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BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT OVERVIEW
Government Name: Federative Republic of Brazil
Government Type: Federal Republic
Head of Government: President Dilma Rousseff
Chief of State: President Dilma Rousseff
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Executive Branch: In the Brazilian Government the president is both the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces and the leader of the Executive Branch. The President is elected by ballot votes while the election cycle is every our years. When the president is away or unable to serve for any reason, the vice president would take over the presidents spot and accept the role of the president. The cabinet administrators help the president by administrating a corresponding government ministry in the Exudative Branch.
Judicial Branch: The Judiciary is separate from the other government systems. The judicial Power is taken over massively by The Supreme Federal Tribunal. They are elected by the tribunal members. As each of the judges receive life-long terms, they still however must be retired by the age of seventy. These Judges are accountable for challenging and helping any sort of decision made according to the government that may affect the rights of the residents in Brazil have. This rule hands to the judicial system a great amount of power within the legal system of Brazil. The justices are appointed by the president and later are determined by the federal state.
Legislative Branch: The Legislative power is held by The National Congress. It is made up of the federal senate and the chamber of deputies. They federal senate is the upper house as the chamber of deputies is the lower house. In a election cycle of eight years, the federal senate has eighty one members that are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies. In a term of four years the chamber of deputies holds five hundred and thirteen members who are voted in by an open-list proportional representation system. However, just as each state in Brazil has a governor they are also elected a legislator.
Government Type: Federal Republic
Head of Government: President Dilma Rousseff
Chief of State: President Dilma Rousseff
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Executive Branch: In the Brazilian Government the president is both the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces and the leader of the Executive Branch. The President is elected by ballot votes while the election cycle is every our years. When the president is away or unable to serve for any reason, the vice president would take over the presidents spot and accept the role of the president. The cabinet administrators help the president by administrating a corresponding government ministry in the Exudative Branch.
Judicial Branch: The Judiciary is separate from the other government systems. The judicial Power is taken over massively by The Supreme Federal Tribunal. They are elected by the tribunal members. As each of the judges receive life-long terms, they still however must be retired by the age of seventy. These Judges are accountable for challenging and helping any sort of decision made according to the government that may affect the rights of the residents in Brazil have. This rule hands to the judicial system a great amount of power within the legal system of Brazil. The justices are appointed by the president and later are determined by the federal state.
Legislative Branch: The Legislative power is held by The National Congress. It is made up of the federal senate and the chamber of deputies. They federal senate is the upper house as the chamber of deputies is the lower house. In a election cycle of eight years, the federal senate has eighty one members that are elected by plurality vote in multi-member constituencies. In a term of four years the chamber of deputies holds five hundred and thirteen members who are voted in by an open-list proportional representation system. However, just as each state in Brazil has a governor they are also elected a legislator.