Events in the year 2003 in Brazil.
Incumbents Federal government President: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Vice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva
Governors Acre: Jorge Viana Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa Amapa: Waldez Góes (from 1 January) Amazonas: Eduardo Braga (from 1 January) Bahia: Otto Alencar (until 1 January) Paulo Souto (from 1 January) Ceará: Beni Veras (until 1 January) Lúcio Alcântara (from 1 January) Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira (until 1 January) Paulo Hartung (from 1 January) Goiás: Marconi Perillo Maranhão: José Reinaldo Tavares Mato Grosso: Blairo Maggi (from 1 January) Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco (until 1 January) Aécio Neves (from 1 January) Pará: Almir Gabriel (until 1 January) Simão Jatene (from 1 January) Paraíba: Cássio Cunha Lima (from 1 January) Paraná: Jaime Lerner (until 1 January) Roberto Requião de Mello e Silva (from 1 January) Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos Piauí: Hugo Napoleão (until 1 January) Wellington Dias (from 1 January) Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da Silva (until 1 January) Rosinha Garotinho (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire (until 1 January) Wilma Maria de Faria (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra (until 1 January) Germano Rigotto (from 1 January) Rondônia: Ivo Narciso Cassol (from 1 January) Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin (until 1 January) Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January) São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: Albano Franco (until 1 January) João Filho (from 1 January) Tocantins: Marcelo Miranda (from 1 January)
Vice governors Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo (until 1 January) Arnóbio Marques de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January) Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio (until 1 January) Luís Abílio de Sousa Neto (from 1 January) Amapá: Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (until 1 January) Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho (from 1 January) Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan (until 1 January) Omar José Abdel Aziz (from 1 January) Bahia: Eraldo Tinoco Melo (from 1 January) Ceará: Francisco de Queiroz Maia Júnior (from 1 January) Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos (until 1 January) Wellington Coimbra (from 1 January) Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão: Jurandir Ferro do Lago Filho (from 1 January) Mato Grosso: Iraci Araújo Moreira (from 1 January) Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl (until 1 January) Egon Krakheche (from 1 January) Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso (until 1 January) Clésio Soares de Andrade (from 1 January) Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes (until 1 January) Valéria Pires Franco (from 1 January) Paraíba: Lauremília Lucena (from 1 January) Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati (until 1 January) Orlando Pessuti (from 1 January) Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí: Felipe Mendes de Oliveira (until 1 January) Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior (from 1 January) Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Paulo Conde (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Norte: Vacant (until 1 January) Antônio Jácome (from 1 January) Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto (until 1 January) Antônio Carlos Hohlfeldt (from 1 January) Rondônia: Miguel de Souza (until 1 January) Odaísa Fernandes Ferreira (from 1 January) Roraima: Salomão Afonso de Souza Cruz (1 January-10 November) Erci de Moraes (from 10 November) Santa Catarina: Eduardo Pinho Moreira (from 1 January) São Paulo: Vacant (until 1 January) Claudio Lembo (from 1 January) Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo (until 1 January) Marília Mandarino (from 1 January) Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz (until 1 January) Raimundo Nonato Pires dos Santos (from 1 January)
Events
January January 1: Syndicalist leader and leader of the Workers' Party, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is inaugurated as President of Brazil. January 28: 18-year-old Edmar Freitas opens fire on students and classmates in a school in Taiúva, wounding eight people before killing himself. January 30: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva introduces the Fome Zero program, in order to eradicate hunger and extreme poverty in the country.The Fome Zero (Zero Hunger Program) : The Brazilian experience, Food and Agriculture Organization, published in 2011.
June June 20: An earthquake that reaches a 7.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, hits the state of Amazonas. It is the biggest tremor recorded in Brazil.<ref>[http://acervo.folha.com.br/fsp/2003/06/21/15/ ''AM registra terremoto 'imperceptível] (primeira página do caderno Cotidiano), Folha de S. Paulo (21 de junho de 2003).</ref>
AugustAugust 19: A car-bomb attack on United Nations headquarters in Iraq kills the agency's top envoy Sérgio Vieira de Mello and 21 other employees. August 22: An explosion at the Alcântara Launch Center kills 21 scientists. This would become the biggest accident in the history of the Brazilian space program.Foguete brasileiro explode e mata 16 (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (23 de agosto de 2003). September September 2: Minister of Culture Gilberto Gil is awarded the Latin Grammy for Latin Recording Academy Person of the Year. October October 20: President Lula da Silva introduces Bolsa Família, a unified social welfare program.Governo unifica os programas sociais sem garantir verba (primeira página do 1° caderno), Folha de S. Paulo (21 de outubro de 2003).
Births June 21: Giovana Queiroz, football player
Deaths January January 25: Scylla Médici, First Lady of Brazil (1969-1974) (b. 1907) March March 7: José Márcio Ayres, conservationist and zoologist (b. 1954) April April 24: Gino Orlando, footballer (b. 1929) May May 8: Elvira Pagã, vedette (b. 1920) May 25: Almir Chediak, musician and entrepreneur (b. 1950) JuneJune 12: Itamar Assumpção, songwriter and composer (b. 1949) JulyJuly 28: Noite Ilustrada, singer-songwriter (b. 1928)July 31: Bigode, footballer (b. 1922)
August August 6: Roberto Marinho, founder of Grupo Globo, the largest mass media company in Brazil and Latin America (b. 1904) August 19''': Sérgio Vieira de Mello, United Nations diplomat (b. 1948)
References
See also 2003 in Brazilian football 2003 in Brazilian television List of Brazilian films of 2003