Federal Senate (Brazil)

Federal Senate Senado Federal
57th Legislature of the National Congress
Flag of the Federal Senate
Type
Type	Upper house of the National Congress of Brazil
Term limits	None
History
Founded	6 May 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started	1 February 2025 (2025-02-01)
Leadership
President	Davi Alcolumbre, UNIÃO since 1 February 2025
Government Leader	Jaques Wagner, PT since 3 January 2023
Majority Leader	Renan Calheiros, MDB since 4 February 2021
Opposition Leader	Rogério Marinho, PL since 18 October 2024
Minority Leader	Ciro Nogueira, PP since 7 February 2023
Female Caucus Leader	Leila Barros, PDT since 27 May 2024
Structure
Seats	81
Political groups	Government (42)   PSD (15)   MDB (11)   PT (9)   PSB (4)   PDT (3) Opposition (28)   PL (14)   PP (6)   Republicans (4)   PSDB (3)   NOVO (1) Independents (11)   UNIÃO (7)   Podemos (4)
Length of term	8 years
Salary	R$ 33,763.00 (and benefits)[1]
Elections
Voting system	Plurality voting, alternating every four years between single-member elections (FPTP) and dual-member elections (block voting)
Last election	2 October 2022
Next election	4 October 2026
Meeting place
Senate plenary chamber National Congress Palace Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
www.senado.leg.br

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The Federal Senate (Portuguese: Senado Federal) is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. When created under the Imperial Constitution in 1824, it was based on the House of Lords of the British Parliament, but since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 and under the first republican Constitution the Federal Senate has resembled the United States Senate.

The current president of the Federal Senate is Davi Alcolumbre, a member of UNIÃO from Amapá. He was re-elected in February 2025 for his two-year non-consecutive term, as he had already led the Senate between 2019-21 during Bolsonaro's government.