Chamber of Deputies (Brazil)

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.

Chamber of Deputies Câmara dos Deputados
56th Legislature of the National Congress
Type
Type	Lower house of the National Congress of Brazil
Term limits	None
History
Founded	May 6, 1826 (1826-05-06)
New session started	February 1, 2023 (2023-02-01)
Leadership
President	Arthur Lira, PP since February 1, 2021
Government Leader	José Guimarães, PT
Majority Leader	Aguinaldo Ribeiro, PP
Opposition Leader	Carlos Jordy, PL
Minority Leader	Eduardo Bolsonaro, PL
Structure
Seats	513
Political groups	Government (225)      PT (81)      PSD (43)      MDB (43)      PDT (18)      PSB (15)      PSOL (14)      AVANTE (7)      SDD (4) Opposition (188)      PL (99)   PP (49)      PSDB (18)      PODE (15)      NOVO (3)      PATRI (4) Independent (100)      Brazil Union (59)      REPUBLICANOS (41)
Length of term	4 years
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation
Last election	October 2, 2022
Next election	October 4, 2026
Meeting place
Ulysses Guimarães plenary chamber National Congress building Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Website
www.camara.gov.br

The current President of the Chamber is the deputy Rodrigo Maia (DEM-RJ), who was reelected in February 1, 2019.

Other websites

• Official website of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
  • Chamber of Deputies' e-Democracy
• Photo 360° of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (in Portuguese)
• List of all the presidents of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies (in Portuguese)