)
 * Vivaldo Costa (from 2 April)
 * Rio Grande do Sul: Alceu de Deus Collares
 * Rondônia: Oswaldo Piana Filho
 * Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Vilson Kleinübing (until 6 April)
 * Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (from 6 April)
 * 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 (until 2 April)
 * Rosalvo Barbosa Romeo (from 2 May)
 * Ceará:
 * Lúcio Gonçalo de Alcântara (until 16 September)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 16 September)
 * Espírito Santo: Adelson Antônio Salvador
 * Goiás:
 * Luís Alberto Maguito Vilela (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Maranhão:
 * José de Ribamar Fiquene (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Mato Grosso: Osvaldo Roberto Sobrinho
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: Ary Rigo
 * Minas Gerais: Arlindo Porto Neto
 * Pará:
 * Carlos José Oliveira Santos (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Paraíba:
 * Cícero Lucena Filho (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Paraná:
 * Mario Pereira (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Pernambuco: Carlos Roberto Guerra Fontes
 * Piauí:
 * Guilherme Cavalcante de Melo (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Nilo Batista (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Rio Grande do Norte:
 * Vivaldo Costa (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * Rio Grande do Sul: João Gilberto Lucas Coelho
 * Rondônia: Assis Canuto
 * Roraima: Antônio Airton Oliveira Dias
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Antônio Carlos Konder Reis (until 2 April)
 * Vacant thereafter (from 2 April)
 * São Paulo: Aloysio Nunes
 * Sergipe: José Carlos Mesquita Teixeira
 * Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes

January

 * 7 January: Paulo César Farias, the treasurer of Fernando Collor de Mello's electoral campaign, is sentenced to four years in prison for tax evasion.

February

 * 28 February: The Unidade Real de Valor is launched, which is the equivalent to 2,750 reals.

March

 * 3 March: Fernando Henrique Cardoso leaves Itamar Franco's Ministry of Finance to run for President of the Republic.

May

 * 1 May: Three time Formula One World Champion, Ayrton Senna is killed in a crash during the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix.

July

 * 1 July: The real replaces the cruzeiro real as Brazil's national currency.
 * 17 July: Brazil defeats Italy 3–2 on penalties to win the 1994 FIFA World Cup. Brazil claims their fourth FIFA World Cup trophy.

August

 * 5 August: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay decide in Buenos Aires to create a free trade zone between MERCOSUR and Bolivia.

October

 * 3 October: Fernando Henrique Cardoso is elected Brazil's 34th president, defeating Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the country's presidential election.

December

 * 7 December: The trial of former President Fernando Collor de Mello and the treasurer of the electoral campaign, Paulo César Farias, begins at the Supreme Federal Court.
 * 12 December: The Supreme Federal Court acquits former President of Brazil, Fernando Collor de Mello, and treasurer Paulo César Farias, on charges of passive corruption, due to a lack of evidence.
 * 13 December: The Supreme Federal Court sentences treasurer Paulo César Farias to 7 years in prison for misrepresentation.

Births

 * 31 March: Felipe Colares, mixed martial artist (d. 2023)
 * 14 May: Marquinhos, professional footballer

January

 * 6 January: Cláudia Magno, actress and dancer (b. 1958)

April

 * 18 April: Dener Augusto de Sousa, footballer (b. 1971)

May

 * 1 May: Ayrton Senna, racing driver (b. 1960)

July

 * 10 July: Lélia Gonzalez, anthropologist and human rights activist (b. 1935)
 * 29 July: Mussum, actor and musician (b. 1941)

December

 * 8 December: Tom Jobim, composer and singer (b.1927)
 * 19 December: Pedro Collor de Mello, businessman and brother of former President Fernando Collor de Mello (b. 1952)