2003 in Brazil

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2003 in Brazil
Years 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
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Timeline of Brazilian history
History of Brazil since 1985
Year of Constitution: 1988

Events in the year 2003 in Brazil.

Incumbents[]

Federal government[]

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso (until 1 January), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (starting 1 January)
• Vice President: Marco Maciel (until 1 January), José Alencar Gomes da Silva (starting 1 January)

Governors[]

• Acre: Jorge Viana
• Alagoas:
• 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); (from 1 January)
• Espírito Santo: (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:
• Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco (till 1 January); Aécio Neves (from 1 January)
• Pará: (till 1 January); Simão Jatene (from 1 January)
• Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima (from 1 January)
• Paraná: Jaime Lerner (till 1 January); (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: (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:
• Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin (till 1 January); Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January)
• São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
• Sergipe: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda (from 1 January)

Vice governors[]

• Acre: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Alagoas: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Amapá: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Amazonas: (till 1 January); Omar José Abdel Aziz (from 1 January)
• Bahia: (from 1 January)
• Ceará: (from 1 January)
• Espírito Santo: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Goiás:
• Maranhão: (from 1 January)
• Mato Grosso: (from 1 January)
• Mato Grosso do Sul: (till 1 January), (from 1 January)
• Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso (till 1 January); Clésio Soares de Andrade (from 1 January)
• Pará: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Paraíba: (from 1 January)
• Paraná: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí: (till 1 January); (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: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Rondônia: Miguel de Souza (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Roraima: (1 January-10 November); (from 10 November)
• Santa Catarina: (from 1 January)
• São Paulo: vacant (till 1 January); Claudio Lembo (from 1 January)
• Sergipe: (till 1 January); (from 1 January)
• Tocantins: (till 1 January); (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[]

• January 27 - Fernando Valderrábano Alix is born in Porto Alegre

Deaths[]

• August 6 – Roberto Marinho, founder of Grupo Globo, the largest mass media company in Brazil and Latin America (b. 1904)

References[]

See also[]

• 2003 in Brazilian football
• 2003 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2003

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