President of the Federal Senate (Brazil)

The President of the Federal Senate, sometimes referred to as the President of the Senate, is elected from among their number by the members of the Brazilian Federal Senate.

In addition to chairing the chamber's debates and ordering its business, the President of the Federal Senate stands third in the order of presidential succession, after the Vice-President of the Republic and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, but before the President (Chief Justice) of the Supreme Federal Court. The Federal Senate President is also a member of the Council of the Republic, and presides over joint sessions of the Legislative branch, in his capacity as ex officio President of the National Congress.

The current President of the Federal Senate is Renan Calheiros (PMDB–AL), elected on 1 February 2013.

List of Senate Presidents of the Brazilian Empire 1826-1889

Name	Served	Original province
José Egídio Alvares de Almeida	1826–1827	Bahia
José Caetano da Silva Coutinho	1827–1832	Portugal
Bento Barroso Pereira	1832–1836	Minas Gerais
Antõnio Luís Pereira da Cunha	1837-1837	Pernambuco
Manuel Jacinto Nogueira da Gama	1838-1838	Minas Gerais
Diogo Antônio Feijó	1839–1840	Rio de Janeiro
Francisco Vilela Barbosa	1840–1841	Rio de Janeiro
Estévâo Ribeiro de Resende	1841-1841	Minas Gerais
José da Costa Cavalho	1842–1843	Bahia
João Vieira de Cavalho	1844–1847	Ceará
Luís José de Oliveira Mendes	1847–1850	Piauí
Cândido José de Araújo Viana	1851–1853	Minas Gerais
Manuel Inácio Cavalcanti de Lacerda	1854–1861	Pernambuco
Antônio Paulino Limpo de Abreu	1861–1873	Portugal
José Ildefonso de Sousa Ramos	1874–1881	Minas Gerais
João Maurício Wanderley	1882–1885	Bahia
Brás Carneiro Nogueira da Casta e Gama	1885–1887	Rio de Janeiro
João Lins Vieira Cansanção de Sinimbu	1887–1888	Alagoas
Antônio Cândido da Cruz Machado	1888-1888	Minas Gerais
Paulino José Soares de Sousa	1889-1889	Rio de Janeiro

List of Senate Presidents of the Federal Republic of Brazil

Name	Served	Original state
Floriano Peixoto	1891 - 1891	Alagoas
Prudente de Morais	1891–1894	São Paulo
Manuel Vitorino	1895–1898	Bahia
Francisco de Assis Rosa e Silva	1898–1902	Pernambuco
Afonso Augusto Moreira Pena	1902–1906	Minas Gerais
Nilo Pecanha	1896–1909	Rio de Janeiro
Venceslau Brás	1910–1914	Minas Gerais
Umberto Santos da Costa Aráujo	1914–1918	Maranhão
Delfim Moreira	1918–1920	Minas Gerais
Bueno de Paiva	1920–1922	Minas Gerais
Estácio Coimbra	1922–1926	Pernambuco
Melo Viana	1926–1930	Minas Gerais
Antônio Garcia de Medeiros Neto	1935–1937	Bahia
Valdomiro de Barros Magalhães	1936	Minas Gerais
Nereu Ramos	1946–1951	Santa Catarina
Café Filho	1951–1954	Rio Grande do Norte
Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho	1951–1954	São Paulo
Apolônio Jorge de Faria Salles	1956–1958	Pernambuco
João Goulart	1956–1961	Rio Grande do Sul
Auro Soares de Moura Andrade	1961–1968	São Paulo
Gilberto Marinho	1968–1970	Rio de Janeiro
João Cleofas de Oliveira	1970–1971	Pernambuco
Petrônio Portela Nunes	1971–1973	Piauí
Filinto Müller	1973	Mato Grosso
Paulo Francisco Torres	1973–1975	Rio de Janeiro
Magalhães Pinto	1975–1977	Minas Gerais
Petrônio Portela Nunes	1977–1979	Piauí
Luiz Viana Filho	1979–1981	Bahia
Jarbas Passarinho	1981–1983	Pará
Nilo de Souza Coelho	1983	Pernambuco
Moacyr Dalla	1983–1985	Espírito Santo
José Fragelli	1985–1987	Mato Grosso
Humberto Lucena	1987–1989	Paraíba
Nelson Carneiro	1989–1991	Rio de Janeiro
Mauro Benevides	1991–1993	Ceará
Humberto Lucena	1993–1995	Paraíba
José Sarney	1995–1997	Amapá
Antonio Carlos Magalhães	1997–2001	Bahia
Jader Barbalho	2001	Pará
Edison Lobão	2001	Maranhão
Ramez Tebet	2001–2003	Mato Grosso do Sul
José Sarney	2003–2005	Amapá
Renan Calheiros	2005–2007	Alagoas
Garibaldi Alves Filho	2007–2009	Rio Grande do Norte
José Sarney	2009–2013	Amapá
Renan Calheiros	2013—	Alagoas

See also

• President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

External links

• Senado Federal: Mesa Directora

• Constitution of 5 October 1988, Art. 80. http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccivil_03/Constituicao/Constituiçao.htm
• Constitution, Art. 89.