National
Federal Senate
- Portuguese: Senado Federal
Governs Brazil · Part of National Congress
Official website (www25.senado.leg.br) Report a problem with this page
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Who sits on it
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President of the Federal Senate
Chosen by the Senate from among its members
- DA Davi Alcolumbre since February 2025
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81 senators
Elected
See every Senator and their riding, or look up an address to find yours.
Most recent election, October 4, 2026.
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Sources for who sits on it
- President of the Federal Senate planalto.gov.br · checked
- Davi Alcolumbre as President of the Federal Senate dadosabertos.camara.leg.br · checked
- Senator planalto.gov.br · checked
What it can do
- Try the President for impeachable offences
Constitution of 1988 Art. 52 I: tries the President and Vice President for crimes of responsibility, presided over by the Chief Justice of the STF.
- Approve Supreme Court justices
Constitution of 1988 Arts. 52 III and 101 sole para.: approves, by absolute majority, the President's nominees to the Supreme Federal Court.
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Sources for what it can do
- Try the President for impeachable offences planalto.gov.br · checked
- Approve Supreme Court justices planalto.gov.br · checked
Sources
- gov.br · checked Presidencia da Republica / Congresso Nacional / STF official sites, read 2026-10-12: structure of the federal state (Constitution of 1988 Arts. 44, 76, 92). For: Federal Senate
- planalto.gov.br · checked Portuguese names from the Constitution of 1988 and official sites (ministry names from Planalto list); office names with official=false are formulaic, read 2026-10-12. For: Federal Senate in Portuguese
- planalto.gov.br · checked Constitution of Brazil 1988, article cited in each power description, read 2026-10-12. For: Try the President for impeachable offences, Approve Supreme Court justices
- planalto.gov.br · checked Constitution of Brazil 1988, Planalto consolidated text, read 2026-10-12: Arts. 28, 40, 45, 46, 57, 76-77, 84, 101. For: President of the Federal Senate, Senator
- dadosabertos.camara.leg.br · checked Terms from Camara/Senado open data, Planalto ministers list and (justices, start dates) Wikipedia "Supreme Federal Tribunal" as fallback because portal.stf.jus.br returns HTTP 403; read 2026-10-12. For: Alan Rick as Senator, Acre, Marcio Bittar as Senator, Acre, Sérgio Petecão as Senator, Acre, Dra. Eudócia as Senator, Alagoas, Renan Calheiros as Senator, Alagoas and 77 more
- tse.jus.br · checked TSE Eleicoes 2026 (first round 4 Oct 2026; run-off 25 Oct 2026); news reports of first-round result (MercoPress 2026-10-05); 2030 dates derived from Constitution Arts. 28/77, read 2026-10-12. For: General election, October 6, 2030