2001 in Brazil

2001 in Brazil
Events in the year 2001 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors
Acre: Jorge Viana
Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa
Amapa: João Capiberibe
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia: César Borges
Ceará: Tasso Jereissati
Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira
Goiás: Marconi Perillo
Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
Mato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco
Pará: Almir Gabriel
Paraíba: José Maranhão
Paraná: Jaime Lerner
Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
Piauí:
Mão Santa (until 6 November)
Kléber Eulálio (9 November-19 November)
Hugo Napoleão (from 19 November)
Rio de Janeiro: Anthony Garotinho
Rio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho
Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra
Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin
São Paulo:
Mário Covas (till 6 March)
Geraldo Alckmin (from 6 March)
Sergipe: Albano Franco
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio
Amapá: Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo
Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan
Bahia: Otto Alencar
Ceará: Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
Mato Grosso: José Rogério Sales
Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes
Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
Piauí:
Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (until 6 November)
Felipe Mendes de Oliveira (from 19 November)
Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva
Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire
Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto
Rondônia: Miguel de Souza
Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela
Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto Bauer
São Paulo:
Geraldo Alckmin (till 6 March)
Vacant (from 6 March)
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz
Events
January
January 11: A flash fire hits the studio of the children's program Xuxa Park, leaving 26 injured; seven being serious. The fire started while Xuxa Meneghel was recording the special carnival program and singing her biggest hit, Ilariê.
January 12: The third edition of Rock in Rio with performances by Sting, R.E.M., Guns N' Roses, 'N Sync, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
January 15: Gol Transportes Aéreos starts operations with a flight from Brasilia to São Paulo.
February
February 2: The Canadian government suspends imports of Brazilian beef due to mad cow disease.
February 4: Musician Herbert Vianna is left a paraplegic after his ultralight plane crashed in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro. His wife Lucy Needhan-Vianna is killed in the crash.
February 19: The First Command of the Capital organizes a major rebellion in São Paulo prisons, leaving 14 inmates dead and 19 correctional officers injured. Until then, it would be the biggest rebellion registered in Brazil.
March
March 15: Three explosions on the P-36 platform, the largest oil production platform in the world, in Campos Basin; leaves eleven employees dead.
April
April 15: A walkway collapses inside the Estácio de Sá University campus in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, injuring 54 people.
May
May 17: The electricity rationing program in the Southeast, Central-West, and Northeast regions take effect. Measure was announced by the Federal government to control the Blackout Crisis.
May 30: Amidst accusations of involvement in the electronic panel violation scandal, Senator Antônio Carlos Magalhães (PFL-BA) resigns from office to avoid his impeachment.
July
July 30: Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães is sentenced to 632 years in prison for the death of 102 prisoners in the Carandiru Massacre.
August
August 21: Student Patrícia Abravanel, daughter of presenter and businessman Silvio Santos, is kidnapped in São Paulo. She was released from captivity seven days after the ransom was paid.
August 30: Presenter and businessman Silvio Santos is kidnapped from his home in Jardim Morumbi, São Paulo after it was invaded by Fernando Dutra Pinto. Pinto led the gang that kidnapped Santos' daughter, Patricia, the week before. After 8 hours of negotiation, Pinto surrendered to police with the arrival of São Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin at the scene.
September
September 10: Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, is assassinated.
September 11: Three Brazilians are killed in the September 11 attacks in the United States.
November
November 24: A fire at a nightclub leaves seven dead and 197 injured in Belo Horizonte.
November 26: One hundred and six prisoners escape from the Sao Paulo House of Detention prison through a dug tunnel; the largest recorded escape in its history.
December
December 3: Transbrasil, the third largest airline in Brazil ceases all operations.
Births
January
January 9 – Rodrygo, footballer
June
June 18 – Gabriel Martinelli, footballer
September
September 24 – Jade Picon, social media personality
Deaths
January
January 12 –
Luiz Bonfá, guitarist and composer (b. 1922)
Adhemar da Silva, triple jumper (b. 1927)
January 20 – Nico Assumpção, bass player (b. 1954)
February
February 27 – Walther Moreira Salles, banker and politician (b. 1912)
March
March 6 – Mário Covas, then Governor of São Paulo (b. 1930)
March 8 – Luís Rocha, politician and lawyer (b. 1937)
April
April 1 – Eugênio German, chess master (b. 1930)
May
May 15 – Juracy Magalhães, military officer and politician (b. 1905)
June
June 13 – Marcelo Fromer, guitarist for the band Titãs (b. 1961)
June 24: Milton Santos, geographer (b. 1926)
August
August 10 – Jorge Amado, Brazil's best known modern writer (b. 1912)
September
September 10 – Toninho, architect and politician (b. 1952)
October
October 9 – Roberto de Oliveira Campos, economist (b. 1917)
December
December 29 – Cássia Eller, musician (b. 1962)
See also
2001 in Brazilian football
2001 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 2001
References
2000s in Brazil
Years of the 21st century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil