The people
Directly elect the Chamber of Deputies, the Federal Senate, and the President under the Constitution.
← Back to Brazil
🇧🇷 Government power map
Who selects whom in Brazil?
Federal presidential constitutional republic
Brazil
5 institutions · 10 relationshipsHow power connects
Select an institution or a connection to explore.
Follow who selects, appoints or checks whom.
About this system
Brazil's Constitution links direct election of the Chamber of Deputies, Federal Senate, and President with ministerial appointment, Senate confirmation of Supreme Federal Court nominees, bicameral impeachment roles, presidential veto, congressional override, and constitutional review.
No invented arrows. A line is published only when an attached constitution or official institution explicitly supports the relationship. An institution source by itself does not justify an inferred line.
10 formal relationships drawn · 2 sources · Verified 2026-08-28
The dots
Institutions represented on this map.
Each institution below has an attached source. Being listed does not imply an unshown formal relationship.
National Congress
Comprises the Chamber of Deputies and Federal Senate, with distinct constitutional roles in legislation, confirmation, and impeachment.
President of the Republic
Directs the federal administration, appoints ministers, nominates Supreme Federal Court justices, and may veto legislation.
Ministers of State
Assist the President in the higher direction of the federal administration.
Supreme Federal Court
Guards the Constitution and decides specified constitutional challenges to federal and state laws or normative acts.
Evidence and limits
Every line has a source. Every missing layer stays visible.
The map describes formal national relationships only. It does not measure democratic quality, legitimacy, actual compliance, or informal influence.
Official or constitutional source
Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil
Chamber of Deputies
- direct elections
- Congress composition
- ministerial appointment
- Supreme Federal Court appointment
- impeachment roles
- presidential veto
- congressional override
- constitutional review
Constitution and the Supreme Court — Article 102
Supreme Federal Court
- guardianship of the Constitution
- constitutional review
- binding effects of constitutional decisions