Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

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Chamber of Deputies Câmara dos Deputados
57th Legislature of the National Congress
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Congress of Brazil
Term limits	None
History
Founded	6 May 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started	1 February 2023 (2023-02-01)
Leadership
President	Arthur Lira, PP since 1 February 2021
Government Leader	José Guimarães, PT since 6 January 2023
Majority Leader	Aguinaldo Ribeiro, PP since 23 March 2023
Minority Leader	Bia Kicis, PL since 21 February 2024
Opposition Leader	Carlos Jordy, PL since 1 February 2023
Structure
Seats	513
Political groups	Government (227)   FE Brasil (81) PT (68) PCdoB (7) PV (6)   MDB (44)   PSD (43)   PDT (18)   PSB (14)   PSOL REDE Fdr. (14) PSOL (13) REDE (1)   Avante (7)   Solidariedade (6) Opposition (117)   PL (96)   PSDB Cidadania Fdr. (18) PSDB (14) Cidadania (4)   NOVO (3) Independents (169)   UNIÃO (59)   PP (50)   Republicanos (40)   PODE (15)   PRD (4)
Length of term	4 years
Salary	R$ 39,293 monthly (and benefits)^[1]
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation (D'Hondt method) with a 2% election threshold^[2]
Last election	2 October 2022
Next election	4 October 2026
Meeting place
Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber National Congress building Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
www.camara.leg.br

The Chamber of Deputies (Portuguese: Câmara dos Deputados) is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms. The current President of the Chamber is the Deputy Arthur Lira (PP-AL), who was elected on 1 February 2021.

Structure

The number of deputies elected is proportional to the size of the population of the respective state (or of the Federal District) as of 1994. However, no delegation can be made up of less than eight or more than seventy seats. Thus the least populous state elects eight federal deputies and the most populous elects seventy. These restrictions favour the smaller states at the expense of the more populous states and so the size of the delegations is not exactly proportional to population.

Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held every four years, with all seats up for election.

Federal representation

A census held every 10 years by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics is used as the basis for the distribution of the seats. Proportionality is followed as a principle, with the exception that there should be a minimum of eight (8) members and a maximum of seventy (70) members per state. Per the 2010 census, states with 3,258,117 inhabitants upwards have 9 to 70 deputies.

As a result, although most states hover around an average of 362,013 inhabitants by deputy (per the 2010 census), some states with smaller populations have a much lower average, such as Roraima (1 for 51,000 inhabitants).

Federal state	Deputies currently allotted	%	Population (2010 Census)	%	Population per deputy	Deputies in proportional allotment	Difference (actual−proportional)
São Paulo	70	13.6%	39,924,091	21.5%	570,344	110	–40
Minas Gerais	53	10.3%	19,159,260	10.3%	361,495	53	0
Rio de Janeiro	46	9%	15,180,636	8.2%	330,014	42	+4
Bahia	39	7.6%	13,633,969	7.3%	349,589	38	+1
Rio Grande do Sul	31	6%	10,576,758	5.7%	341,186	29	+2
Paraná	30	5.8%	10,226,737	5.5%	340,891	28	+2
Pernambuco	25	4.9%	8,541,250	4.6%	341,650	24	+1
Ceará	22	4.3%	8,450,527	4.4%	371,822	23	–1
Maranhão	18	3.5%	6,424,340	3.5%	356,908	18	0
Goiás	17	3.3%	5,849,105	3.1%	344,065	16	+1
Pará	17	3.3%	7,443,904	4.0%	437,877	21	–4
Santa Catarina	16	3.1%	6,178,603	3.3%	386,163	17	–1
Paraíba	12	2.3%	3,753,633	2.0%	312,803	10	+2
Espírito Santo	10	1.9%	3,392,775	1.8%	339,278	9	+1
Piauí	10	1.9%	3,086,448	1.7%	308,645	9	+1
Alagoas	9	1.7%	3,093,994	1.7%	343,777	9	0
Acre	8	1.6%	707,125	0.4%	88,391	2	+6
Amazonas	8	1.6%	3,350,773	1.8%	418,847	9	–1
Amapá	8	1.6%	648,553	0.3%	81,069	2	+6
Distrito Federal	8	1.6%	2,469,489	1.3%	308,686	7	+1
Mato Grosso do Sul	8	1.6%	2,404,256	1.3%	300,532	7	+1
Mato Grosso	8	1.6%	2,954,625	1.6%	369,328	8	0
Rio Grande do Norte	8	1.6%	3,121,451	1.7%	390,181	9	–1
Rondônia	8	1.6%	1,535,625	0.8%	191,953	4	+4
Roraima	8	1.6%	425,398	0.2%	53,175	1	+7
Sergipe	8	1.6%	2,036,227	1.1%	254,528	6	+2
Tocantins	8	1.6%	1,373,551	0.7%	171,694	4	+4
Total	513	100%	185,712,713	100%	362,013	514	–2

Present composition

Parties in the 57th Chamber of Deputies

Party	Floor leader	Seats
Liberal Party	Altineu Côrtes	96
Brazil of Hope Federation	Odair Cunha	81
Brazil Union	Elmar Nascimento	59
Progressistas	Luiz Teixeira Jr.	50
Brazilian Democratic Movement	Isnaldo Bulhões Jr.	44
Social Democratic Party	Antonio Brito	43
Republicanos	Hugo Motta	40
PSDB Cidadania Federation	Adolfo Viana	18
Democratic Labour Party	Afonso Motta	18
Podemos	Romero Rodrigues	15
Brazilian Socialist Party	Gervásio Maia	14
PSOL REDE Federation	Erika Hilton	14
Avante	Luis Tibé	7
Solidariedade	Aureo Ribeiro	5
Democratic Renewal Party	Frederico Escaleira	4
New Party	Adriana Ventura	3
Total		513

Partisan blocs composition

Partisan bloc leadership is organized into the following roles:

• Government Leader: elected by members of the party of the Cabinet in the Chamber to speak on behalf of the Cabinet
• Majority Leader: elected by the leaders of the majority bloc in the Chamber, usually in support of the Cabinet
• Opposition Leader: elected by the members of the largest party in opposition to the Cabinet
• Minority Leader: elected by the leaders of the minority bloc, usually in opposition to the Cabinet

Bloc	Deputies	Leader
Government	140	José Guimarães (PT-CE)
Majority	–	Aguinaldo Ribeiro (PP-PB)
Opposition	117	Carlos Jordy (PL-RJ)
Minority	–	Bia Kicis (PL-DF)

Bodies

The House of Deputies is composed of the Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil by College Leaders and the Commissions, which can be permanent, temporary, or special inquiry.

Bureau of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

The current composition of the Board of the Chamber of Deputies is the following:

President: Arthur Lira (PP-AL)
1st Vice President: Marcos Pereira (Republicanos-SP)
2nd Vice President: Sóstenes Cavalcante (PL-RJ)
1st Secretary: Luciano Bivar (UNIÃO-PE)
2nd Secretary: Maria do Rosário (PT-RS)
3rd Secretary: Júlio Cesar (PSD-PI)
4th Secretary: Lucio Mosquini (MDB-RO)
1st Substitute: Gilberto Nascimento (PSC-SP)
2nd Substitute: Pompeo de Mattos (PDT-RS)
3rd Substitute: Beto Pereira (PSDB-MS)
4th Substitute: André Ferreira (PL-PE)

Standing committees

On 6 March 2012, was defined division of committees between parties. The House President, Marco Maia, believes that the proportionality between the parties / blocs must take into account the data of the last election. Thus, PT and PMDB, with the highest benches, were three committees (the PT made the choice first). DEM and PSDB, the two largest opposition, were two commissions each.^[3] On the other hand, PSD, most harmed by this decision, filed a lawsuit in the Supreme Court (STF) trying to reverse this decision.^[4]

The chair of the committee, was defined as follows:^[5]

Committee	Chair
Administration and Public Service	Bruno Farias (Avante-MG)
Agriculture, Livestock, Supply and Rural Development	Tião Medeiros (PP-PR)
Amazon and Originary and Traditional People	Célia Xakriabá (PSOL-MG)
Communication	Amaro Neto (Republicanos-ES)
Consumer Defence	Jorge Braz (Republicanos-RJ)
Constitution, Justice and Citizenship	Rui Falcão (PT-SP)
Culture	Marcelo Queiroz (PP-RJ)
Defense of Women Rights	Lêda Borges (PSDB-GO)
Defense of Elderly Rights	Aliel Machado (PV-PR)
Defense of People with Disabilities Rights	Márcio Jerry (PCdoB-MA)
Economic Development	Félix Mendonça Júnior (PDT-BA)
Education	Moses Rodrigues (UNIÃO-CE)
Environment and Sustainable Development	José Priante (MDB-PA)
Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum	Leur Lomanto Júnior (UNIÃO-BA)
Finances and Taxation	Paulo Guedes (PT-MG)
Financial Oversight and Control	Bia Kicis (PL-DF)
Foreign Affairs and National Defence	Paulo Barbosa (PSDB-SP)
Health	José Vitor Aguiar (PL-MG)
Human Rights, Minorities and Racial Equality	Luizianne Lins (PT-MA)
Industry, Trade and Services	Heitor Shuch (PSB-RS)
Labour	Airton Faleiro (PT-PA)
Mines and Energy	Rodrigo de Castro (UNIÃO-MG)
National Integration and Regional Development	Fabio Garcia (UNIÃO-MT)
Participative Legislation	José Silva Soares (Solidariedade-MG)
Public Security and Fight Against Organized Crime	Ubiratan Sanderson (PL-RS)
Roads and Transports	Cezar Freire (PSD-SP)
Science, Technology and Innovation	Luisa Canziani (PSD-PR)
Social Security, Social Assistance, Childhood, Adolescence and Family	Fernando Rodolfo (PL-PE)
Sports	Luiz Lima (PL-RJ)
Tourism	Romero Rodrigues (PSC-PB)
Urban Development	Acácio Favacho (MDB-AP)

See also

• Federal institutions of Brazil
• 57th Legislature of the National Congress
• National Congress of Brazil
• Federal Senate

References

1. "Conheça o valor do salário de um deputado e demais verbas parlamentares – Notícias". Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (in Brazilian Portuguese). 5 October 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
2. "Gastos parlamentares - 2023". Câmara dos Deputados (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2023.
3. Finch, Nathalia (6 March 2012), G1, "defines the distribution of the standing committees"
4. Santos, Deborah (27 February 2012), G1, "going to have the Supreme Command of committees in the House"
5. "Definidos os partidos dos presidentes das comissões; veja os nomes já indicados". Câmara dos Deputados (in Portuguese). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.

External links

• Official website of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
• (in Portuguese)
• List of all the presidents of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (in Portuguese)