Government

Type of government and name/picture of leader.

Type of government

The type of government in Brazil is a federal republic, like the U.S. This government is made up of a federal state with a constitution and self governing subunits. The current president of Brazil is Dilma Rousseff. She was elected on October 31, 2010, and re-elected on October 26, 2014.

Dilma Rousseff, president of the Federative Republic of Brazil