President of the Federal Senate

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The President of the Federal Senate is the presiding officer of Brazil’s upper legislative chamber and one of the highest-ranking authorities in the country’s political hierarchy.

All labels observed (3)

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf political office ⓘ
presiding officer role ⓘ
alsoHoldsOffice President of the National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
appointedBy members of the Federal Senate ⓘ
category Political office in Brazil ⓘ
Presiding officers of legislatures ⓘ
comparableTo President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil ⓘ
Speaker of the United States Senate (President pro tempore and Vice President roles combined in hierarchy sense) ⓘ
constitutingInstrument Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
eligibleFrom sitting senators ⓘ
flag flag of the Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Brazil ⓘ
higherRankThan other members of the Federal Senate Bureau ⓘ
isUpperHouseSpeakerOf Brazilian National Congress ⓘ
jurisdiction Federative Republic of Brazil ⓘ
linked to: Brazil
languageOfOfficialTitle Portuguese ⓘ
legislativeChamber Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
lineOfSuccessionPosition third in presidential line of succession of Brazil ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brasília ⓘ
Federal District (Brazil) ⓘ
memberOf Bureau of the Federal Senate ⓘ
nativeLabel Presidente do Senado Federal ⓘ
officeCreatedIn 1891 ⓘ
officeHolderMustBe member of the Federal Senate ⓘ
officeHoldersNumber one at a time ⓘ
partOf National Congress of Brazil ⓘ
presidesOver Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
rankInStateProtocol third in line ⓘ
residence official residence of the President of the Senate in Brasília ⓘ
responsibility calling and closing Senate sessions ⓘ
casting tie‑breaking votes in the Senate ⓘ
deciding points of order in the Senate ⓘ
directing legislative work of the Federal Senate ⓘ
ensuring observance of Senate rules ⓘ
maintaining order in Senate sessions ⓘ
participating in the presidential line of succession ⓘ
presiding over Senate plenary sessions ⓘ
promulgating constitutional amendments approved by Congress ⓘ
representing the Federal Senate in official acts ⓘ
seat Federal Senate building ⓘ
National Congress Palace, Brasília ⓘ
selectionMethod election by senators ⓘ
styleOfAddress Her Excellency ⓘ
His Excellency ⓘ
symbol coat of arms of the Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
termLength 2 years ⓘ
termRenewable yes ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Congress of Brazil → headOfLegislatureTitle → President of the Federal Senate ⓘ
Federal Senate → presidingOfficer → President of the Federal Senate ⓘ
President of the Senate of the Republic (Portugal) → alsoKnownAs → Presidente do Senado da República ⓘ
linked to: President of the Federal Senate
José Sarney → positionHeld → President of the Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
linked to: President of the Federal Senate
Senado Federal → presidingOfficerTitle → President of the Federal Senate ⓘ
Presidency of the Republic of Brazil → lineOfSuccessionIncludes → President of the Federal Senate ⓘ