2002 in Brazil
overview of Brazil-related events during the year of 2002
Events from the year 2002 in Brazil
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Fernando Henrique Cardoso
Vice President: Marco Maciel
Governors
Acre: Jorge Viana
Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa
Amapa:
João Capiberibe (until 1 April)
Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (1 April-31 December)
Amazonas: Amazonino Mendes
Bahia:
César Borges (until 5 April)
Otto Alencar (from 5 April)
Ceará:
Tasso Jereissati (until 5 April)
Beni Veras (from 5 April)
Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira
Goiás: Marconi Perillo
Maranhão:
Roseana Sarney (until 5 April)
José Reinaldo Tavares (from 5 April)
Mato Grosso:
Dante de Oliveira (until 6 April)
Rogério Salles (from 6 April)
Mato Grosso do Sul: José Orcírio Miranda dos Santos
Minas Gerais: Itamar Franco
Pará: Almir Gabriel
Paraíba:
José Maranhão (until 6 April)
Roberto Paulino (6 April-31 December)
Paraná: Jaime Lerner
Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos
Piauí: Hugo Napoleão
Rio de Janeiro:
Anthony Garotinho (until 6 April)
Benedita da Silva (from 6 April)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Garibaldi Alves Filho (until 6 April)
Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire (from 6 April)
Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra
Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco
Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos (until 6 April)
Francisco Flamarion Portela (from 6 April)
Santa Catarina:
Esperidião Amin (until 1 January)
Luiz Henrique da Silveira (from 1 January)
São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin
Sergipe: Albano Franco
Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos
Vice governors
Acre: Edison Simão Cadaxo
Alagoas: Geraldo Costa Sampaio
Amapá:
Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan
Bahia:
Otto Alencar (until 6 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 6 April)
Ceará:
Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara (until 6 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 6 April)
Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos
Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho
Maranhão:
José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Mato Grosso:
José Rogério Sales (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl
Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso
Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes
Paraíba:
Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati
Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho
Piauí: Felipe Mendes de Oliveira
Rio de Janeiro:
Benedita da Silva (until 6 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Rio Grande do Norte:
Fernando Freire (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto
Rondônia: Miguel de Souza
Roraima:
Francisco Flamarion Portela (until 5 April)
Vacant thereafter (from 5 April)
Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto Bauer
São Paulo: Vacant
Sergipe: Benedito de Figueiredo
Tocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz
Events
January
January 20: The mayor of Santo André, Celso Daniel, is found dead from at least 7 gunshots after being kidnapped in São Paulo.
February
February 15: In a televised address, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso announces the end of electricity rationing.
May
May 16: Colonel Mário Colares Pantoja is sentenced to 228 years in prison for the deaths of 19 landless people in the Eldorado do Carajás massacre.
June
June 2: Tim Lopes, an investigative journalist from Rede Globo, is tortured and later murdered by drug traffickers. This happened, as Lopes was working undercover on a story in one of Rio's favelas.
June 5: Singer Belo surrenders to the police days after having his preventive detention decreed for association with drug trafficking.
June 30: Brazil defeats Germany 2-0, to win the 2002 FIFA World Cup. This is the fifth time Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup.
July
July 13: : An accident on Presidente Dutra Highway, near Seropédica, kills singer Claudinho from the duo Claudinho & Buchecha.
July 24: Francisco de Assis Pereira, also known as "The Maniac of the Park", is sentenced to over 121 years in prison for the death of five women in São Paulo.
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