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2026 Brazilian General Election
General elections will be held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the President of Brazil, president, Vice President of Brazil, vice president, members of the National Congress of Brazil, National Congress, the 2022 Brazilian gubernatorial elections, governors, vice governors, and Legislative Assemblies of Brazilian states, legislative assemblies of all Federative units of Brazil, federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha. If no candidate for president or governor receives a majority of the valid votes in the first round, a runoff election is held on 25 October. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers' Party is eligible for a fourth term. He stated in 2022 that he will not seek re-election, but in 2024 stated that he could not rule out running for re-election to prevent "troglodytes" from coming to power in Brazil again. Having unsuccessfully run for president in 1989 Brazilian presidential election, 1989, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known Mononym, mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party (Brazil), Workers' Party, Lula was also the 35th president from 2003 to 2011. Born in Pernambuco, Lula quit school after second grade to work, and did not learn to read until he was ten years old. As a teenager, he worked as a metalworker and became a trade unionist. Between 1978 and 1980, he led the 1978–1980 ABC Paulista strikes, ABC workers' strikes during Brazil's military dictatorship in Brazil, military dictatorship, and in 1980, he helped start the Workers' Party during Redemocratization in Brazil, Brazil's redemocratization. Lula was one of the leaders of the 1984 Diretas Já, ''Diretas Já'' movement, which demanded direct elections. In 1986 Brazilian legislative election, 1986, he was elected a federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Braga
Carlos Eduardo de Sousa Braga (born December 6, 1960) is a Brazilian politician and businessman, currently a republic senator from Amazonas. Better known as ''Eduardo Braga'', he was a councilman of Manaus (1981–1985), state deputy of amazonas (1987–1991), federal deputy from amazonas (1991–1993), vice-mayor of Manaus (1993–1994) and mayor of Manaus (1994–1997). He campaigned for the government of Amazonas in 1998 and for the city hall of Manaus in 2000 without success. He was elected governor of Amazonas in October 2002, in the first turn, with 52.4% of the votes, and assumed office on 1 January 2003. In 2006, Braga was re-elected, in the first turn. He renounced in 2010 to run for the Senate on the elections of that year. On January 1, 2015, he was named Minister of Mines and Energy in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Brazilian Gubernatorial Elections
Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the 2022 Brazilian general election, nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors (as well as the Governor of the Federal District (Brazil), Governor of the Federal District and their vice governor). A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round. Background The behind-the-scenes run for governor in the state began after the 2020 Brazilian municipal elections, According to Brazilian electoral law, no one candidate can be declared before July 2022, until then all quoted persons to be candidates are called pre-candidates or potential candidates. Overview North Acre In Acre (state), Acre, incumbent Governor Gladson Cameli was reelected in the first round with 56.75% of the vote. 2018 election In 2018, Gladson Cameli, Glason Cameli, a former senator for Acre and civi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Congress Of Brazil
The National Congress () is the legislative body of Brazil's federal government. Unlike the state legislative assemblies and Câmara Municipal, municipal chambers, the Congress is bicameral, composed of the Federal Senate (Brazil), Federal Senate (the upper house) and the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies (the lower house). The Congress meets annually in Brasília from 2 February to 22 December, with a mid-term break taking place between 17 July and 1 August. The Senate represents the States of Brazil, 26 states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. Each state and the Federal District has a representation of three senators, who are elected by popular ballot for a term of eight years. Every four years, renewal of either one third or two-thirds of the Senate (and of the delegations of the States and the Federal District) takes place. The Chamber of Deputies represents the people of each state, and its members are elected for a four-year term by a sys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice President Of Brazil
The vice president of Brazil (), officially the vice president of the Federative Republic of Brazil (''Vice-Presidente da República Federativa do Brasil''), or simply the ''vice president of the republic'' (''Vice-Presidente da República'') is the second-highest ranking government official in the Cabinet of Brazil, executive branch of the Government of Brazil, preceded only by the President of Brazil, president. The vice president's primary role is to replace the president in the event of their death, resignation, or impeachment conviction, and to temporarily take over the presidential powers and duties while the president is abroad, or otherwise temporarily unable to carry out their duties. The vice president is elected jointly with the president as their running mate. The office has existed since the Proclamation of the Republic (Brazil), Proclamation of the Republic in 1889, although it was only officially instituted as of the 1891 Constitution. It has been in place through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Brazil
The president of Brazil (), officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil () or simply the ''President of the Republic'', is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces. The presidential system was established in 1889, upon the proclamation of the republic in a military coup d'état against Emperor Pedro II. Since then, Brazil has had six constitutions, three dictatorships, and three democratic periods. The Constitution of Brazil, along with several constitutional amendments, establishes the requirements, powers, and responsibilities of the president, their term of office and the method of election. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is the 39th and current president. He was sworn in on 1 January 2023. Constitutional powers As a republic with a presidential executive, Brazil grants significant powers to the president, who effe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population, seventh-largest by population, with over 212 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 Federative units of Brazil, states and a Federal District (Brazil), Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. List of cities in Brazil by population, Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese-speaking countries, Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese language, Portuguese is an Portuguese-speaking world, official language. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazil, coastline of . Covering roughly half of South America's land area, it Borders of Brazil, borders all other countries and ter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduardo Girão
Luís Eduardo Grangeiro Girão (born 25 September 1972) more commonly known as Eduardo Girão is a Brazilian politician as well as a businessman and football club president. He has spent his political career representing Ceará, having served as federal senator since 2019. Personal life Religiously, Girão considers himself as spiritualist, and was one of the biggest supporters in the establishment of the "National Day of Spiritism" as a federal holiday, which is on April 18, the date of publication of "The Book of Spirits" by Allan Kardec. In 2017 Girão was elected chairman of the Fortaleza Esporte Clube. Political career Girão was elected to the federal senate in the 2018 Brazilian general election General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress of Brazil, National Congress and Governor (Brazil), state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election (and for the gubernatorial electi .... In 2019 Girão switched t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Weverton Rocha
Weverton Rocha Marques de Sousa, more well known as simply Weverton (born 8 October 1979) is a Brazilian politician who is currently a senator from the state of Maranhão. He has been a long-time member of the Democratic Labour Party (Brazil), Democratic Labour Party (PDT). Biography He was the special assessor for the city of São Luís, Maranhão, São Luís between 2000 and 2006. During the state elections in 2006, he had been committed to the victory of Jackson Lago, who won against Roseana Sarney. The win was considered a historic result as Lago was the first candidate to win that was not connected to Roseana or her father, former president José Sarney, in several decades. He was the State Secretary of Sport and Youth of Maranhão in 2007. In 2009, when Jackson Lago was removed from office by the Brazilian Superior Electoral Court and the Supreme Federal Court decided to instate election runner-up Roseana Sarney, Weverton remained on Jackson's side at the Palácio dos Leõ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecias De Jesus
Antonio Mecias Pereira de Jesus (born 8 February 1962) more commonly known as Mecias de Jesus is a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Roraima. He previously served in the state legislature from 1995 to 2019. Personal life de Jesus was born in Graça Aranha. Prior to becoming a politician, Marcos Rogério worked as a financial adviser. In his youth he also worked as a shoeshine, farmer, waiter and gardener. His son Johnathan de Jesus is also a politician, being elected to the federal chamber of deputies in 2010. Unlike most PRB politicians who belong to the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, de Jesus and his family belong to the Nova Vida Baptist church. Political career In 2017 de Jesus proposed a bill that would exempt churches from paying water, electricity, and telephone taxes in Roraima. The bill caused some controversy as Brazil is officially a secular state and was eventually not passed. de Jesus is the president of the PRB party in the state of Ror ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cid Gomes
Cid Ferreira Gomes (born 27 April 1963) is a Brazilian politician who serves as a Senator for the state of Ceará since 2019. He is a member of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) since 2024, and is the brother of fellow Brazilian politician Ciro Gomes. Gomes is the former Governor of Ceará. During his governorship, his vice governor was Francisco José Pinheiro. On 1 January 2015 he was named Minister of Education of Brazil in the cabinet of Dilma Rousseff, and served until 18 March of that same year. On 19 February 2020, Gomes was shot after using a bulldozer to remove a barricade built by a group of masked military police officers during an illegal demonstration in Sobral, Ceará Sobral is a municipality in the state of Ceará, Brazil. Sobral is the fifth largest municipality of Ceará, after Fortaleza. Its economy is based on agriculture, services and some manufacturing industries. The city has two public universi .... References 1963 births Governors of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
