2006 in Brazil
Events in the year 2006 in Brazil.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors
- Acre: Jorge Viana
- Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa (till 31 March); Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (from 31 March)
- Amapa: Waldez Góes
- Amazonas: Eduardo Braga
- Bahia: Paulo Souto
- Ceará: Lúcio Alcântara
- Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
- Goiás: Marconi Perillo (till 31 March); Alcides Rodrigues (from 31 March)
- Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares
- Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
- Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
- Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
- Pará: Simão Jatene
- Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima
- Paraná: Hermas Eurides Brandão
- Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos (till 31 March); Mendonça Filho (from 31 March)
- Piauí: Wellington Dias
- Rio de Janeiro: Rosinha Garotinho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
- Rio Grande do Sul: Germano Rigotto
- Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol
- Roraima: Ottomar de Sousa Pinto
- Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira (till 9 April); Eduardo Moreira (from 9 April)
- São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin (till 31 March); Cláudio Lembo (from 31 March)
- Sergipe: João Filho
- Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda
Vice governors
- Acre: Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior
- Alagoas: Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (till 31 March); vacant thereafter
- Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
- Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz
- Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo
- Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior
- Espírito Santo: Wellington Coimbra
- Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
- Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho
- Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Egon Krakheche
- Minas Gerais: Clésio Soares de Andrade
- Pará: Valéria Pires Franco
- Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena
- Paraná: Orlando Pessuti
- Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
- Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior
- Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde
- Rio Grande do Norte: Antônio Jácome
- Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt
- Rondônia: Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira
- Roraima: Erci de Moraes
- Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira (till 9 April); vacant (from 9 April)
- São Paulo: Claudio Lembo (till 31 March), vacant (from 31 March)
- Sergipe: Marília Mandarino
- Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
Events
- March 30 – Marcos Pontes becomes the first Brazilian and the first lusophone to go into space, where he stayed on the International Space Station for a week. During his trip, Pontes carried out eight experiments selected by the Brazilian Space Agency. He landed in Kazakhstan on April 8, 2006, with the crew of Expedition 12.[1]
- May 12 – May 2006 São Paulo violence
- July 12 – July 2006 São Paulo violence
- August 7 – Lei Maria da Penha is sanctioned by president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
- September 29 – Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 leads to the 2006–07 Brazilian aviation crisis.
Elections
Founded
Football Clubs
- The following 14 clubs were founded in 2006: Adap Galo Maringá Football Club, Arsenal Atividades Desportivas Sport Club, Associação Atlética Carapebus, Coimbra Esporte Clube, Cuiabá Arsenal, Ivinhema Futebol Clube, Sociedade Desportiva Juazeirense, Juventus Futebol Clube, Legião Futebol Clube, Olé Brasil Futebol Clube, Primavera Esporte Clube, Rondonópolis Esporte Clube, Associação Esportiva Real, and Sampaio Corrêa Futebol e Esporte
Television
Debuted
Music
- Yahoo reunite.
- The bands Os Mutantes, Orkestra Rumpilezz, Thyresis, Almah and Rivotrill are formed.
Sport
- 2006 in Brazilian football.
- 2006 Grand Prix de Futsal.
- 2006 CONMEBOL Beach Soccer Championship.
- 2006 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup.
- 2006 Brazilian Grand Prix.
- 2006 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas.
- 2006 Brasil Open.
- 2006 Copa América de Ciclismo.
- Brazil win the 2006 South American Rugby Championship "B".
- Brazil participate in the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.
- 2006 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships in Rio de Janeiro.
- 2006 Pan American Men's Youth Handball Championship.
- 2006 Beach Handball World Championships.
- Brazil at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
- Brazil at the 2006 Lusophony Games.
Deaths
- June 17 – Bussunda, comedian (b. 1962)[2]
- November 15 – Ana Carolina Reston, fashion model (b. 1985)[3]
See also
References
- "Marcos Pontes inicia primeira viagem espacial de um brasileiro". UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 September 2016.
- "Comedian dies covering World Cup". BBC. June 17, 2006. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- Phillips, Tom (2007-01-14). "Anna Carolina Reston: the model who starved herself to death". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
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