Events in the year 2019 in Brazil.
Incumbents
Federal government
President: Jair Bolsonaro
Vice President: Hamilton Mourão
Governors
Acre: Gladson Cameli
Alagoas: Renan Filho
Amapa: Waldez Góes
Amazonas: Wilson Lima
Bahia: Rui Costa
Ceará: Camilo Santana
Espírito Santo: Renato Casagrande
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: Luiz Fernando Pezão (until 1 January) Wilson Witzel (from 1 January) 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
Paraíba: Lígia Feliciano
Paraná: Darci Piana
Pernambuco: Luciana Barbosa de Oliveira Santos
Piaui: Regina Sousa
Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Dornelles (until 1 January) Cláudio Castro (starting 1 January) 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 1: Jair Bolsonaro is sworn in as the 38th President of Brazil. January 4: The federal government sends National Forces to Ceará, after a wave of attacks carried out by criminal organizations. January 8: Brazil formally withdraws from the UN's Global Compact for Migration pact, however, Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araújo says that the country will continue to accept Venezuelan refugees. January 25: A mining dam owned by Vale, collapses in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, after suffering a catastrophic failure. 259 people are officially declared dead and 11 others are reported missing. January 26: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorizes the deployment of a military group from the Israel Defense Forces to assist in search for survivors in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais. January 30: After 124 years, writer Ângela Gutiérrez becomes the first woman to preside over the Academia Cearense de Letras (Cearense Academy of Letters).
February
February 1: Rodrigo Maia is reelected President of Chamber of Deputies. February 2: Davi Alcolumbre is elected President of Senate. February 6: Heavy rain hits Rio de Janeiro, leaving six people dead and two missing. February 8: A fire at the Flamengo youth academy in Rio de Janeiro, leaves ten people dead and three injured. February 11: Journalist and news anchor Ricardo Boechat, along with his pilot, is killed in a helicopter crash in São Paulo. A fire hits a Bangu lodge, where three people are taken to the hospital. A fire hits the Belo Monte Dam. A supermarket catches fire in Jacaré, Rio de Janeiro, leaving two people with minor injuries. February 13: The Supreme Federal Court debate on the criminalization of homophobia and transphobia in Brazil. February 17: Four children are dead after a landslide in Mauá, São Paulo.