Federal Senate

The Federal Senate (Portuguese: Senado Federal) is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil.

Federal senate Senado Federal
56th Legislature of the National Congress
Type
Type	Upper house of the National Congress of Brazil
Term limits	None
History
Founded	May 6, 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started	February 1, 2020 (2020-02-01)
Leadership
President	Davi Alcolumbre, DEM since 2 February 2019
Government Leader	Fernando Bezerra Coelho, MDB
Majority Leader	Eduardo Braga, MDB
Minority Leader	Randolfe Rodrigues, REDE
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (60)      MDB (13)      PODE (11)      PSD (9)      PSDB (8)      DEM (6)      PP (6)      PSL (3)      PL (2)      REPUBLICANOS (1)      PSC (1) Opposition (21)      PT (6)      PDT (4)      REDE (3)      PROS (3)      CIDADANIA (3)      PSB (2)
Length of term	8 years
Elections
Voting system	Plurality voting, alternating every four years between single-member elections (FPTP) and dual-member elections (block voting)
Last election	October 7, 2018
Next election	October 2, 2022
Meeting place
Senate plenary chamber National Congress building Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
http://www.senado.gov.br

In its current form the Senate has 81 seats, three each for the Federal District and the 26 states. Senators sit for eight years, and elections are that either a third or two-thirds are up for election every four years.

The current president of the Brazilian Senate is Davi Alcolumbre, from the Democrats of Amapá. He was elected in early 2019 for a two-year term.

Other websites

• "Official website of the Brazilian Senate". Archived from the original on 2014-06-15.
• (in Portuguese) "Photos 360° of the Brazilian Senate". Archived from the original on 2011-02-23.