2001 in Brazil

Events in the year 2001 in Brazil.

Incumbents

Federal government

President: Fernando Henrique CardosoVice President: Marco Maciel

Governors

Acre: Jorge Viana Alagoas: Ronaldo Lessa Amapa: João CapiberibeAmazonas: Amazonino MendesBahia: César Borges Ceará: Tasso Jereissati Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira Goiás: Marconi Perillo Maranhão: Roseana SarneyMato Grosso: Dante de Oliveira[List of Governors of List of Governors of Mato Grosso|Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: José Orcírio Miranda dos SantosMinas Gerais: Itamar Franco Pará: Almir Gabriel Paraíba: José Maranhão Paraná: Jaime Lerner Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos Piauí:

* Mão Santa
* Kléber Eulálio
* Hugo Napoleão Rio de Janeiro: Anthony GarotinhoRio Grande do Norte: Garibaldi Alves Filho Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos Santa Catarina: Esperidião Amin São Paulo:
*Mário Covas
*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 Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan Bahia: Otto Alencar Ceará: Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão: José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares Mato Grosso: José Rogério Sales Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes Paraíba: Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí:

*Osmar Ribeiro de Almeida Júnior
*Felipe Mendes de Oliveira Rio de Janeiro: Benedita da SilvaRio Grande do Norte: Fernando Freire Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto Rondônia: Miguel de Souza Roraima: Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto BauerSão Paulo:
*Geraldo Alckmin
*Vacant Sergipe: Benedito de FigueiredoTocantins: João Lisboa da Cruz

Events

January

January 11: A flash fire hits the studio of the children's program Xuxa Park, leaving 26 injured; seven being serious. The fire started while Xuxa Meneghel was recording the special carnival program and singing her biggest hit, Ilariê.
January 12: The third edition of Rock in Rio with performances by Sting, R.E.M., Guns N' Roses, 'N Sync, Iron Maiden, Neil Young, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
January 15: Gol Transportes Aéreos starts operations with a flight from Brasília to São Paulo.

February

February 2: The Canadian government suspends imports of Brazilian beef due to mad cow disease.
February 4: Musician Herbert Vianna is left a paraplegic after his ultralight plane crashed in Mangaratiba, Rio de Janeiro. His wife Lucy Needhan-Vianna is killed in the crash.
February 19: The First Command of the Capital organizes a major rebellion in São Paulo prisons, leaving 14 inmates dead and 19 correctional officers injured. Until then, it would be the biggest rebellion registered in Brazil.

March

March 15: Three explosions on the P-36 platform, the largest oil production platform in the world, in Campos Basin; leaves eleven employees dead.
March 21: The killing of Lucas Terra in Bahia, allegedly committed by two pastors of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.

April

April 15: A walkway collapses inside the Estácio de Sá University campus in Barra da Tijuca, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, injuring 54 people.

May

May 17: The electricity rationing program in the Southeast, Central-West, and Northeast regions take effect. Measure was announced by the Federal government to control the Blackout Crisis.
May 30: Amidst accusations of involvement in the electronic panel violation scandal, Senator Antônio Carlos Magalhães resigns from office to avoid his impeachment.

July

July 30: Colonel Ubiratan Guimarães is sentenced to 632 years in prison for the death of 102 prisoners in the Carandiru Massacre.

August

August 6: 18-year-old Robério Souza de Oliveira shot six students and a teacher with a shotgun at a school in Macaúbas, after the shooting the perpetrator fled and committed suicide.
August 21: Student Patrícia Abravanel, daughter of presenter and businessman Silvio Santos, is kidnapped in São Paulo. She was released from captivity seven days after the ransom was paid.
August 30: Presenter and businessman Silvio Santos is kidnapped from his home in Jardim Morumbi, São Paulo after it was invaded by Fernando Dutra Pinto. Pinto led the gang that kidnapped Santos' daughter, Patricia, the week before. After 8 hours of negotiation, Pinto surrendered to police with the arrival of São Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin at the scene.