2008 in Brazil
Events from the year 2008 in Brazil.
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Incumbents
Federal government
- President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
- Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors
- Acre: Binho Marques
- Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
- Amapa: Waldez Góes
- Amazonas: Eduardo Braga
- Bahia: Jaques Wagner
- Ceará: Cid Gomes
- Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
- Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues
- Maranhão: Jackson Lago
- Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
- Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
- Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
- Pará: Ana Júlia Carepa
- Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima
- Parana: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
- Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
- Piauí: Wellington Dias
- Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
- Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Rorato Crusius
- Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol
- Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
- Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira
- São Paulo: José Serra
- Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
- Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda
Vice governors
- Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
- Alagoas: José Wanderley Neto
- Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
- Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz
- Bahia: Edmundo Pereira Santos
- Ceará: Francisco José Pinheiro
- Espírito Santo: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço
- Goiás: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses
- Maranhão: Luís Carlos Porto
- Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith
- Minas Gerais: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia
- Pará: Odair Santos Corrêa
- Paraíba: José Lacerda Neto
- Paraná: Orlando Pessuti
- Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
- Piauí: Wilson Martins
- Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
- Rio Grande do Norte: Iberê Ferreira
- Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó
- Rondônia: João Aparecido Cahulla
- Roraima: vacant
- Santa Catarina: Leonel Pavan
- São Paulo: Alberto Goldman
- Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas Silva
- Tocantins: Paulo Sidnei Antunes
Events
- April 20 – Priest Adelir Antônio de Carli disappears after taking off in a chair attached to a thousand helium balloons, in Paranaguá, Paraná. The priest's remains were found two months later in the Atlantic Ocean, about 62mi from Macaé, on the coast of Rio de Janeiro, by a tugboat that provided services to Petrobras.[1]
- October 13 – Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis
- November 3 – Banks Itaú and Unibanco merge into Itaú Unibanco.[2]
Deaths
- January 21 – Luiz Carlos Tourinho, actor (b. 1964)
- March 29 – Isabella Nardoni, murder victim (b. 2002)
- June 24 – Ruth Cardoso, anthropologist, educator and public figure (b. 1930)[3]
- July 19 – Dercy Gonçalves, comedian (b. 1907)
References
- "Há 15 anos, 'padre dos balões' fazia seu último voo ao desaparecer no Oceano Atlântico". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-04-21.
- Dealbook (2008-11-03). "Brazilian Banks Itau and Unibanco to Merge". DealBook. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- "Ruth Cardoso | Brazilian anthropologist and educator". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
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