The ''Diário Oficial da União'' (literally ''Official Diary of the Union''), abbreviated DOU, is the

official gazette A government gazette (also known as an official gazette, official journal, official newspaper, official monitor or official bulletin) is a periodical publication that has been authorised to publish public or legal notices. It is usually establish ...

of the

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Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. It is published since 1 October 1862 and was created via the Imperial Decree 1,177 of its 9 September as the ''Official Journal of the Empire of Brazil''. Its current name was adopted after Brazil became a federal republic, and the "Union" came into being as the legal personality of the new federal government. The official journal is published by the Brazilian National Press. Though the journal has been published since 1862, it had many predecessors, as follows: #

Gazeta do Rio de Janeiro was the first newspaper to be published in Brazil. It was printed twice a week. It was pro government for the then Portuguese rulers of Brazil. Its editor was Friar José Tiburcio Rocha. It was renamed Gazeta in 1821 and shutdown after Brazil got ...

(10/9/1808 – 29.12.1821) # Gazeta do Rio (1/1/1822 – 31/12/1822) # Diário do Governo (2/1/1823 – 28/6/1833) # Diário Fluminense (21/5/1824 – 24/4/1831) # Correio Oficial (1/7/1833 – 30/6/1836) e (2/1/1830 – 30/12/1840) # Without proper journal (31/12/1840 – 30/8/1846) # Gazeta Oficial do Império do Brasil (1/9/1846 – 31/7/1848) # Diário do Rio de Janeiro (1/6/1821 – 30/10/1878) – it published government material from 2/1/1841 – 30/8/1846 and from 1848 – 1862 # Diário Oficial (16/11 – 28/11/1889) # Diário Oficial da República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil (24/11/1889 – 31/12/1891) # Diário Oficial – 1/1/1892 – current one

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* Government of Brazil Government gazettes Newspapers established in 1862 1862 establishments in Brazil {{brazil-newspaper-stub