Federal Senate Senado Federal | |
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57th Legislature of the National Congress | |
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Term limits | None |
History | |
Founded | 6 May 1826 |
New session started | 5 February 2024 |
Leadership | |
Government Leader | |
Majority Leader | |
Opposition Leader | |
Minority Leader | |
Female Caucus Leader | |
Structure | |
Seats | 81 |
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Political groups | Government (42)
PSD (15)
MDB (11)
PT (9)
PSB (4)
PDT (3)
Opposition (32) PL (13)
PODE (7)
PP (6)
Republicans (4)
PSDB (1)
Independents (7) UNIÃO (7) |
Length of term | 8 years |
Salary | R$ 33,763.00 (and benefits)[1] |
Elections | |
Plurality voting, alternating every four years between single-member elections (FPTP) and dual-member elections (block voting) | |
Last election | 2 October 2022 |
Next election | 4 October 2026 |
Meeting place | |
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Senate plenary chamber National Congress building Brasília, Federal District, Brazil | |
Website | |
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The Federal Senate (Portuguese: 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 and re-elected in February 2023 for another two-year term.