2003 in Brazil

Events in the year 2003 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso (until 1 January), Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (starting 1 January)
• Vice President: Marco Maciel (until 1 January), José Alencar Gomes da Silva (starting 1 January)

Governors

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Mato Grosso do Sul
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piauí:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

Vice governors

• Acre:
• Alagoas:
• Amapá:
• Amazonas:
• Bahia:
• Ceará:
• Espírito Santo:
• Goiás:
• Maranhão:
• Mato Grosso:
• Mato Grosso do Sul:
• Minas Gerais:
• Pará:
• Paraíba:
• Paraná:
• Pernambuco:
• Piaui:
• Rio Grande do Norte:
• Rio Grande do Sul:
• Rondônia:
• Roraima:
• Santa Catarina:
• São Paulo:
• Sergipe:
• Tocantins:

Events

• January 1 - The sindicalist leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is installed as president of Brazil
• June 20 – A magnitude 7.0 earthquake, the highest recorded in Brazil, happens in Amazonas.
• August 22 – VLS-1 V03 accident: An explosion at the Alcântara Launch Center kills 21 scientists.
• October 20 – Bolsa Família, a unified social welfare program, is introduced.

Births

• January 27 - Fernando Valderrábano Alix is born in Porto Alegre

Deaths

• August 6 – Roberto Marinho, founder of Grupo Globo, the largest mass media company in Brazil and Latin America (b. 1904)

See also

• 2003 in Brazilian football
• 2003 in Brazilian television
• List of Brazilian films of 2003