Parliament
Parliament (Congress) is bicameral and is located in Brasília.
The Chamber of Deputies has 503 members, who ar elected to four-year terms by popular vote. There is a minimum of 3 members from each state and the federal district. The Senate has 3 members from each of from the 26 states and federal district, elected to eight-year terms.
Emperors
1822-1831 Pedro I
1831-1889 Pedro II
Presidents
1889-1891 Gen. Deodora da Fonesca
1891-1894 Floriano Peixoto
1894-1898 Prudente de Moraes Barros
1898-1902 Manoel de Campos Salles
1902-1906 Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
1906-1909 Alfonso Moreira Penna
1909-1910 Nilo Pecanha
1910-1914 Mar. Hermes de Fonseca
1914-1918 Wenceslau Braz
1918-1919 Francesco de Paula Rodrigues Alves
1919-1922 Epitacio da Silva Pessôa
1922-1926 Arturo Bernardes
1926-1930 Washington Luis Pereira de Sousa
1930-1945 Gentúlio Vargas
1945-1950 Gen. Eurico Dutra
1950-1954 Getúlio Vargas
1954-1956 João Fernanes de Café Filho
1955-1955 Carlos Coimbra da Luz
1955-1956 Nereu de Oliveira Ramos
1956-1961 Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira
1961-1961 Jânio da Silva Quadros
1961-1961 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli
1961-1964 João Belchior Marques Goulart
1964-1964 Pascoal Ranieri Mazzilli
1964-1967 Gen. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco
1967-1969 Marshall Artur de Costa e Silva
1969-1969 (Military Junta)
1969-1974 Emílio Garrastazú Médici
1974-1979 Ernesto Geisel
1979-1981 João Baptista de Oliveira Figueredo
1981-1981 António Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça
1981-1983 João Baptista de Oliveira Figueredo
1983-1983 António Aureliano Chaves de Mendonça
1983-1985 João Baptista de Oliveira Figueredo
1985-1985 Tancredo de Almeida Neves
1985-1990 José Sarney
1990-1992 Fernando Collor de Mello
1992-1995 Itamar Franco
1995-2002 Fernando Henrique Cardoso
2003-2010 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
2011 now Dilma Vana Rousseff
