 In October 1988, a new democratic Constitution was passed and democracy was consolidated.In 1989, the first elections for President under the new Constitution were held and the young Fernando Collor de Mello was elected for a five-year term, the first President to be elected by direct popular ballot since the military coup.He was inaugurated in 1990 and in 1992 he became the first President in Brazil to be impeached due to corruption.