Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,also known mononymously as Lula,is a Brazilian politician who has been the 39th and current president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party,Lula was the 35th president from 2003 to 2011. He has also held the presidency of the G20 since 2023.
The president of Brazil,officially the president of the Federative Republic of Brazil or simply the President of the Republic,is the head of state and head of government of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces.
The Lei Áurea,officially Law No. 3,353 of 13 May 1888,is the law that abolished slavery in Brazil. It was signed by Isabel,Princess Imperial of Brazil (1846–1921),an opponent of slavery,who acted as regent to Emperor Pedro II,who was in Europe.
JoséBonifácio de Andrada e Silva was a Brazilian statesman,naturalist,mineralist,professor and poet,born in Santos,São Paulo,then part of the Portuguese Empire.
The Cabinet of Brazil,also called Council of Ministers or Council of Government,is composed of the Ministers of State and senior advisors of the executive branch of the federal government of Brazil. Cabinet officers are appointed and dismissed by the President. There are currently twenty-three Ministries,including six Ministry-level offices:the Chief of Staff,General-Secretariat of the Presidency,Secretariat of Institutional Relations,Secretariat of Social Communication,Personal Office of the President of the Republic and the Institutional Security Office. Other institutions also assists the Presidency.
The Federal Supreme Court is the supreme court of Brazil,serving primarily as the country's Constitutional Court. It is the highest court of law in Brazil for constitutional issues and its rulings cannot be appealed. On cases involving exclusively non-constitutional issues,regarding federal laws,the highest court is,by rule,the Superior Court of Justice.
Historically,the political post of Prime Minister,officially called President of the Council of Ministers,existed in Brazil in two different periods:from 1847 to 1889 and from 1961 to 1963.
Brazil–South Africa relations are the bilateral relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of South Africa. Both nations are members of the BRICS,Cairns Group,G20,Group of 24,Group of 77 and the United Nations.
Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Canada were established in 1866. In addition to their bilateral relations,both nations are members of the G20,Organization of American States,United Nations and the World Trade Organization.
Greco-Brazilian relations are the historical and current bilateral relations between Brazil and Greece.
Brazil–Finland relations are the diplomatic relations between Brazil and Finland.
Current and historical relations exist between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Federative Republic of Brazil. Both nations are members of the Cairns Group,G20 and the United Nations. Australia and Brazil are the largest countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
The Judiciary of Brazil is the group of public entities designated by the Brazilian constitution to carry out the country's judicial functions.
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security,previously known as Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Justice and Citizenship,is a cabinet-level federal ministry in Brazil. The current minister is Ricardo Lewandowski.
Brazil–South Korea relations are the diplomatic relations between the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Republic of Korea. Both nations are members of the G20 and the United Nations.
Mauro Luiz Iecker Vieira is a Brazilian diplomat serving as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brazil since 1 January 2023 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Vieira occupied the same office between 2015 and 2016 during President Dilma Rousseff's second term.
Jair Messias Bolsonaro is a Brazilian politician and retired military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019.
Diplomatic relations between Brazil and Poland were first established in 1920. Over 800,000 Brazilians are of Polish descent making Brazil the second country with the largest Polish community abroad. Both nations are members of the United Nations.
Bilateral relations exist between Azerbaijan and Brazil.
On 8 January 2023,following the defeat of then-president Jair Bolsonaro in the 2022 Brazilian general election and the inauguration of his successor Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,a mob of Bolsonaro's supporters attacked Brazil's federal government buildings in the capital,Brasília. The mob invaded and caused deliberate damage to the Supreme Federal Court,the National Congress Palace and the Planalto Presidential Palace in the Praça dos Três Poderes,seeking to violently overthrow the democratically elected president Lula,who had been inaugurated on 1 January. Many rioters said their purpose was to spur military leaders to launch a "military intervention" and disrupt the democratic transition of power.
