2026 in Brazil

Incumbents

Federal government

• President
• * Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
• [Vice President of Brazil|President of Brazil|Vice President]
• * Geraldo Alckmin
• President of the Chamber of Deputies
• * Hugo Motta
• President of the Federal Senate
• * Davi Alcolumbre
• President of the Supreme Federal Court
• * Edson Fachin

Events

January

• 2 January – A truck collides with a bus in Rio Grande do Sul, killing 11 people and injuring seven others.
• 8 January –
• *President Lula vetoes a bill that would have reduced the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro over the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot from 27 years to two.
• *A court in Minas Gerais sentences a former Roman Catholic priest based in Contagem to 24 years' imprisonment for raping a minor in 2016.
• 14 January – Four people are killed in a police operation against the Comando Vermelho in the Salgueiro favela of Rio de Janeiro.
• 22 January – Anvisa bans the sale, distribution, manufacturing, import, advertising, and use of medications based on tirzepatide from unlicensed companies.

Predicted and scheduled

• 4 October
• * 2026 Brazilian general election
• * 2026 Brazilian gubernatorial elections

Holidays

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 16–17 February – Carnival
• 3 April – Good Friday
• 21 April – Tiradentes's Day
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 4 June – Feast of Corpus Christi
• 7 September – Independence Day
• 12 October – Our Lady of Aparecida
• 2 November – All Souls' Day
• 15 November – Republic Day
• 20 November – Black Consciousness Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day
• 31 December — New Year's Eve

Deaths

• January 6 – Alex Felipe, 32, futsal player
• January 10 – Isabel Veloso, 19, social media influencer
• January 24 – Constantino de Oliveira Júnior, 57, founder and CEO of Gol Linhas Aéreas