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<title>
Brazil: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Brazil
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Federative Republic of Brazil</l>
<l> conventional short form: Brazil</l>
<l> local long form: Republica Federativa do Brasil</l>
<l> local short form: Brasil</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: BR
</p>
<p>Type: federal republic
</p>
<p>Capital: Brasilia
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: 26 states (estados, singular -
estado) and 1 federal district* (distrito federal); Acre,
Alagoas, Amapa, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceara, Distrito Federal*,
Espirito Santo, Goias, Maranhao, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul,
Minas Gerais, Para, Paraiba, Parana, Pernambuco, Piaui, Rio de
Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondonia,
Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sao Paulo, Sergipe, Tocantins
</p>
<p>Independence: 7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 5 October 1988
</p>
<p>Legal system: based on Roman codes; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
</p>
<p>National holiday: Independence Day, 7 September (1822)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: National Reconstruction Party
(PRN), Daniel TOURINHO, president; Brazilian Democratic Movement
Party (PMDB), Roberto ROLLEMBERG, president; Liberal Front Party
(PFL), Jose Mucio MONTEIRO, president; Workers' Party (PT), Luis
Ignacio (Lula) da SILVA, president; Brazilian Labor Party (PTB),
Luiz GONZAGA de Paiva Muniz, president; Democratic Labor Party
(PDT), Leonel BRIZOLA, president; Democratic Social Party (PPS),
Paulo MALUF, president; Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB),
Tasso JEREISSATI, president; Popular Socialist Party (PPS),
Roberto FREIRE, president; Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB),
Joao AMAZONAS, secretary general; Christian Democratic Party
(PDC), Siqueira CAMPOS, president
</p>
<p>Other political or pressure groups: left wing of the Catholic
Church and labor unions allied to leftist Worker's Party are
critical of government's social and economic policies
</p>
<p>Suffrage: voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over
70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> Chamber of Deputies: last held 3 October 1990 (next to be
held November 1994); results - PMDB 21%, PFL 17%, PDT 9%, PDS
8%, PRN 7.9%, PTB 7%, PT 7%, other 23.1%; seats - (503 total as
of 3 February 1991) PMDB 108, PFL 87, PDT 46, PDS 43, PRN 40,
PTB 35, PT 35, other 109
</p>
<p> Federal Senate: last held 3 October 1990 (next to be held
November 1994); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats -
(81 total as of 3 February 1991) PMDB 27, PFL 15, PSDB 10, PTB
8, PDT 5, other 16
</p>
<p> President: last held 15 November 1989, with runoff on 17
December 1989 (next to be held November 1994); results -
Fernando COLLOR de Mello 53%, Luis Inacio da SILVA 47%; note -
first free, direct presidential election since 1960
</p>
<p>Executive branch: president, vice president, Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: bicameral National Congress (Congresso
Nacional) consists of an upper chamber or Federal Senate (Senado
Federal) and a lower chamber or Chamber of Deputies (Camara dos
Deputados)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Federal Tribunal
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State and Head of Government: President Itamar
FRANCO (since 29 December 1992)
</p>
<p>Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-15,
G-19, G-24, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM
(observer), ISO, ITU, LAES, LAIA, LORCS, MERCOSUR, NAM
(observer), OAS, ONUSAL, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNAVEM II, UNCTAD,
UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOMOZ, UNPROFOR, UPU, WCL, WHO, WFTU,
WIPO, WMO, WTO
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Rubens RICUPERO</l>
<l> chancery: 3006 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 745-2700</l>
<l> consulates general: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, New
Orleans, and New York</l>
<l> consulates: Dallas, Houston, and San Francisco</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Richard MELTON</l>
<l> embassy: Avenida das Nacoes, Lote 3, Brasilia, Distrito
Federal</l>
<l> mailing address: APO AA 34030</l>
<l> telephone: [55] (61) 321-7272</l>
<l> FAX: [55] (61) 225-9136</l>
<l> consulates general: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo</l>
<l> consulates: Porto Alegre, Recife</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: green with a large yellow diamond in the center bearing
a blue celestial globe with 23 white five-pointed stars (one for
each state) arranged in the same pattern as the night sky over
Brazil; the globe has a white equatorial band with the motto
ORDEM E PROGRESSO (Order and Progress)
</p></body></article></text>