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Brazilian Senate
The Federal Senate ( pt, Senado Federal) is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. When created under the Imperial Constitution in 1824, it was based on the House of Lords of the British Parliament, but since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 and under the first republican Constitution the Federal Senate has resembled the United States Senate. The current president of the Federal Senate is Rodrigo Pacheco, a member of the Social Democratic Party from Minas Gerais. He was elected in February, 2021 for a two-year term. Membership The Senate has 81 members, serving an eight-year term of office. There are three senators from each of the country's 27 federative units, the Federal District and the 26 states. Elections are staggered so that either a third or two-thirds of senators are up for election every four years. The most recent election took place in 2018, where two-thirds of the Senate was elected. Electoral system Elections are held under the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
56th Legislature Of The National Congress
The 56th Legislature of National Congress is the current meeting of the National Congress of Brazil, legislative branch of the Federal Government of Brazil, composed by the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate and the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies. It convened in Brasília on 1 February 2019, a month after the beginning of Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro's current term as president, and will end on January 31, 2023 . In the 2018 Brazilian general election#Congressional elections, 2018 elections, the Workers' Party (Brazil), 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 2019 President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil election, elect president for a third term as leader of the Chamber. * 2 February 2019: Davi Alcolumbre 2019 President of the Federal Senate of Brazil election, elect president for his firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Podemos (Brazil)
Podemos (PODE; , ), previously known as the National Labour Party ( pt, Partido Trabalhista Nacional, PTN) is a Brazilian political party which supports direct democracy. Led by the Abreu family (José Masci de Abreu, Dorival de Abreu and Renata Abreu) since its foundation in 1995, the PTN changed its name to Podemos in 2016, but ideologically it differs significantly from the Spanish party Podemos. The party even claims that the inspiration for its name was not in any other party, but rather in the slogan of Barack Obama's campaign "Yes, we can". In 2018, the party chose Senator Alvaro Dias as its candidate for the presidency of Brazil. History National Labour Party (1995–2016) The PTN was founded in May 1995, gaining provisional registration in the same year. In 1996, led by former congressman Dorival de Abreu, the party obtained its definitive registration. After the death of Dorival, the party was led by his brother and former congressman José de Abreu. In the pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
