2003 in Brazil
Events in the year 2003 in Brazil.
| 2003 in Brazil |
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 27 stars (1992–present) |
| Timeline of Brazilian history |
| History of Brazil since 1985 |
| Year of Constitution: 1988 |
Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors
- Acre: Jorge Viana
- Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa
- Amapa: Waldez Góes (from 1 January)
- Amazonas: Eduardo Braga (from 1 January)
- Bahia: Otto Alencar (till 1 January); Paulo Souto (from 1 January)
- Ceará: Beni Veras (till 1 January); Lúcio Alcântara (from 1 January)
- Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira (till 1 January); Paulo Hartung (from 1 January)
- Goiás: Marconi Perillo
- Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares
- Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi (from 1 January)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
- Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco (till 1 January); Aécio Neves (from 1 January)
- Pará: Almir Gabriel (till 1 January); Simão Jatene (from 1 January)
- Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima (from 1 January)
- Paraná: Jaime Lerner (till 1 January); Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 1 January)
- Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
- Piauí: Hugo Napoleão (till 1 January); Wellington Dias (from 1 January)
- Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva then Rosinha Garotinho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire (till 1 January); Wilma Maria de Faria (from 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra (till 1 January); Germano Rigotto (from 1 January)
- Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol (from 1 January)
- Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela
- Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin (till 1 January); Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January)
- São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
- Sergipe: Albano Franco (till 1 January); João Filho (from 1 January)
- Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda (from 1 January)
Vice governors
- Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo (till 1 January); Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
- Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (till 1 January); Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (from 1 January)
- Amapá: Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (till 1 January); Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (from 1 January)
- Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (till 1 January); Omar José Abdel Aziz (from 1 January)
- Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo (from 1 January)
- Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior (from 1 January)
- Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos (till 1 January); Wellington Coimbra (from 1 January)
- Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
- Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho (from 1 January)
- Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira (from 1 January)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl (till 1 January), Egon Krakheche (from 1 January)
- Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso (till 1 January); Clésio Soares de Andrade (from 1 January)
- Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (till 1 January); Valéria Pires Franco (from 1 January)
- Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena (from 1 January)
- Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati (till 1 January); Orlando Pessuti (from 1 January)
- Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
- Piauí: Felipe Mendes de Oliveira (till 1 January); Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
- Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde (from 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Norte: vacant (till 1 January); Antônio Jácome (from 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (till 1 January); Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt (from 1 January)
- Rondônia: Miguel de Souza (till 1 January); Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira (from 1 January)
- Roraima: Salomão Afonso de Souza Cruz (1 January-10 November); Erci de Moraes (from 10 November)
- Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira (from 1 January)
- São Paulo: vacant (till 1 January); Claudio Lembo (from 1 January)
- Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo (till 1 January); Marília Mandarino (from 1 January)
- Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz (till 1 January); Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (from 1 January)
Events
- January 1 - The sindicalist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is installed as president of Brazil[1]
- June 20 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the highest recorded in Brazil, happens in Amazonas.
- August 22 – VLS-1 V03 accident: An explosion at the Alcântara Launch Center kills 21 scientists.
- October 20 – Bolsa Família, a unified social welfare program, is introduced.
Births
- June 21 - Giovana Queiroz, football player
Deaths
- August 6 – Roberto Marinho, founder of Grupo Globo, the largest mass media company in Brazil and Latin America (b. 1904)
References
- "Presidente Lula assume o país diante de 200 mil pessoas. Posse foi marcada por festa popular". revistaepoca.globo.com (in Portuguese). Época Online. January 1, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
See also
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