2011 in Brazil
Events in the year 2011 in Brazil.
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| Year of Constitution: 1988 |
Incumbents
Federal government
Governors
- Acre: Binho Marques (until 1 January), Tião Viana (starting 1 January)
- Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
- Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe (starting 1 January)
- Amazonas: Omar Aziz
- Bahia: Jaques Wagner
- Ceará: Cid Gomes
- Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
- Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues (until 1 January), Marconi Perillo (starting 1 January)
- Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
- Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha
- Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
- Minas Gerais: Antônio Anastasia
- Pará: Ana Júlia Carepa (until 1 January), Simão Jatene (starting 1 January)
- Paraíba: Ricardo Coutinho
- Paraná: Orlando Pessuti (until 1 January), Beto Richa (starting 1 January)
- Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
- Piauí: Wilson Martins
- Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
- Rio Grande do Norte: Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza (until 1 January), Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado (starting 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Rorato Crusius (until 1 January), Tarso Genro (starting 1 January)
- Rondônia: João Aparecido Cahulla (until 1 January), Confúcio Moura (starting 1 January)
- Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
- Santa Catarina: Leonel Pavan (until 1 January), Raimundo Colombo (starting 1 January)
- São Paulo: Alberto Goldman (until 1 January), Geraldo Alckmin (starting 1 January)
- Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
- Tocantins: Carlos Henrique Gaguim (until 1 January), José Wilson Siqueira Campos (starting 1 January)
Vice governors
- Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
- Alagoas: José Wanderley Neto (until 1 January), José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto (starting 1 January)
- Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (until 1 January), Doralice Nascimento de Souza (starting 1 January)
- Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz (until 1 January), José Melo de Oliveira (starting 1 January)
- Bahia: Edmundo Pereira Santos (until 1 January), Otto Alencar (starting 1 January)
- Ceará: Francisco José Pinheiro (until 1 January), Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho (starting 1 January)
- Espírito Santo: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço (until 1 January), Givaldo Vieira da Silva (starting 1 January)
- Goiás: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses (until 1 January), José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior (starting 1 January)
- Maranhão: João Alberto Souza (until 1 January), Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira (starting 1 January)
- Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa (until 1 January), Francisco Tarquínio Daltro (starting 1 January)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith (until 1 January), Simone Tebet (starting 1 January)
- Minas Gerais: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia (until 1 January), Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior (starting 1 January)
- Pará: Odair Santos Corrêa (until 1 January), Helenilson Cunha Pontes (starting 1 January)
- Paraíba: Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá (until 1 January), Rômulo José de Gouveia (starting 1 January)
- Paraná: Orlando Pessuti (until 1 January), Flávio José Arns (starting 1 January)
- Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
- Piauí: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho
- Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
- Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria (starting 1 January)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (until 1 January), Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill (starting 1 January)
- Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz (starting 1 January)
- Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (starting 1 January)
- Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
- São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos (starting 1 January)
- Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas Silva (until 1 January), Jackson Barreto (starting 1 January)
- Tocantins: Eduardo Machado Silva (until 1 January) João Oliveira de Sousa (starting 1 January)
Events
- January 1 - Inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th President of Brazil).[1]
- January 11 - January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Over 900 people are killed[2] as a result of freak weather conditions.
- April 7 - Rio de Janeiro school shooting: 12 children aged between 12 and 14 are killed[3] and 22 others seriously wounded after an armed man opens fire at an elementary school in Realengo
- July 13 - Noar Linhas Aéreas Flight 4896: A Noar Linhas Aéreas Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife, killing all 16 people on board).[4]
- July 23 - Miss Brasil 2011
- September 12 - Miss Universe 2011 held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo.
- November 7 - Campos Basin oil spill: A Chevron-owned oil well began leaking causing 32,000 to 52,000 litres (200 to 330 bbl) of crude oil to enter the ocean every day. The leak took place in Campos Basin, Brazil 120 kilometres (75 mi) off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.[5]
Founded
- Baby.com.br
- BemSimples (discontinued 2014)
Sport
Football
- 2011 in Brazilian football
- Santos FC lose the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final to FC Barcelona (0-4).
Volleyball
Racing
- 2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
- 2011 Formula 3 Brazil Open
- 2011 São Paulo Indy 300
- 2011 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas
- 2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
- 2011 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
- 2011 GT Brasil season
- 2011 Formula Future Fiat season
- 2011 Fórmula Truck season
- 2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
- 2011 Brasileiro de Marcas season
- 2011 Stock Car Brasil season
- 2011 Trofeo Linea Brasil season
Television
Launched
See also
References
- (in Portuguese) Araújo, Glauco. "Professora critica cerimonial por iniciar desfile de Dilma sob chuva" Archived 2020-11-27 at the Wayback Machine. G1. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
- "Número de mortos na Região Serrana já passa de 900 após chuvas de janeiro" (in Portuguese). 15 February 2011.
- "Brazil mourns Rio school shooting victims". BBC News. 8 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2011.
- "Accident description PR-NOB". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- "Brazilian police probe Chevron oil spill". CNN.com. 2011-11-17. Retrieved 2014-02-04.
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