2011 in Brazil

2011 in Brazil
Events in the year 2011 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Dilma Rousseff
Vice President: Michel Temer
Governors
Acre:
Binho Marques (until 1 January)
Tião Viana (starting 1 January)
Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho
Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe (starting 1 January)
Amazonas: Omar Aziz
Bahia: Jaques Wagner
Ceará: Cid Gomes
Espírito Santo: Paulo Hartung
Goiás:
Alcides Rodrigues (until 1 January)
Marconi Perillo (starting 1 January)
Maranhão: Roseana Sarney
Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha
Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli
Minas Gerais: Antônio Anastasia
Pará:
Ana Júlia Carepa (until 1 January)
Simão Jatene (starting 1 January)
Paraíba: Ricardo Coutinho
Paraná:
Orlando Pessuti (until 1 January)
Beto Richa (starting 1 January)
Pernambuco: Eduardo Campos
Piauí: Wilson Martins
Rio de Janeiro: Sérgio Cabral Filho
Rio Grande do Norte:
Iberê Paiva Ferreira de Souza (until 1 January)
Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado (starting 1 January)
Rio Grande do Sul:
Yeda Rorato Crusius (until 1 January)
Tarso Genro (starting 1 January)
Rondônia:
João Aparecido Cahulla (until 1 January)
Confúcio Moura (starting 1 January)
Roraima: José de Anchieta Júnior
Santa Catarina:
Leonel Pavan (until 1 January)
Raimundo Colombo (starting 1 January)
São Paulo:
Alberto Goldman (until 1 January)
Geraldo Alckmin (starting 1 January)
Sergipe: Marcelo Déda
Tocantins:
Carlos Henrique Gaguim (until 1 January)
José Wilson Siqueira Campos (starting 1 January)
Vice governors
Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias
Alagoas:
José Wanderley Neto (until 1 January)
José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto (starting 1 January)
Amapá:
Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (until 1 January)
Doralice Nascimento de Souza (starting 1 January)
Amazonas:
Omar José Abdel Aziz (until 1 January)
José Melo de Oliveira (starting 1 January)
Bahia:
Edmundo Pereira Santos (until 1 January)
Otto Alencar (starting 1 January)
Ceará:
Francisco José Pinheiro (until 1 January)
Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho (starting 1 January)
Espírito Santo:
Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço (until 1 January)
Givaldo Vieira da Silva (starting 1 January)
Goiás:
Ademir de Oliveira Meneses (until 1 January)
José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior (starting 1 January)
Maranhão:
João Alberto Souza (until 1 January)
Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira (starting 1 January)
Mato Grosso:
Silval da Cunha Barbosa (until 1 January)
Francisco Tarquínio Daltro (starting 1 January)
Mato Grosso do Sul:
Murilo Zauith (until 1 January)
Simone Tebet (starting 1 January)
Minas Gerais:
Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia (until 1 January)
Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior (starting 1 January)
Pará:
Odair Santos Corrêa (until 1 January)
Helenilson Cunha Pontes (starting 1 January)
Paraíba:
Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá (until 1 January)
Rômulo José de Gouveia (starting 1 January)
Paraná:
Orlando Pessuti (until 1 January)
Flávio José Arns (starting 1 January)
Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto
Piauí: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho
Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão
Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria (starting 1 January)
Rio Grande do Sul:
Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó (until 1 January)
Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill (starting 1 January)
Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz (starting 1 January)
Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (starting 1 January)
Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira
São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos (starting 1 January)
Sergipe:
Belivaldo Chagas Silva (until 1 January)
Jackson Barreto (starting 1 January)
Tocantins:
Eduardo Machado Silva (until 1 January)
João Oliveira de Sousa (starting 1 January)
Events
January
January 1: Inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th President of Brazil.
January 11: January 2011 Rio de Janeiro floods and mudslides: Over 900 people are killed as a result of freak weather conditions.
February
February 12: The New Party (NOVO) is founded by engineer João Amoêdo; focusing on the position of economic liberalism.
March
March 17: Brazil and other countries abstain in a United Nations resolution against Libya.
March 17-19: US President Barack Obama makes a three day visit to Brazil to meet with President Dilma Rousseff.
April
April 7: Rio de Janeiro school shooting: Eleven children aged between 12 and 14 are killed, while 22 others seriously wounded after a former student opened fire at an elementary school in Realengo. The perpetrator would then commit suicide.
May
May 5: The Federal Supreme Court unanimously decides that homosexual couples can sign stable union contracts, as well as heterosexual couples.
June
June 7: Chief of Staff of the Presidency, Antonio Palocci, resigns after several corruption scandals.
June 8: The Supreme Federal Court decides by 6 votes to 3, for the release of Italian terrorist, Cesare Battisti; after serving four years in prison.
July
July 13: A Noar Linhas Aéreas Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in Boa Viagem, Recife; killing all 16 people on board.
July 14: A sunken World War II German submarine, U-513, is discovered by a Schurmann Family expedition off the coast of Santa Catarina.
July 23: Miss Brasil 2011
September
September 12: Miss Universe 2011 held at the Credicard Hall in São Paulo.
November
November 7: A Chevron-owned oil well began leaking, causing of crude oil to enter the ocean every day. The leak took place in Campos Basin, Brazil off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
November 18: President Dilma Rousseff signs the law creating the National Truth Commission.
Deaths
January
January 5: Lily Marinho, socialite (b. 1920)
January 19: Ramiro Saraiva Guerreiro, politician (b. 1918)
February
February 8: Luiz Bueno, race car driver (b. 1937)
February 18: Paulo de Tarso Alvim, biologist (b. 1919)
March
March 29: José Alencar, 23rd vice president of Brazil (b. 1931)
July
July 2: Itamar Franco, 33rd president of Brazil (b. 1929)
December
December 4: Sócrates, footballer (b. 1954)
December 17: Joãosinho Trinta, director of parades for Samba Schools in Rio de Janeiro during Carnival (b. 1933)
Founded
Baby.com.br
BemSimples (discontinued 2014)
Football clubs
Conilon Futebol Clube de Jaguaré, Galvez Esporte Clube, Esporte Clube Iranduba da Amazônia, Sabiá Futebol Clube, Serra Talhada Futebol Clube.
Sport
Football
2011 in Brazilian football
Santos FC lose the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup Final to FC Barcelona (0-4).
Tennis
2011 Brasil Open
2011 São Léo Open
2011 ATP Challenger Tour Finals
2011 Tetra Pak Tennis Cup
Volleyball
2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship
2011 Men's South American Volleyball Championship
2011 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Racing
2011 Brazilian Grand Prix
2011 Formula 3 Brazil Open
2011 São Paulo Indy 300
2011 Desafio Internacional das Estrelas
2011 FIA WTCC Race of Brazil
2011 Formula 3 Sudamericana season
2011 GT Brasil season
2011 Formula Future Fiat season
2011 Fórmula Truck season
2011 Copa Chevrolet Montana season
2011 Brasileiro de Marcas season
2011 Stock Car Brasil season
2011 Trofeo Linea Brasil season
Rugby
2011 CONSUR Sevens
2011 South American Rugby Championship "A"
Handball
2011 Pan American Women's Handball Championship
2011 World Women's Handball Championship
Misc
2011 Brazil Masters
UFC 134
2011 Military World Games held in Rio de Janeiro.
Brazil at the 2011 Pan American Games
Brazil at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships
Brazil at the 2011 Summer Universiade
Brazil at the 2011 Winter Universiade
Brazil at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics
Film
List of Brazilian films of 2011
Music
RPM reunite.
May 2: Exxótica stop performing.
Television
Launched
Agora é Tarde
A Mulher Invisível
A Vida da Gente
Amor e Revolução
Aquele Beijo
Brilhante F.C.
Cordel Encantado
Fina Estampa
Insensato Coração
Morde & Assopra
O Astro
Rebelde
Se Ela Dança, Eu Danço
Trunk Train
Vidas em Jogo
Ended
Anabel
Cordel Encantado
Fudêncio e Seus Amigos
Hipertensão
Insensato Coração
Morde & Assopra
O Astro
Passione (telenovela)
Ribeirão do Tempo
Show do Tom
The Buzz
See also
2011 in Brazilian football
References
2010s in Brazil
Years of the 21st century in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil