2022 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President: Jair Bolsonaro
• Vice President: Hamilton Mourão

  Governors

• Acre: Gladson Cameli
• Alagoas: Renan Filho
• Amapá: Waldez Góes
• Amazonas: Wilson Lima
• Bahia: Rui Costa
• Ceará: Camilo Santana
• Espírito Santo: Renato Casagrande
• Federal District: Ibaneis Rocha
• Goiás: Ronaldo Caiado
• Maranhão: Flávio Dino
• Mato Grosso: Mauro Mendes
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Reinaldo Azambuja
• Minas Gerais: Romeu Zema
• Pará: Helder Barbalho
• Paraíba: João Azevêdo
• Paraná: Ratinho Júnior
• Pernambuco: Paulo Câmara
• Piauí: Wellington Dias
• Rio de Janeiro:
• *Wilson Witzel
• *Cláudio Castro
• Rio Grande do Norte: Fátima Bezerra
• Rio Grande do Sul: Eduardo Leite
• Rondônia: Marcos Rocha
• Roraima: Antonio Denarium
• Santa Catarina: Carlos Moisés
• São Paulo: João Doria
• Sergipe: Belivaldo Chagas
• Tocantins: Mauro Carlesse

  Vice governors

• Acre: Wherles Fernandes da Rocha
• Alagoas: José Luciano Barbosa da Silva
• Amapá: Jaime Domingues Nunes
• Amazonas: Carlos Alberto Souza de Almeida Filho
• Bahia: João Leão
• Ceará: Izolda Cela
• Espírito Santo: Jacqueline Moraes da Silva
• Goiás: Lincoln Graziane Pereira da Rocha
• Maranhão: Carlos Brandão
• Mato Grosso: Otaviano Olavo Pivetta
• Mato Grosso do Sul: Murilo Zauith
• Minas Gerais: Paulo Brant
• Pará:
• *Lúcio Dutra Vale
• *Vacant
• Paraíba: Lígia Feliciano
• Paraná: Darci Piana
• Pernambuco: Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos
• Piaui: Regina Sousa
• Rio de Janeiro:
• *Cláudio Castro
• *Vacant
• Rio Grande do Norte: Antenor Roberto
• Rio Grande do Sul: Ranolfo Vieira Júnior
• Rondônia: José Atílio Salazar Martins
• Roraima: Frutuoso Lins Cavalcante Neto
• Santa Catarina: Daniela Cristina Reinehr
• São Paulo: Rodrigo Garcia
• Sergipe: Eliane Aquino Custódio
• Tocantins: Wanderlei Barbosa

  Events

January

• January 4: Mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, announces the cancellation of the city's street carnival.
• January 6: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, São Paulo's street carnival is canceled by the city hall.
• January 8:
• *A dike at the Pau Branco Mine overflows in Nova Lima, due to excessive rain. Water reserved by the structure cuts off BR-040 and damages vehicles on the highway.
• *A rockfall from a canyon hits four boats with tourists who were strolling on Lake Furnas in Capitólio, leaving ten dead and 32 injured.
• January 13: A landslide destroys a 19th century mansion and a property where a warehouse operated in Morro da Forca, in the historic center of Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais.
• January 19: Footballer Robinho is ultimately sentenced to 9 years in prison for rape in Italy.
• January 20: Brazilian drug regulator Anvisa approves the use of the Sinovac Coronavac vaccine for children between the ages of 6 and 11 years.
• January 24:
• *Two men invade the Manaus aero club and set fire to an IBAMA helicopter that was parked there.
• *Congolese immigrant Moïse Kabagambe is murdered by three men in Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro.
• January 28-'February 3': A series of floods and landslides kill 28 people.

  February

• February 1: A construction accident on Line 6-Orange of the São Paulo Metro causes a crater to open on Marginal Tietê towards Rodovia Ayrton Senna. The rupture of a sewer gallery is said to have caused the accident.
• February 2: Grocery worker Durval Teófilo Filho was mistakenly murdered by a neighbor in São Gonçalo, Rio de Janeiro.
• February 5: Protests in memory of Moïse Kabagambe take place in several Brazilian capitals and at the Brazilian embassy in Berlin, Germany. The protests denounce racism and xenophobia, as well as calling for the impeachment of President Jair Bolsonaro.
• February 13: The centenary of Modern Art Week in Brazil is celebrated.
• February 15: Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in Petrópolis, resulting in parts of the city being destroyed.
• February 24: A fire hits a building near the FIESP on Avenida Paulista. There were no injuries.
• February 25: At the UN Security Council, Brazil and 10 other countries vote in favor of the resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

  March

• March 11: Mauro Carlesse, who was removed as governor of Tocantins, officially resigns from his position. Acting governor Wanderlei Barbosa, is sworn in permanently.
• March 18: The Telegram application is blocked in Brazil by decision of Supreme Federal Court minister Alexandre de Moraes.
• March 21: New storms hit Petrópolis, mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro. At least 5 people died and another 3 are missing.
• March 25: Singer Anitta becomes the first Brazilian artist to reach first place in the global ranking on the Spotify platform, with her hit single Envolver.
• March 25-'March 27: The ninth edition of Lollapalooza Brasil is held.
• March 30': Police move in to disperse a notorious drug market in São Paulo.

  April

• April 1:
• *The only children's television program shown on free-to-air television, Bom Dia & Cia comes to an end after 28 years on the air.
• *Heavy rain causes floods and landslides in Rio de Janeiro; and municipalities in Costa Verde and Baixada Fluminense.
• April 8: A bull storms into the stands of a rodeo in Patrocínio, Minas Gerais, causing 16 injuries.
• April 10: Christ the Protector, a new statue of Jesus Christ is constructed in Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul. It is 5m taller than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro
• April 11: A helicopter crashes during a training flight in Contagem, Minas Gerais. Both pilot and student who were on the aircraft, were rescued.
• April 20: Federal deputy Daniel Silveira is sentenced by the STF to 8 years and 9 months in prison and the loss of political rights for encouraging undemocratic acts.
• April 21:
• *A three-story building collapses in Vila Velha, killing three people from the same family.
• *President Jair Bolsonaro issues a pardon to Daniel Silveira, after being convicted by the Supreme Federal Court.

  May

• May 7: A bus accident on the Régis Bittencourt Highway, kills singer Aleksandro, from the duo Conrado & Aleksandro, as well as five other band members.
• May 11: A plane carrying parachutists makes an emergency landing in the rural area of Boituva. Two people are confirmed dead, with seven others injured.
• May 16: Paulo Cupertino, accused of killing actor Rafael Miguel and his parents in 2019, is arrested by the São Paulo Civil Police after three years on the run.
• May 17: Unanimously, the Legislative Assembly of São Paulo votes on removing the mandate of Arthur do Val for breach of parliamentary decorum. The former deputy was denounced in March after private audios were leaked to the public, where he made sexually explicit comments towards Ukrainian women refugees while on a visit to a refugee camp during the Russian invasion.
• May 24: A police operation in Vila Cruzeiro, Rio de Janeiro, leaves at least 23 people dead.
• May 25: A man named Genivaldo de Jesus, is tortured and murdered during a police raid in Umbaúba, Sergipe. Agents used a Federal Highway Police vehicle as an improvised gas chamber and trapped the victim in the trunk.
• May 27: Heavy rains cause flooding and landslides in municipalities in Greater Recife, leaving at least 129 people dead.

  June

• June 5: Indigenist Bruno Pereira and British journalist Dom Phillips are murdered during a boat trip through the Vale do Javari, the second-largest indigenous area in Brazil.
• June 6: The search begins for the whereabouts of indigenist Bruno Araújo Pereira and English journalist Dom Phillips, who disappeared while traveling to Atalaia do Norte, Amazonas.
• June 7: A 6.5 magnitude earthquake hits the border between Acre and Peru.
• June 8: In São Paulo, the first case of monkeypox in Brazil is confirmed. The patient is a 41-year-old man who traveled to Spain.
• June 15: Both Bruno Pereira and Dom Phillips are confirmed to have been murdered. Amarildo da Costa de Oliveira confessed to committing the crime, after having been arrested by the Federal Police, along with his brother.
• June 21: A plane carrying footballer Neymar Jr. and his family make an emergency landing in Boa Vista, Roraima, after a problem with the windshield. No one was injured.
• June 22: Former Minister of Education, Milton Ribeiro, is arrested by the Federal Police in an operation investigating embezzlement of funds at the MEC.
• June 25:
• *A small plane crashes on a private farm in Salto de Pirapora, killing three people.
• *Shootings occur after attempted robberies at shopping malls in Rio de Janeiro and Campinas, São Paulo. In Rio de Janeiro, a security guard was killed and in Campinas, a suspect died and two security guards were shot.
• June 29: Pedro Guimarães resigns as president of Caixa Econômica Federal following allegations of moral and sexual harassment against female employees.

  July

• July 4:
• *Heavy rain causes flooding in at least 50 municipalities in Alagoas.
• *A school bus accident leaves 25 children injured and 1 deceased in Treviso, Santa Catarina.
• July 5: Daniella Marques takes office as president of Caixa Econômica Federal.
• July 6: Brasília becomes the first city in Brazil to rollout the 5G network.
• July 9: Marcelo Aloizio de Arruda, a municipal guard and leader of the Workers' Party, is murdered during his birthday party in Foz do Iguaçu, Paraná. Jorge José da Rocha Guaranho, a federal police officer, shot and killed Arruda, after breaking into the party site shouting slogans in favor of President Jair Bolsonaro.
• July 10: A fire hits a 10-story commercial building in the Rua 25 de Março region, in São Paulo.
• July 11: An anesthesiologist named Giovanni Quintella Bezerra is arrested red-handed after being filmed raping a woman during childbirth in São João de Meriti, Rio de Janeiro.
• July 21: At least 17 people are shot dead during a police operation in Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro.
• July 22: Red Bull Bragantino central defender Renan is arrested after being involved in a car accident on Rodovia Alkindar Monteiro Junqueira, which caused the death of a motorcyclist.
• July 24: A major explosion occurs due to a gas leak, leaving 4 people injured in the district of Água Fria, the North Zone of Recife, Pernambuco.