Events in the year 2015 in Brazil:
Incumbents Federal government President: Dilma Rousseff Vice President: Michel Temer
Governors Acre: Tião Viana Alagoas: Teotônio Vilela Filho (until 1 January) Renan Filho (starting 1 January) Amapa: Camilo Capiberibe (until 1 January) Waldez Góes (starting 1 January) Amazonas: José Melo Bahia: Jacques Wagner (until 1 January) Rui Costa (starting 1 January) Ceará: Cid Gomes (until 1 January) Camilo Santana (starting 1 January) Espírito Santo: Renato Casagrande (until 1 January) Paulo Hartung (starting 1 January) Goiás: Marconi Perillo Maranhão: Arnaldo Melo (until 1 January) Flávio Dino (starting 1 January) Mato Grosso: Pedro Taques Mato Grosso do Sul: André Puccinelli (until 1 January) Reinaldo Azambuja (starting 1 January) Minas Gerais: Fernando Damata Pimentel (starting 1 January) Pará: Simão Jatene Paraíba: Ricardo Coutinho Paraná: Beto Richa Pernambuco: João Lyra Neto (until 1 January) Paulo Câmara (starting 1 January) Piauí: Zé Filho (until 1 January) Wellington Dias (starting 1 January) Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando Pezão (starting 1 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Rosalba Ciarlini Rosado (until 1 January) Robinson Faria (starting 1 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Tarso Genro (until 1 January) José Ivo Sartori (starting 1 January) Rondônia: Confúcio Moura Roraima: Suely Campos Santa Catarina: Raimundo Colombo São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: Jackson Barreto Tocantins: Sandoval Cardoso (until 1 January) Marcelo Miranda (starting 1 January)
Vice governors Acre: Carlos César Correia de Messias (until 1 January) Maria Nazareth Melo de Araújo Lambert (starting 1 January) Alagoas: José Thomaz da Silva Nonô Neto (until 1 January) José Luciano Barbosa da Silva (starting 1 January) Amapá: Doralice Nascimento de Souza (until 1 January) João Bosco Papaléo Paes (starting 1 January) Amazonas: José Melo de Oliveira (until 1 January) José Henrique Oliveira (starting 1 January) Bahia: Otto Alencar (until 1 January) João Leão (starting 1 January) Ceará: Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Filho (until 1 January) Maria Izolda Cela de Arruda Coelho (starting 1 January) Espírito Santo: Givaldo Vieira da Silva (until 1 January) César Roberto Colnago (starting 1 January) Goiás: José Eliton de Figueiredo Júnior Maranhão: Joaquim Washington Luiz de Oliveira (until 1 January) Carlos Orleans Brandão Júnior (starting 1 January) Mato Grosso: Francisco Tarquínio Daltro (until 1 January) Carlos Henrique Baqueta Fávaro (starting 1 January) Mato Grosso do Sul: Simone Tebet (until 1 January) Rose Modesto (starting 1 January) Minas Gerais: Alberto Pinto Coelho Júnior (until 1 January) Antônio Eustáquio Andrade Ferreira (starting 1 January) Pará: Helenilson Cunha Pontes (until 1 January) José da Cruz Marinho (starting 1 January) Paraíba: Rômulo José de Gouveia (until 1 January) Lígia Feliciano (starting 1 January) Paraná: Flávio José Arns (until 1 January) Maria Aparecida Borghetti (starting 1 January) Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra Neto (until 1 January) Raul Jean Louis Henry Júnior (starting 1 January) Piaui: Antônio José de Moraes Souza Filho (until 1 January) Margarete de Castro Coelho (starting 1 January) Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Dornelles (starting January 1) Rio Grande do Norte: Robinson Faria (until 1 January) Fábio Dantas (starting 1 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Jorge Alberto Duarte Grill (until 1 January) José Paulo Dornelles Cairoli (starting 1 January) Rondônia: Airton Pedro Gurgacz (until 1 January) (starting 1 January) Roraima: Francisco de Assis Rodrigues (until 1 January) Paulo César Justo Quartiero (starting 1 January) Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira São Paulo: Guilherme Afif Domingos (until 1 January) Márcio França (starting 1 January) Sergipe: Jackson Barreto de Lima (until 1 January) Belivaldo Chagas Silva (starting 1 January) Tocantins: Cláudia Telles de Menezes Pires Martins Lelis (starting 1 January)
Events January January 1: Dilma Rousseff is inaugurated for a second term as Brazilian President. January 6: Two commuter trains collide at Mesquita, Rio de Janeiro, injuring 158 people.
February February 4: The president of Petrobras, Maria das Graças Foster, as well as five other directors of the oil company resign; amidst allegations of corruption. February 21: Six months since the beginning of Operation Castanheira, Ezequiel Antônio Castanha, who is considered to be the biggest Amazon deforester of all time, is arrested. This was a joint operation by the Federal Police, the Brazilian Institute of the Environment, the Federal Public Ministry, the Federal Revenue Service, and the National Public Security Force. February 24: The judge in the insider trading trial of Eike Batista is videotaped driving one of his seized vehicles.
March March 4: The Supreme Federal Court extinguishes the sentence of former Workers' Party president José Genoino, after being convicted in the monthly allowance process.Supremo extingue pena de José Genoino, condenado no mensalão March 15 Hundreds of thousands of people in Brazil protest against corruption and denounce the government of President Dilma Rousseff.
April
April 12: 2015–16 protests in Brazil: A second nationwide wave of anti-government protests are held. Police estimate 696,000 participants with organizers claiming 1.5 million, and demonstrators again demanding Rousseff's resignation or impeachment.
July July 7: Two million people attend the 19th São Paulo Gay Pride Parade on Avenida Paulista in São Paulo.
August August 6: Radio journalist Gleydson Carvalho was assassinated on air while he was hosting a live broadcast at the Radio Liberdade FM in the state of Ceará. August 16: In more than 200 cities, in all 26 states in the country, people protest against the Workers' Party government, calling for the removal of President Dilma Rousseff through impeachment or resignation.
September September 17: The Supreme Court of Brazil ruled that campaign donations from businesses should be illegal.
November November 5 Mariana dam disaster: An iron ore tailings dam in Mariana, Minas Gerais suffers a catastrophic failure, causing flooding, killing 19 and injuring over 16. The collapse destroys the village of Bento Rodrigues and releases a wave of toxic mining waste into the Doce River, eventually reaching the Atlantic Ocean in what is regarded as Brazil's worst environmental disaster.
December December 1: The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics reports that Brazil's economy contracted 1.7% in the third quarter of 2015, with GDP down 4.5% year-on-year, marking the country's deepest recession in 25 years. December 2: The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies accepts the impeachment request of President Dilma Rousseff.
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Deaths
January January 4: Haroldo Lara, 80, Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956). January 12: Inge Vermeulen, 30, Brazilian-born Dutch field hockey player (national team), European champion (2009).Hockeyster Inge Vermeulen (30) overleden January 16: Vivaldo Frota, 86, Governor of Amazonas (1990–1991).Morre Vivaldo Frota, ex-governador do Amazonas January 20: Ricardo dos Santos, 24, surfer, shot. January 24: Maria Della Costa, 89, actress (Brasileiras e Brasileiros), pulmonary edema. January 29: José Martins da Silva, 78, Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop of Porto Velho (1982–1997).
February February 2: Dalmo Gaspar, 82, footballer (Santos). February 4: Odete Lara, 85, actress, heart attack. February 12: Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure. February 20: , 78, evangelist and founder of the God is Love Pentecostal Church. February 22: Renato Rocha, 53, musician and songwriter (Legião Urbana), cardiac arrest.
March March 3: Octávio Mobiglia, 83, Olympic swimmer (1952, 1956).Ex-nadador Otávio Mobiglia morre aos 83 anos March 8: Inezita Barroso, 90, folk singer. March 14: Therezinha Zerbini, 86, lawyer and feminist activist. March 27: Carlos Falchi, 70, Brazilian-born American accessories designer.
April April 9: João Alves dos Santos, 58, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Paranaguá. April 10: Bárbara Heliodora, 91, theatre critic.Morre aos 91 anos a crítica de teatro Bárbara Heliodora April 12: Paulo Brossard, 90, jurist and politician. April 13: Antônio Alberto Guimarães Rezende, 89, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Caetité (1981–2002). April 20: Cláudio Cunha, 68, actor. Pedro Eugênio, 65, politician, MP (1998–2014), complications from surgery. April 27: Inês Etienne Romeu, 72, political prisoner. April 28: Antônio Abujamra, 82, actor and director. April 29: Valmir Louruz, 71, football manager (Juventude, Pelotas). Rodrigo Gularte, 42, drug trafficker
May May 2: Sarah Correa, 22, swimmer, struck by car. May 4: Vicente Joaquim Zico, 88, Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Archbishop (1980–1990) and Archbishop of Belém do Pará (1990–2004). May 10: Luiz Henrique da Silveira, 75, Senator (since 2011), Governor of Santa Catarina (2003–2006, 2007–2010), Minister of Science and Technology (1987–1988), heart attack. May 14: Geraldo Majela de Castro, 84, Roman Catholic prelate, Coadjutor Bishop (1982–1988) and Archbishop of Montes Claros (1988–2007). May 16: Elias Gleizer, 81, actor, circulatory failure. May 26: Ubirajara Ribeiro Martins, 82, entomologist.
June June 8: Aldo da Rosa, 97, electrical engineer. June 12: Fernando Brant, 68, writer.http://www.otempo.com.br/cidades/morre-fernando-brant-escritor-e-compositor-mineiro-1.1054415 Morre Fernando Brant, escritor e compositor mineiro (in Portuguese) José Messias, 86, musician and television personality.Morre José Messias, jurado do programa Raul Gil, aos 86 anos, no Rio (in Portuguese) June 14: Zito, 82, Brazilian footballer, World Cup-winning team member (1958, 1962), complications of a stroke. June 22: Carlinhos, 77, football player and coach. June 24: Cristiano Araújo, 29, singer and songwriter, traffic collision.
July July 21: Luiz Paulo Conde, 80, architect and Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (1997–2001).
August August 2: Içami Tiba, 74, psychiatrist and writer. August 26: Carmelo Domênico Recchia, 93, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, last Territorial Abbot of Claraval (1976–1999).
September September 4: Joel Rufino dos Santos, 74, historian and writer. September 5: Alacid Nunes, 90, Governor of Pará (1966–1971, 1979–1983). September 13: Betty Lago, 60, actress, gallbladder cancer. Vivinho, 54, footballer (Vasco). September 30: Caio César Ignácio Cardoso de Melo, 27, Brazilian voice actor (Harry Potter) and policeman, shot.
October October 4: José Eduardo Dutra, 58, businessman (Petrobras) and politician, Senator (since 1994). João Leithardt Neto, 57, footballer, Olympic silver medalist (1984), liver cancer. October 7: Maria Lúcia Prandi, 70, academic and politician, cancer. Ângelo da Cunha Pinto, 66, Brazilian-Portuguese chemist. October 15: Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, 83, military officer, cancer. October 20: Yoná Magalhães, 80, actress.Morre Yoná Magalhães, aos 80 anos, no Rio October 27: Ada Chaseliov, 63, telenovela actress, lymphoma. October 28: Jorge Scarso, 99, Italian-born Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Patos de Minas (1967–1992). October 29: Lucídio Portela Nunes, 93, Governor of Piauí (1979–1983).
November November 6: Beni Veras, 80, Governor of Ceará (2002). November 7: João Verle, 75, Mayor of Porto Alegre (2002–2004). November 9: Sebastião do Rego Barros Netto, 75, lawyer and diplomat, Ambassador to Russia (1990–1994) and Argentina (1999–2001), fall from building. November 27: José Benedito Simão, 64, Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Assis (since 2009).