Brazilian Chamber Of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies ( pt, Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms. The current President of the Chamber is the Deputy Arthur Lira ( PP- AL), who was elected on 1 February 2021. Structure The number of deputies elected is proportional to the size of the population of the respective state (or of the Federal District) as of 1994. However, no delegation can be made up of less than eight or more than seventy seats. Thus the least populous state elects eight federal deputies and the most populous elects seventy. These restrictions favour the smaller states at the expense of the more populous states and so the size of the delegations is not exactly proportional to population. Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held every four years, with all seats up for election. Federal representation A census ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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56th Legislature Of The National Congress
The 56th Legislature of National Congress is the current meeting of the legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil, composed by the Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. It convened in Brasília on 1 February 2019, a month after the beginning of Jair Bolsonaro's current term as president, and will end on January 31, 2023 . In the 2018 elections, the Workers' Party won the majority of the Chamber with 56 deputies. The Brazilian Democratic Movement kept the majority in the Senate with 12 senators. Major events * 1 February 2019: Rodrigo Maia elect president for a third term as leader of the Chamber. * 2 February 2019: Davi Alcolumbre elect president for his first term as leader of the Senate. * 4 February 2019: Joint session of the National Congress to officially inaugurate the 56th Legislature. * 10 July 2019: The Chamber of Deputies approves PEC 6/2019 (Social Security Reform). * 25 September 2019: Public hearing of sub-prosecutor Augusto Aras for Prosecu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Patriota
Patriota (, ), abbreviated PATRI and formerly known as the National Ecological Party ( pt, Partido Ecológico Nacional, abbreviated PEN), is a right-wing to far-right political party in Brazil. It was registered in the Superior Electoral Court in the summer of 2012. The President of the party is the former State Deputy of São Paulo Adilson Barroso, who before creating PEN was a member of the Social Christian Party. The party's Superior Electoral Court identification number is 51. Its platform involves support for conservative policies, a strong national military policy, zero tolerance politics regarding violence and crime, support for the Brazilian agrarian sector, and rejection of social and indigenous movements like the Landless Workers' Movement as well as an anti-communist stance. It is against corruption in Brazil, and seeks to uphold traditional values based on Christian ethics. The party has links with the Assemblies of God, the largest Christian evangelical denomination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |