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The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
Pages in category "Brazilian women in politics" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The National Brazilian Congress has a bicameral system, with the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. [1] Women are extremely underrepresented in both parts of the Congress. Between 1983 and 2015 women only made up on average 7.2% of seats in the Senate, and 6.2% of seats in the Chamber of Deputies. [2]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Government ministers of Brazil. It includes Government ministers of Brazil that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Brazil's first female state governor was Roseana Sarney, elected in 1994 (and re-elected in 1998) as the chief executive of the state of Maranhão, representing the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB). Other women have held governorships since then, either elected in their own right or appointed on an interim basis.
Dilma Vana Rousseff (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈdʒiwmɐ ˈvɐ̃nɐ ʁuˈsɛf(i)]; born 14 December 1947) is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. [1] She is the only woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. [2]
The First Lady of Brazil is the hostess of the Palácio da Alvorada. The position is traditionally held by the wife of the president of Brazil, but the title may be applied to president's daughter in the case that he is widowed. The first lady is not an elected position; she does not perform official duties nor receive a salary.
The House of Braganza, also known as the Brigantine Dynasty, came to power in 1640, when John II, Duke of Braganza, claimed to be the rightful heir of the defunct House of Aviz, as he was the great great grandson of King Manuel I. John was proclaimed King John IV, and he deposed the House of Habsburg in the Portuguese Restoration War.