2002 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

Governors

• *João Capiberibe
• *Dalva de Souza Figueiredo Amazonas: Amazonino MendesBahia:
• *César Borges
• *Otto Alencar Ceará:
• *Tasso Jereissati
• *Beni Veras Espírito Santo: José Ignácio Ferreira Goiás: Marconi Perillo Maranhão:
• *Roseana Sarney
• * José Reinaldo Tavares Mato Grosso:
• *Dante de Oliveira
• *Rogério Salles Mato Grosso do Sul|Mato Grosso do Sul]: José Orcírio Miranda dos SantosMinas Gerais: Itamar Franco Pará: Almir Gabriel Paraíba:
• *José Maranhão
• *Roberto Paulino Paraná: Jaime Lerner Pernambuco: Jarbas Vasconcelos Piauí: Hugo Napoleão Rio de Janeiro:
• *Anthony Garotinho
• *Benedita da Silva Governors of [Rio Grande do Norte|Rio Grande do Norte]:
• *Garibaldi Alves Filho
• *Fernando Antonio Chamber Freire Rio Grande do Sul: Olívio Dutra Rondônia: José de Abreu Bianco Roraima: Neudo Ribeiro Campos
• *Francisco Flamarion Portela Santa Catarina:
• *Esperidião Amin
• *Luiz Henrique da Silveira São Paulo: Geraldo Alckmin Sergipe: Albano Franco Tocantins: José Wilson Siqueira Campos

Vice governors

• *Maria Dalva de Souza Figueiredo
• *Vacant thereafter Amazonas: Samuel Assayag Hanan Bahia:
• *Otto Alencar
• *Vacant thereafter Ceará:
• *Benedito Clayton Veras Alcântara
• *Vacant thereafter Espírito Santo: Celso José Vasconcelos Goiás: Alcides Rodrigues Filho Maranhão:
• *José Reinaldo Carneiro Tavares
• *Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso:
• *José Rogério Sales
• *Vacant thereafter Mato Grosso do Sul: Moacir Kohl Minas Gerais: Newton Cardoso Pará: Hildegardo de Figueiredo Nunes Paraíba:
• *Antônio Roberto de Sousa Paulino
• *Vacant thereafter Paraná: Emília de Sales Belinati Pernambuco: José Mendonça Bezerra Filho Piauí: Felipe Mendes de Oliveira Rio de Janeiro:
• *Benedita da Silva
• *Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Norte:
• *Fernando Freire
• *Vacant thereafter Rio Grande do Sul: Miguel Soldatelli Rossetto Rondônia: Miguel de Souza Roraima:
• *Francisco Flamarion Portela
• *Vacant thereafter Santa Catarina: Paulo Roberto BauerSão Paulo: Vacant Sergipe: Benedito de FigueiredoTocantins: 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.
• July 25: The Amazon Surveillance System is established in Manaus by President Fernando Henrique Cardoso.
• July 28: The program Planeta Xuxa ends after presenter Xuxa Meneghel and director Marelen Mattos end their partnership. Xuxa wanted to work again with children on the program, whereas Mattos preferred the teenage segments.

August

• August 2: The platform of presidential candidate Anthony Garotinho collapses during a rally in Rio de Janeiro, injuring 18 people.

September

• September 25: A five-story building collapses in downtown Rio de Janeiro. Two people died and three others were injured.

October

• October 6: In the first round of the Brazilian general election, 2002, Workers' Party leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva fails to obtain a majority of the valid votes cast.
• October 27: In the second round of the presidential election, Lula da Silva wins 52.7 million votes.
• October 31: Engineer Manfred von Richthofen and psychiatrist Marísia von Richthofen are murdered in their sleep by brothers Daniel and Cristian Cravinhos at the behest of the couple's daughter, Suzane von Richthofen. The case became one of the most publicized and shocking crimes in Brazilian history.

December

• December 9: Heavy rainfall kills 34 people and leave over 1,500 homeless in Angra dos Reis.

Culture

Films

• See List of Brazilian films of 2002

Music

• Romero Lubambo - ''Brazilian Routes''

Births

January

• January 19: Reinier Jesus, footballer

March

• March 10: Júlia Gomes, actress and singer

April

• April 8: Isabella Nardoni, murder victim

May

• May 3: MC Pedrinho, singer
• May 22: Maisa Silva, singer, TV hostess and actress

July

• July 13: Deborah Medrado, rhythmic gymnast
• July 24: Nicole Pircio, rhythmic gymnast

December

• December 17: Guilherme Seta, actor

Deaths

January

• January 18: Celso Daniel, Brazilian politician
• January 19: Vavá, footballer

March

• March 30: Yara Bernette, classical pianist

May

• May 16: José Reis, scientist

June

• June 2: Tim Lopes, journalist
• June 30: Chico Xavier, philanthropist and spiritist medium

November

• November 21: Amílcar de Castro, sculptor
• November 27: Helber Rangel, film actor

December

• December 16: Licínio Rangel, Roman Catholic bishop