what is the president of brazil?
Dilma Rousseff
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 As President Lula wrote for The Economist regarding Brazil 's global agenda : 

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 Article 2 of Brazil 's Constitution defined the roles of both the Emperor and the Assembleia Geral ( General Assembly or Parliament ) , which in 1824 was composed of 50 senators and 102 general deputies , as the nation 's representatives . The Constitution endowed the Assembly with both status and authority , and created legislative , moderating , executive and judicial branches as " delegations of the nation " with the separation of those powers envisaged as providing balances in support of the Constitution and the rights it enshrined . 

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 Sometime around 1843 ( and certainly by 1844 ) , the Reactionary Party was renamed to the Party of Order to distinguish itself from what the Reactionaries perceived as the " unruly " Liberals . Members of the Party of Order became known as saquaremas . The new name also reflected the maturation of principles the party had long advocated : liberalism , exceptionalism , preserving the authority of the state and a representative parliamentary monarchy . On 20 January 1843 , Pedro II appointed Honório Hermeto to head a new cabinet . By personally selecting the cabinet members , Honório Hermeto became Brazil 's de facto first prime minister . Prior to this time , the Emperor himself or the regents had always designated the cabinet ministers . Four years later , following Honório Hermeto 's precedent , the office of prime minister would be formally instituted under the title of " president ( prime minister ) of the Council of Ministers " . 

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 Following the hasty departure of Pedro I , Brazil was left with a five @-@ year @-@ old boy as head of state . With no precedent to follow , the Empire was faced with the prospect of a period of more than twelve years without a strong executive , as , under the constitution , Pedro II would not attain his majority and begin exercising authority as Emperor until 2 December 1843 . A regency was elected to rule the country in the interim . Because the Regency held few of the powers exercised by an emperor and was completely subordinated to the General Assembly , it could not fill the vacuum at the apex of Brazil 's government . 

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 The government headed by Deodoro " was little more than a military dictatorship . The army dominated affairs both at Rio de Janeiro and in the states . Freedom of the press disappeared and elections were controlled by those in power . " The republican regime which followed the overthrow of the monarchy revealed itself to be highly unstable . In " a little more than a century of existence , the Brazilian Republic faced twelve states of emergency , seventeen Institutional Acts , the National Congress dissolved six times , nineteen military revolutions , two presidential resignations , three presidents prevented from assuming office , four presidents deposed , seven different Constitutions , four dictatorships , and nine authoritarian governments . " 
