# 2012 in Brazil

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Events from the year 2012 in Brazil.

## Incumbents
### Federal government

* President: Dilma Rousseff
* Vice President: Michel Temer

### Governors

* Acre: Binho Marques
* Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
* Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe
* Amazonas: Omar Aziz
* Bahia: Jaques Wagner
* Ceará: Cid Gomes
* Espírito Santo: José Roberto Arruda
* Goiás: Marconi Perillo
* Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
* Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
* Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
* Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
* Pará: Ana Júlia Carepa
* Paraíba: José Maranhão
* Paraná: Roberto Requião
* Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
* Piauí: Wellington Dias
* Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
* Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma de Faria
* Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Crusius
* Rondônia: Ivo Cassol
* Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
* Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira
* São Paulo: José Serra
* Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
* Tocantins: Carlos Henrique Amorim

### Vice governors

* Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
* Alagoas: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto
* Amapá: Doralice Nascimento de Souza
* Amazonas: José Melo de Oliveira
* Bahia: Otto Alencar
* Ceará: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho
* Espírito Santo: Givaldo Vieira da Silva
* Goiás: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior
* Maranhão: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira
* Mato Grosso: Francisco Tarquínio Daltro
* Mato Grosso do Sul: Simone Tebet
* Minas Gerais: Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior
* Pará: Helenilson Cunha Pontes
* Paraíba: Rômulo José de Gouveia
* Paraná: Flávio José Arns
* Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
* Piauí: Wilson Martins
* Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
* Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria
* Rio Grande do Sul: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill
* Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz
* Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues
* Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
* São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos
* Sergipe: Jackson Barreto
* Tocantins: João Oliveira de Sousa

## Events
### February

* February 13: Lindemberg Alves Fernandes goes on trial for the death of ex-girlfriend Elóa Pimentel, in the city of Santo André.
* February 16:
** Lindemberg Alves Fernandes is convicted of all 12 crimes with which he is charged, and sentenced to 98 years and 10 months of imprisonment; Brazilian law meant that this would be limited to 30 years.
** The Supreme Federal Court decides that the Clean Record Law is constitutional and valid for that year's municipal elections.
* February 25: A fire destroys part of the Brazilian scientific station in Antarctica, leaving two dead and a Brazilian Navy soldier injured.
* February 29: Federal Police arrest 31 people suspected of hacking slot machines in Goiás, including businessman Carlos Augusto Ramos and Carlinhos Cachoeira.

### March

* March 29: President Dilma Rousseff attends the 4th BRICS summit, held in New Delhi, India.

### April

* April 7-8: The first Brazilian version of the Lollapalooza music festival is held at the Jockey Club in São Paulo.
* April 25: The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies approves the project for the New Forest Code, which reduces environmental protection.

### May

* May 25: President Dilma Rousseff partially vetoed modifications to the Forest Law that protects the Amazon.

### July

* July 1: The cultural landscape of the city of Rio de Janeiro is elevated to the status of Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

### August

* August 2: The Supreme Federal Court begins the trial of the 38 defendants accused of participating in the Mensalão scandal.
* August 8: The sixth annual International Female Orgasm Day is celebrated. The holiday was established by José Arimatéia Dantas Lacerda of Esperantina.

### September

* September 27: Cabo Bruno, who was accused of more than 50 murders in the 1980s, is murdered after 20 gunshots at Pindamonhangaba, São Paulo; a month after leaving prison.

### October

* October 7: First round of voting in the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.
* October 28: Second round of the Brazilian municipal elections, 2012.

### November

* November 25: The 2012 Brazilian Grand Prix is held at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo, and is won by British driver Jenson Button for McLaren; it would be the victory of his Formula One career.

### December

* December 16: Corinthians wins the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup over Chelsea, with a score of 1-0.
* December 17: The Supreme Federal Court concludes the trial of the politicians accused in the Mensalão scandal.

## Deaths
### January

* January 2: Beatriz Bandeira, 102, activist and writer
* January 10: José Freire de Oliveira Neto, 83, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Mossoró (1984–2004)
* January 30: Al Rio, 49, comic book artist, suicide.

### February

* February 22: João Mansur, 88, politician, Governor of Paraná (1973).
* February 24:
** Pery Ribeiro, 74, singer, myocardial infarction.
** Eliana Tranchesi, 56, chief executive (Daslu).

### March

* March 16: Aziz Ab'Sáber, 87, geologist, heart attack.
* March 23: Chico Anysio, 80, comedian, multiple organ failure

### April

* April 14 : Paulo César Saraceni, 78, film director.
* April 26 : José Martins Ribeiro Nunes, 85, naval pilot.

### May

* May 31 : Nélson Jacobina, 58, songwriter ("Maracatu Atômico"), lung cancer.

### June

* June 14 : Carlos Reichenbach, 67, filmmaker, cardiac arrest.

### July

* July 7 : Ronaldo Cunha Lima, 76, poet and politician, Governor of Paraíba (1991–1994), lung cancer.
* July 31 : Alfredo Ramos, 87, footballer and coach.

### August

* August 24 : Félix Miélli Venerando, 74, footballer, cardiac arrest.

### September

* September 19: Leopoldo Penna Franca, 53, mathematician, heart attack.
* September 27: Cabo Bruno, 53, serial killer, multiple gunshot wounds.
* September 29: Hebe Camargo, 83, television presenter, cardiac arrest.

### October

* October 27: Regina Dourado, 59, actress, breast cancer.

### November

* November 3: Carmélia Alves, 89, baião singer, multiple organ seizure.
* November 29: Joelmir Beting, 75, journalist and writer, stroke.

### December

* December 2: Décio Pignatari, 85, poet, essayist and translator, respiratory failure.
* December 5: Oscar Niemeyer, 104, architect, respiratory infection.
* December 20: Thelma Reston, 75, actress (Entranced Earth), breast cancer.