2009 in Brazil

Events in the year 2009 in Brazil.

Incumbents

President: Luiz Inácio Lula da SilvaVice President: José Alencar Gomes da Silva

Acre: Binho MarquesAlagoas: Teotônio Vilela FilhoAmapa: Waldez Góes Amazonas: Eduardo Braga Bahia: Jaques WagnerCeará: Cid GomesEspírito Santo: Paulo HartungGoiás: Alcides RodriguesMaranhão:

Acre: Carlos César Correia de MessiasAlagoas: José Wanderley NetoAmapá: Pedro Paulo Dias de Carvalho Amazonas: Omar José Abdel Aziz Bahia: Edmundo Pereira SantosCeará: Francisco José Pinheiro Espírito Santo: Ricardo de Rezende Ferraço Goiás: Ademir de Oliveira Meneses Maranhão:

*Luís Carlos Porto
*João Alberto Souza Mato Grosso: Silval da Cunha Barbosa Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith Minas Gerais: Antonio Augusto Junho Anastasia Pará: Odair Santos Corrêa Paraíba:
*José Lacerda Neto
* Luciano Cartaxo Pires de Sá Paraná: Orlando Pessuti Pernambuco: João Soares Lyra NetoPiauí: Wilson Martins Rio de Janeiro: Luiz Fernando PezãoRio Grande do Norte: Iberê Ferreira Rio Grande do Sul: Paulo Afonso Girardi Feijó Rondônia: João Aparecido CahullaRoraima: VacantSanta Catarina: Leonel Pavan São Paulo: Alberto Goldman Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas Silva Tocantins:
* Eduardo Machado Silva
* Vacant
* Paulo Sidnei Antunes

February 2: José Sarney is elected president of the Federal Senate by 49 votes against 32 for Senator Tião Viana.

March 4: Fernando Collor de Mello is elected chairman of the Senate Infrastructure Committee.March 26: Eliana Tranchesi, who owns the luxury store Daslu, is arrested by Federal Police in São Paulo, after allegations of committing fraud. However, she is released the next day.

April 7: São Paulo's anti-smoking bill is approved by 69 in favor and 18 against by the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo. This would prohibit the use of cigarettes and other smoking products in closed environments for collective use or near people with respiratory or pulmonary problems.

May 7: São Paulo's anti-smoking bill is signed into law by São Paulo governor José Serra.
May 8: Health Minister José Gomes Temporão confirms the country's first case of the swine flu pandemic.May 12: The three stolen paintings of Cândido Portinari, Tarsila do Amaral, and Orlando Teruz are found abandoned in the West Zone of São Paulo.

June 28:

October 2: The 121st IOC Session in Copenhagen, Denmark selects Rio de Janeiro as the host city for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

November 11: Brazil, along with Paraguay, suffers from a large power blackout at night, affecting several million people.