MARCH 2014

Government In Brazil
A Democratic Nation
THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL BECAME A DEMOCRATIC NATION AFTER YEARS OF POLITICAL STRUGGLE.

All About the

The Three Branches of Government

THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH
THE PRESIDENT MAKES UP THE EXECUTIVE
BRANCH. HE SERVES FOR 4 YEARS.

LITERATE CITIZENS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 69 ARE REQUIRED TO VOTE.

THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

THE FEDERAL SENATE IS MADE UP OF 81 MEMBERS, ITS MEMBERS SERVE FOR FOUR YEARS.

THOSE WHO ARE ILLERATE, BETWEEN THE AGES OF 16 AND 17, OR ARE OVER 69 CAN VOTE BUT ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO DO SO. THERE ARE 27 STATES THAT MAKE UP THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL.

THE CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES IS MADE UP OF 513 MEMBERS, ITS MEMEBRS SERVE FOR 8 YEARS.

THE JUDICIAL BRANCH

THE SUPREME FEDERAL TRIBUNAL IS THE
JUDICIAL BRANCH. THE JUDGES SERVE LIFELONG TERMS.

PRESIDENT DILMA ROUSSEFF

President Rousseff has been serving the people of Brazil as their president for just over four years now. She was elected as the first female president in Brazil in late October, 2010. Before she ran for President she had never run for an elected office before (Library, 2013).