- Conventional long form name of Brazil: Federative Republic of Brazil - Capital of Brazil: Brasilia - Type of Government: Federal Republic - Date of Independence: September 7, 1822 from Portugal - National Holidays: April 21 is Dia de Tiradentes. October 12 is Nossa Senhora Aparecida. November 1 is Dia de los Muertos. November 15 is Proclamação da República. December 25 is Natal. - Executive Branch/Powers: Chief of state:Chief of state: President Dilma Rousseff (since January 1, 2011); Vice President Michel Temer (since January 1, 2011); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
Head of government: President Dilma Rousseff (since January 1, 2011); Vice President Michel Temer ( since January 1, 2011)
Cabinet: appointed by the president
- Legislative Branch/Powers:
bicameral National Congress or Congresso Nacional consists of the Federal Senate or Senado Federal (81 seats; 3 members from each state and federal district elected according to the principle of majority to serve eight-year terms; one-third and two-thirds of members elected every four years, alternately) and the Chamber of Deputies or Camara dos Deputados (513 seats; members are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms) elections: Federal Senate - last held on 3 October 2010 for two-thirds of the Senate (next to be held in October 2014 for one-third of the Senate); Chamber of Deputies - last held on 3 October 2010 (next to be held in October 2014)
- Judicial Branch/Powers:
Supreme Federal Tribunal or STF (11 ministers are appointed for life by the president and confirmed by the Senate); Superior Tribunal of Justice or STJ; Superior Electoral Tribunal or TSE; Regional Federal Tribunals (judges are appointed for life); note - though appointed "for life," judges, like all federal employees, have a mandatory retirement age of 70 - Suf,/5frage: - Brazil Ambassador to the U.S.: - Location of Brazilian Embassy in the U.S.: - Location of Brazilian Consulates in the U.S.: - U.S. Ambassador to Brazil: - Location of U.S. Embasy in Brazil: - Location of U.S. Consulates in Brazil: - Brazil's representative to UN: -
- Chief of State and Head of Government: Dilma Rousseff
- Brazil's flag and meaning: Brazil's flag is a deep green banner with a yellow diamond enclosing a night-blue, star-studded Southern Hemisphere sky. The sky depicts 27 white, five-pointed stars (one for each state and the Federal District); the stars are arranged in the pattern of the night sky over Rio de Janeiro on November 15, 1889 (this is the date when the last Emperor of Brazil, Dom Pedro II, was deposed, and the republic was proclaimed). The stars in view include the constellations Southern Cross (also called Crux), Scorpius, Canis Major and others. A banner across the sky reads, "Ordem E Progresso," which means "order and progress" in Portuguese.