2008 in Brazil

Events from the year 2008 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva

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

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amapá:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

Events

• October 13 – Eloá Pimentel hostage crisis
• November 3 – Banks Itaú and Unibanco merge into Itaú Unibanco.[1]

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)[2]
• July 19 – Dercy Gonçalves, comedian (b. 1907)

See also

• 2008 in Brazilian football
• 2008 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2008

References

1. Dealbook (2008-11-03). "Brazilian Banks Itau and Unibanco to Merge". DealBook. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
2. "Ruth Cardoso | Brazilian anthropologist and educator". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 June 2020.