Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born August 2, 1949 ) was the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his trial of impeachment by the Brazilian Senate.

Collor was the first president directly elected by the people after the end of the Brazilian military government.

After his resignation from the presidency, the impeachment trial, on charges of corruption, continued, and Collor was found guilty by the Senate and sentenced to disqualification from holding elected office for eight years ( 1992 – 2000 ).

After the end of his period of disqualification, Collor was elected a Senator of the Republic in the 2006 general elections and began his term in February 2007.

Fernando Collor was born in a political family.

In the month before Collor took power, hyperinflation was 84 percent per month and growing.

During the course of his government, Collor was accused of condoning an influence peddling scheme.

A feature of Cardoso's administration was the deepening of the privatization program, launched by former president Fernando Collor de Mello.

A main reason behind Franco's selection was that he represented one of the largest states ( in contrast to Collor, who was from small state of Alagoas ), and publicly he gained during his call for impeachment against President José Sarney for an alleged corruption.

In 1992, Collor was charged with corruption and was impeached by the Congress.

Eventually, Fernando Collor de Mello was elected in the runoff.

The second term of Brizola as Rio's governor was a political failure, whose hallmark were the various instances of disorganized management caused by Brizola's ultra centralism and distaste for proper bureaucratic procedure, being further marred by the support eventually offered by Brizola to the Collor administration in exchange for funds for public works, something that made Brizola to be charged with collaborating with the embezzlement schemes that would lead to Collor's 1992 impeachment.

He was appointed to the Environment Ministry in the Fernando Collor de Mello federal government, in the early 1990s.

More research required: This Subsecretaria de Inteligência seems to conflict with the Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos ( Strategic Affairs Secretariat ) or SAE, which replaced the SNI during the Fernando Collor de Mello government ( see this document ) and was replaced by the ABIN in the FHC government ( 1997 ).

This song was written in protest of President Fernando Collor de Mello and his corrupt administration.

The shaft has been public knowledge since 1986 and was allegedly abandoned in September 1990, when President Fernando Collor de Mello used a small shovel to symbolically seal up the hole.

Paulo Cesar Farias ( September 20, 1945 – June 23, 1996 ) was the political campaign treasurer of Brazilian President Fernando Collor de Mello and a central figure in the corruption scandal that resulted in Collor's 1992 removal from Brazil's presidential office.

PC ( as he was colloquially known ) was a successful and famous campaign treasurer in Alagoas and a relatively unsuccessful businessman before associating himself with Collor in 1981.

Once Collor was elected, PC Farias masterminded the vast corruption scheme that rendered Collor's presidency a high-priced toll booth for government favors.

As the corruption scandal emerged in 1992, it was revealed that a fraction of money from PC's businesses was sent directly to Collor to finance the president's personal expenditures, including household staff and extensive landscaping at his home in Brasília.

Collor and Franco won a very narrow election against a man who would later become President ( 2002 – 2010 ), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Attempts at privatization began during Fernando Collor de Mello's administration in 1990, as part of an economic reform dubbed National Privatization Program (), within the Plano Collor, which was conducted by then-finance minister Zélia Cardoso de Mello The privatization was carried out some 8 years later during the administration of Fernando Henrique Cardoso, on July 29, 1998.

Some months later, with the investigation progressing and under fire, Collor went on national television to ask for the people's support, by going out on the street and protesting against " coup " forces.

* 1992 – Fernando Collor de Mello, president of Brazil, tries to resign amidst corruption charges, but is then impeached.

* December 29 – Brazil's president Fernando Collor de Mello is found guilty on charges that he stole more than $ 32 million from the government, preventing him from holding any elected office for 8 years.

Since then, five presidential terms have elapsed, without rupture to the constitutional order: the first term corresponded to the Collor and Franco administrations ( Collor was impeached on charges of corruption in 1992 and resigned the presidency, being succeeded by Franco, his vice president ); the second and third terms corresponded to the Fernando Henrique Cardoso Administration ; and in the fourth and fifth presidential terms Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva served as President.

President Fernando Collor de Mello had been impeached by congress four days earlier, on September 28, 1992, over charges of corruption in an influence-peddling scheme, marking the end of his government's attempts at ending hyperinflation.

Fernando Collor resigned his term in office just before the Brazilian Senate was to vote for his impeachment.

Brazil had suffered through several years of hyperinflation: in 1989, the year before Collor took office, average monthly inflation was 28. 94 %.

* December 16 – Brazil's Supreme Court rules that former President Fernando Collor de Mello may not hold elected office again until 2000 due to political corruption.

** Fernando Collor de Mello takes office as President of Brazil, Brazil's first democratically elected president since 1961.

Zélia Maria Cardoso de Mello ( São Paulo, b. September 20, 1953 in São Paulo ) served as Brazil's Minister of Economy from 1990 to 1991 under Fernando Collor de Mello ( no relation ).

In 1992, Collor resigned, under threat of impeachment for his alleged embezzlement of public money.

Alliances with conservative, right wing politicians, like former Presidents José Sarney and Fernando Collor, have been a cause of disappointment for some.

His administration is credited for restoring integrity and stability in government, particularly after the troubled Collor presidency.

When Embrafilme was dismantled in 1990 by President Fernando Collor de Mello, " the consequences " for the Brazilian film industry " were immediate and grim.

In 1989 the first elections for president by direct popular ballot since the military coup of 1964 under the new constitution were held, and Fernando Collor was elected.

Fernando Collor de Mello won the run-off election with 53 % of the vote for a five-year term.

On August 26, 1992, the final congressional inquiry report was released, where it was proven that Fernando Collor had personal expenses paid for by money raised by Paulo César Farias through his influence peddling scheme.

Collor was impeached, and subsequently removed from office by a vote of 441 for and 38 votes against.

Franco moved away from Collor and made arrangements for a National Coalition Government including main leaders from PMDB, PFL, and PSDB.

As minister, Zélia was responsible for the implementation of the Plano Collor, which combined fiscal and trade liberalization with radical inflation stabilization measures.