2004 in Brazil

2004 in Brazil
Events from the year 2004 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Vice President: José Alencar
Governors
Acre: Jorge Viana
Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa
Amapa: Waldez Góes
Amazonas: Eduardo Braga
Bahia: Paulo Souto
Ceará: Lúcio Alcântara
Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
Goiás: Marconi Perillo
Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares
Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
Minas Gerais: Aécio Neves
Pará: Simão Jatene
Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima
Paraná: Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva
Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
Piauí: Wellington Dias
Rio de Janeiro: Rosinha Garotinho
Rio Grande do Norte: Wilma Maria de Faria
Rio Grande do Sul: Germano Rigotto
Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol
Roraima:
Francisco Flamarion Portela (until 10 November)
Ottomar de Sousa Pinto (from 10 November)
Santa Catarina: Luiz Henrique da Silveira
São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
Sergipe: João Filho
Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda
Vice governors
Acre: Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior
Alagoas: Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto
Amapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho
Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz
Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo
Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior
Espírito Santo: Wellington Coimbra
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho
Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira
Mato Grosso do Sul: Egon Krakheche
Minas Gerais: Clésio Soares de Andrade
Pará: Valéria Pires Franco
Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena
Paraná: Orlando Pessuti
Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
Piauí: Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior
Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde
Rio Grande do Norte: Antônio Jácome
Rio Grande do Sul: Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt
Rondônia: Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira
Roraima:
Salomão Afonso de Souza Cruz (until 10 November)
Erci de Moraes (from 10 November)
Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
São Paulo: Claudio Lembo
Sergipe: Marília Mandarino
Tocantins: Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos
Events
Date Unknown
The Copa Petrobras São Paulo tennis tournament is established.
Tour do Brasil is established
March
March 28: Hurricane Catarina hits the states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, leaving 2 dead and over 60 injured. This would be the first hurricane-strength tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Atlantic Ocean.
April
April 15: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signs a law creating the National Student Performance Examination; a written test, administered annually, used to evaluate Brazilian higher education courses.
May
May 19: In three states and the Federal District, 14 are arrested by The Federal Police, after being accused of fraud in the purchase of medicines, primarily in the area of blood products for the Ministry of Health. This would be known as Operation Vampire.
July
July 25: Brazil defeats Argentina 4-2 in penalties, to win their seventh Copa America trophy.
August
August 3: The Superior Electoral Court revokes the mandate of the governor of Roraima, Francisco Flamarion Portela, who is accused of committing irregularities in the 2002 general elections in the so-called Operation Gafanhoto.
Football clubs founded
January 1 – Sociedade Esportiva Recreativa Panambi
January 19 – Esporte Clube Tigres do Brasil
January 24 – Luverdense Esporte Clube
February 10 – Toledo Colônia Work
February 17 – Osvaldo Cruz Futebol Clube
March 27 – Horizonte Futebol Clube
April 10 – Villa Rio Esporte Clube
May 25 – Guanabara Esporte Clube
June 10 – Paulínia FC
July 14 – Clube Esportivo Guará
November 11 – São Domingos Futebol Clube
November 15 – Barras Futebol Club
November 25 – São Carlos Futebol Clube
December 20 – São Bernardo Futebol Clube
Culture
Films
See List of Brazilian films of 2004
Literature
Cristóvão Tezza – O Fotógrafo
Music
Vinicius Cantuária – Horse and Fish
Ithamara Koorax – Cry me a River
Births
May 3
Mel Maia, actress
Andrey Santos, footballer
Deaths
January
January 9: Rogério Sganzerla, filmmaker (born 1946)
January 20: Adão Dãxalebaradã, singer (born 1955)
June
June 21: Leonel Brizola, politician (born 1922)
July
July 19: Carvalho Leite, footballer (born 1912)
September
September 7: Miriam Pires, actress (born 1926)
November
November 8: Sérgio Hingst, actor (born 1924)
November 20: Celso Furtado, economist (born 1920)
See also
2004 in Brazilian football
2004 in Brazilian television
List of Brazilian films of 2004
References
2000s in Brazil
Years of the 21st century in Brazil
Brazil
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