2003 in Brazil explained

Events in the year 2003 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

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

Governors

• • • Acre: Jorge Viana Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa Amapa: Waldez Góes (from 1 January)
• Amazonas: Eduardo Braga (from 1 January)
• Bahia:
  • Otto Alencar (until 1 January)
  • Paulo Souto (from 1 January)
• Ceará:
  • Beni Veras (until 1 January)
  • Lúcio Alcântara (from 1 January)
• Espírito Santo:
  • José Ignácio Ferreira (until 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: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
• Minas Gerais:
  • Itamar Franco (until 1 January)
  • Aécio Neves (from 1 January)
• Pará:
  • Almir Gabriel (until 1 January)
  • Simão Jatene (from 1 January)
• Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima (from 1 January)
• Paraná:
  • Jaime Lerner (until 1 January)
  • Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 1 January)
  • Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos Piauí:
  • Hugo Napoleão (until 1 January)
  • Wellington Dias (from 1 January)
• Rio de Janeiro:
  • Benedita da Silva (until 1 January)
  • Rosinha Garotinho (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire (until 1 January)
  • Wilma Maria de Faria (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Olívio Dutra (until 1 January)
  • Germano Rigotto (from 1 January)
• Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol (from 1 January)
  • Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina:
  • Esperidião Amin (until 1 January)
  • Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January)
  • São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe:
  • Albano Franco (until 1 January)
  • João Filho (from 1 January)
• Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda (from 1 January)

Vice governors

• Acre:
  • Edison Simão Cadaxo (until 1 January)
  • Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
• Alagoas:
  • Geraldo Costa Sampaio (until 1 January)
  • Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (from 1 January)
• Amapá:
  • Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (until 1 January)
  • Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (from 1 January)
• Amazonas:
  • Samuel Assayag Hanan (until 1 January)
  • Omar José Abdel Aziz (from 1 January)
• Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo (from 1 January)
• Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior (from 1 January)
• Espírito Santo:
  • Celso José Vasconcelos (until 1 January)
  • Wellington Coimbra (from 1 January)
  • Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho (from 1 January)
• Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira (from 1 January)
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
  • Moacir Kohl (until 1 January)
  • Egon Krakheche (from 1 January)
• Minas Gerais:
  • Newton Cardoso (until 1 January)
  • Clésio Soares de Andrade (from 1 January)
• Pará:
  • Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (until 1 January)
  • Valéria Pires Franco (from 1 January)
• Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena (from 1 January)
• Paraná:
  • Emília de Sales Belinati (until 1 January)
  • Orlando Pessuti (from 1 January)
  • Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí:
  • Felipe Mendes de Oliveira (until 1 January)
  • Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January)
• Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Norte:
  • Vacant (until 1 January)
  • Antônio Jácome (from 1 January)
• Rio Grande do Sul:
  • Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (until 1 January)
  • Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt (from 1 January)
• Rondônia:
  • Miguel de Souza (until 1 January)
  • Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira (from 1 January)
• Roraima:
  • Salomão Afonso de Souza Cruz (1 January-10 November)
  • Erci de Moraes (from 10 November)
• Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira (from 1 January)
• São Paulo:
  • Vacant (until 1 January)
  • Claudio Lembo (from 1 January)
• Sergipe:
  • Benedito de Figueiredo (until 1 January)
  • Marília Mandarino (from 1 January)
• Tocantins:
  • João Lisboa da Cruz (until 1 January)
  • Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (from 1 January)

Events

January

• January 1

Syndicalist leader and leader of the Workers' Party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is inaugurated as President of Brazil.^[1]

• January 28

18-year-old Edmar Freitas opens fire on students and classmates in a school in Taiúva, wounding eight people before killing himself.^[2]

• January 30

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva introduces the Fome Zero program, in order to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty in the country.^[3]

June

• June 20: An earthquake that reaches a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, hits the state of Amazonas. It is the biggest tremor recorded in Brazil.^[4]

August

• August 19

A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees.^{[5] [6] [7]}

• August 22: An explosion at the Alcântara Launch Center kills 21 scientists. This would become the biggest accident in the history of the Brazilian space program.^[8]

September

• September 2: Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil is awarded the Latin Grammy for Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. ^[9]

October

• October 20: President Lula da Silva introduces Bolsa Família, a unified social welfare program.^[10]

Births

• June 21: Giovana Queiroz, football player

Deaths

January

• January 25: Scylla Médici, First Lady of Brazil (1969-1974) (b. 1907)

March

• March 7: José Márcio Ayres, conservationist and zoologist (b. 1954)

April

• April 24: Gino Orlando, footballer (b. 1929)

May

• May 8: Elvira Pagã, vedette (b. 1920)
• May 25: Almir Chediak, musician and entrepreneur (b. 1950)

June

• June 12: Itamar Assumpção, songwriter and composer (b. 1949)

July

• July 28: Noite Ilustrada, singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• July 31: Bigode, footballer (b. 1922)

August

• August 6: Roberto Marinho, founder of Grupo Globo, the largest mass media company in Brazil and Latin America (b. 1904)
• August 19: Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations diplomat (b. 1948)

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Presidente Lula assume o país diante de 200 mil pessoas. Posse foi marcada por festa popular. revistaepoca.globo.com. Época Online. Portuguese. January 1, 2003. September 24, 2019. October 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161002174133/http://revistaepoca.globo.com/Revista/Epoca/0,,EDG54749-6009,00-PRESIDENTE+LULA+ASSUME+O+PAIS+DIANTE+DE+MIL+PESSOAS+POSSE+FOI+MARCADA+POR+F.html. dead.
2. News: Ribeiro . Marcelle . 2011-04-11 . Em 2003, ex-aluno feriu oito pessoas em escola, antes de se matar; em carta, atirador de Realengo elogiou o crime . 2024-07-07 . O Globo . pt-BR.
3. https://www.fao.org/3/i3023e/i3023e.pdf The Fome Zero (Zero Hunger Program) : The Brazilian experience
4. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2003/06/21/15/ AM registra terremoto 'imperceptível
5. News: 11 August 2007. Mixed feelings over UN Iraq role. BBC News. 22 February 2015 . Ghattas. Kim .
6. Web site: 21 August 2003. Press Briefing by Manoel de Almeida e Silva, Spokesman for the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Afghanistan. United Nations. 6 February 2011 . United Nations. United Nations .
7. Web site: 19 August 2004 . UN wrestling with security questions one year after Baghdad bombing – Annan. United Nations. 6 February 2011 . United Nations. United Nations.
8. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2003/08/23/2/ Foguete brasileiro explode e mata 16
9. Web site: 2022-11-09. GRAMMY LATINO 2003: Veja lista de premiados e saiba como foi o evento - 02/09/2003 -. musica.uol.com.br.
10. http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2003/10/21/2/ Governo unifica os programas sociais sem garantir verba