2003 in Brazil
2003 in Brazil |
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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:
- Alagoas:
- Amazonas:
- Bahia:
- Ceará:
- Espírito Santo:
- Goiás:
- Maranhão:
- Mato Grosso:
- Mato Grosso do Sul
- Minas Gerais:
- Pará:
- Paraíba:
- Paraná:
- Pernambuco:
- Piauí:
- Rio Grande do Norte:
- Rio Grande do Sul:
- Rondônia:
- Roraima:
- Santa Catarina:
- São Paulo:
- Sergipe:
- Tocantins:
Vice governors
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)
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References
- "Presidente Lula assume o país diante de 200 mil pessoas. Posse foi marcada por festa popular". revistaepoca.globo.com (in Portuguese). Época Online. January 1, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
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