2009 in Brazil

2009 in Brazil
Events in the year 2009 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors
Acre: Binho Marques
Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
Amapa: Waldez Góes
Amazonas: Eduardo Braga
Bahia: Jaques Wagner
Ceará: Cid Gomes
Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues
Maranhão:
Jackson Lago (until 17 April)
Roseana Sarney (from 17 April)
Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
Pará: Ana Júlia Carepa
Paraíba:
Cássio Cunha Lima (until 18 February)
José Maranhão (from 18 February)
Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
Piauí: Wellington Dias
Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
Rio Grande do Sul: Yeda Rorato Crusius
Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol
Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira
São Paulo: José Serra
Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
Tocantins:
Marcelo Miranda (until 9 September)
Carlos Henrique Gaguim (from 9 September)
Vice governors
Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
Alagoas: José Wanderley Neto
Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz
Bahia: Edmundo Pereira Santos
Ceará: Francisco José Pinheiro
Espírito Santo: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço
Goiás: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses
Maranhão:
Luís Carlos Porto (until 17 April)
João Alberto Souza (from 17 April)
Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa
Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith
Minas Gerais: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia
Pará: Odair Santos Corrêa
Paraíba:
José Lacerda Neto (until 18 February)
Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá (from 18 February)
Paraná: Orlando Pessuti
Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
Piauí: Wilson Martins
Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
Rio Grande do Norte: Iberê Ferreira
Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó
Rondônia: João Aparecido Cahulla
Roraima: Vacant
Santa Catarina: Leonel Pavan
São Paulo: Alberto Goldman
Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas Silva
Tocantins:
Eduardo Machado Silva (until 26 September)
Vacant (26 September-8 October)
Paulo Sidnei Antunes (from 8 October)
Events
February
February 2: José Sarney is elected president of the Federal Senate by 49 votes against 32 for Senator Tião Viana (PT).
March
March 4: Fernando Collor de Mello is elected chairman of the Senate Infrastructure Committee.
March 26: Eliana Tranchesi, who owns the luxury store Daslu, is arrested by Federal Police in São Paulo, after allegations of committing fraud. However, she is released the next day.
April
April 7: São Paulo's anti-smoking bill is approved by 69 in favor and 18 against by the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. This would prohibit the use of cigarettes and other smoking products in closed environments for collective use or near people with respiratory or pulmonary problems.
May
May 7: São Paulo's anti-smoking bill is signed into law by São Paulo governor José Serra.
May 8: Health Minister José Gomes Temporão confirms the country's first case of the swine flu pandemic.
May 12: The three stolen paintings of Cândido Portinari, Tarsila do Amaral, and Orlando Teruz are found abandoned in the West Zone of São Paulo.
June
June 28:
Brazil defeats the United States 3-2, to win the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. This is Brazil's third FIFA Confederations Cup trophy.
The Ministry of Health confirms the first death caused by the swine flu pandemic.
October
October 2: The 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark selects Rio de Janeiro as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
November
November 11: Brazil, along with Paraguay, suffers from a large power blackout at night, affecting several million people.
Deaths
June
June 17: Perry Salles, film director and actor (b. 1939)
July
July 19: Gilberto Mestrinho, Governor of Amazonas (1959–1963, 1983–1987, 1991–1995) (b. 1928)
July 24: Zé Carlos, footballer (b. 1962)
October
October 31: Neguinho do Samba, percussionist and founder of Olodum (b. 1955)
November
November 20: Herbert Richers, film and dubbing producer (b. 1923)
December
December 2: Luiz Lombardi Neto, television announcer and voice actor (b. 1940)
References
External links
2000s in Brazil
Years of the 21st century in Brazil
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