1999 in Brazil

Events in the year 1999 in Brazil.

Federal government

 * President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
 * Vice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

 * Acre:
 * Orleir Messias Cameli (until 1 January)
 * Jorge Viana (from 1 January)
 * Alagoas:
 * Manoel Gomes de Barros (Mano) (until 1 January)
 * Ronaldo Lessa (from 1 January)
 * Amapa: João Capiberibe
 * Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
 * Bahia:
 * Paulo Souto (until 1 January)
 * César Borges (from 1 January)
 * Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
 * Espírito Santo:
 * Vitor Buaiz (until 1 January)
 * José Ignácio Ferreira (from 1 January)
 * Goiás:
 * Helenês Cândido (until 1 January)
 * Marconi Perillo (from 1 January)
 * Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
 * Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
 * Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos (from 1 January)
 * Minas Gerais:
 * Eduardo Brandão Azeredo (until 1 January)
 * Itamar Franco (from 1 January)
 * Pará: Almir Gabriel
 * Paraíba: José Maranhão
 * Paraná: Jaime Lerner
 * Pernambuco:
 * Miguel Arraes (until 1 January)
 * Jarbas Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
 * Piauí: Mão Santa
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Marcello Alencar (until 1 January)
 * Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Antônio Britto (until 1 January)
 * Olívio Dutra (from 1 January)
 * Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
 * Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
 * Santa Catarina:
 * Paulo Afonso Vieira (until 1 January)
 * Esperidião Amin (from 1 January)
 * São Paulo: Mário Covas
 * Sergipe: Albano Franco
 * Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos (from 1 January)

Vice governors

 * Acre:
 * Labib Murad (until 1 January)
 * Edison Simão Cadaxo (from 1 January)
 * Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (from 1 January)
 * Amapá:
 * Antônio Hildegardo Gomes de Alencar (until 1 January)
 * Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (from 1 January)
 * Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (from 1 January)
 * Bahia:
 * César Borges (until 1 January)
 * Otto Alencar (from 1 January)
 * Ceará:
 * Moroni Bing Torgan (until 1 January)
 * Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara (from 1 January)
 * Espírito Santo
 * José Renato Casagrande (until 1 January)
 * Celso José Vasconcelos (from 1 January)
 * Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho (from 1 January)
 * Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
 * Mato Grosso:
 * José Márcio Panoff de Lacerda (until 1 January)
 * José Rogério Sales (from 1 January)
 * Mato Grosso do Sul:
 * Vacant (until 1 January)
 * Moacir Kohl (from 1 January)
 * Minas Gerais:
 * Walfrido Silvino dos Mares Guia Neto (until 1 January)
 * Newton Cardoso (from 1 January)
 * Pará:
 * Hélio Mota Gueiros Júnior (until 1 January)
 * Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (from 1 January)
 * Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
 * Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
 * Pernambuco:
 * Jorge José Gomes (until 1 January)
 * José Mendonça Bezerra Filho (from 1 January)
 * Piauí:
 * Osmar Antônio de Araújo (until 1 January)
 * Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
 * Rio de Janeiro:
 * Luiz Paulo Correa da Rocha (until 1 January)
 * Benedita da Silva (from 1 January)
 * Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
 * Rio Grande do Sul:
 * Vicente Joaquim Bogo (until 1 January)
 * Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (from 1 January)
 * Rondônia:
 * Aparício Carvalho de Moraes (until 1 January)
 * Miguel de Souza (from 1 January)
 * Roraima:
 * Airton Antonio Soligo (until 1 January)
 * Francisco Flamarion Portela (from 1 January)
 * Santa Catarina:
 * José Augusto Hülse (until 1 January)
 * Paulo Roberto Bauer (from 1 January)
 * São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
 * Sergipe:
 * José Carlos Machado (until 1 January)
 * Benedito de Figueiredo (from 1 January)
 * Tocantins:
 * Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (until 1 January)
 * João Lisboa da Cruz (from 1 January)

January

 * January 1: Fernando Henrique Cardoso begins his second term as president of Brazil.
 * January 24: Central Station by Walter Salles, wins the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

February

 * February 1: Antônio Carlos Magalhães (PFL/BA) and Michel Temer (PMDB/SP) are re-elected, respectively, as presidents of the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

March

 * March 11: A blackout affects the Federal District, as well as ten states in the South, Southeast, and Central-West regions.
 * March 21: After 94 days, the kidnapping of Wellington Camargo (brother of the country duo Zezé di Camargo & Luciano) ends. Camargo was found in a bush on the side of a road in Guapó and the kidnappers were arrested.
 * March 22: The newspaper Agora São Paulo is launched to replace Folha da Tarde.

May

 * May 10th: The television network Rede Manchete ceases broadcasting, due to a growing decrease in audience, excessive interest on the station's debt and that of the Bloch Group; management failures and salary arrears since the previous year. The network later becomes RedeTV!.

June

 * June 6: In São José dos Campos, 345 prisoners escape from Putim prison through the front gate.

July

 * July 18: Brazil defeats Uruguay 3-0, earning their sixth Copa América championship.
 * July 26 - Truckers go on a national strike for four days in a row. Drivers claimed toll tariff reduction, tax exemption and retirement regulation.

September

 * September 29: Francisco de Assis Pereira, "The Park Maniac", is sentenced to 121 years in prison for the death of ten women in the State Park, in São Paulo.

November

 * November 3: Mateus da Costa Meira, a 24-year old medical student, kills 3 people in a theater with a submachine gun.

December

 * December 11: Unsuccessful launch of VLS-1 V02 occurs.

January

 * 14 January: Emerson Royal, footballer

March

 * 27 May: Matheus Cunha, footballer

August

 * 13 August: Giulia Be, singer
 * 15 August: Paola Reis, BMX rider

October

 * 8 October: Camila Rossi, rhythmic gymnast

December

 * 28 December: Ary Borges, footballer

March

 * 7 March: Antônio Houaiss, writer and lexicographer (born 1915)
 * 12 March: Bidu Sayão, opera singer (born 1902)
 * 24 March: Ladjane Bandeira, journalist and artist (born 1927)

April

 * 1 April: Marcos Rey, writer (born 1925)

May

 * 18 May: Dias Gomes, dramatist (born 1922)
 * 22 May: Milton Banana, bossa nova and jazz drummer (born 1935)
 * 29 May: João Carlos de Oliveira, athlete (born 1954)

June

 * 12 June: Carlos Kroeber, actor (born 1934)
 * 19 June: Heloísa Helena, actress (born 1917)

July

 * 16 July: Franco Montoro, politician (born 1916)

August

 * 27 August: Hélder Câmara, Catholic archbishop (born 1909)

October

 * 8 October:
 * Manfredo Fest, bossa nova and jazz pianist (born 1936)
 * Zezé Macedo, comedian and actress (born 1916)
 * 30 October: Nise da Silveira, psychiatrist and student of Carl Jung (born 1905)

November

 * 19 November: Plínio Marcos, writer and actor (born 1935)
 * 22 November: Flávio Costa, football player and coach (born 1906)

December

 * 3 December: Edmond Safra, Lebanese-born banker (born 1932)
 * 8 December: Toninho, footballer (born 1948)
 * 24 December: João Figueiredo, 30th President of Brazil (born 1918)
 * 29 December: José Cláudio dos Reis, sports administrator (born 1939)