2002 in Brazil
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Events from the year 2002 in Brazil
Incumbents[]
Federal government[]
- President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso[1]
- Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors[]
- Acre: Jorge Viana
- Alagoas:
- Amapa:
- till 1 April: João Capiberibe
- 1 April-31 December:
- Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
- Bahia: (till 5 April); Otto Alencar (from 5 April)
- Ceará: Tasso Jereissati (till 5 April); Beni Veras (from 5 April)
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás: Marconi Perillo
- Maranhão: Roseana Sarney (till 5 April); José Reinaldo Tavares (from 5 April)
- Mato Grosso: then
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco
- Pará:
- Paraíba: José Maranhão (till 6 April); (6 April-31 December)
- Paraná: Jaime Lerner
- Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
- Piauí: Hugo Napoleão
- Rio de Janeiro: Anthony Garotinho then Benedita da Silva
- Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho (till 6 April); (from 6 April)
- Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra
- Rondônia:
- Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos (till 6 April); (from 6 April)
- Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin (till 1 January); Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January)
- São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
- Sergipe:
- Tocantins:
Vice governors[]
- Acre:
- Alagoas:
- Amapá: (till 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Amazonas:
- Bahia: Otto Alencar (till 6 April), vacant thereafter (from 6 April)
- Ceará: (till 6 April); vacant thereafter (from 6 April)
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão: (till 5 April), vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Mato Grosso: (till 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Mato Grosso do Sul:
- Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
- Pará:
- Paraíba: (till 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva (till 6 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Rio Grande do Norte: (till 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Rondônia: Miguel de Souza
- Roraima: (until 5 April); vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
- Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto Bauer
- São Paulo: vacant
- Sergipe:
- Tocantins:
Events[]
- October 6 – In the first round of the Brazilian general election, 2002, Workers' Party leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fails to obtain a majority of the valid votes cast.
- October 27 – In the second round of the presidential election, Lula da Silva wins 52.7 million votes (61.3% of the total).[2]
Culture[]
Films[]
Music[]
- Romero Lubambo - Brazilian Routes
Births[]
Maisa Silva in 2017
- March 10 – Júlia Gomes, actress and singer
- April 8 – Isabella Nardoni, murder victim (died 2008)
- May 3 – MC Pedrinho, singer
- May 22 – Maisa Silva, singer, TV hostess and actress
- July 13 – Deborah Medrado, rhythmic gymnast[3]
- July 24 – Nicole Pircio, rhythmic gymnast[3]
- December 17 – Guilherme Seta, actor
Deaths[]
- May 16 – José Reis, scientist
- June 2 – Tim Lopes, journalist, 51 (murdered by drug traffickers)[4]
- November 27 - Helber Rangel, film actor
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Biography & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Banco de Dados Eleitorais do Brasil Archived 2008-02-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Team Profile: Brazil - Pan American Games Lima 2019". wrsd.lima2019.pe. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Brutal death sours cup joy", The Guardian, 7 July 2002. Accessed 21 June 2015
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