Federal institutions of Brazil
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Legislative branch

  • National Congress, Congresso Nacional
  • Chamber of Deputies
    Chamber of Deputies of Brazil
    The Chamber of Deputies of Brazil is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. As of 2006, the chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms...

    , Câmara dos Deputados
  • Senate of Brazil
    Senate of Brazil
    The Federal Senate of Brazil is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. Created by the first Constitution of the Brazilian Empire in 1824, it was inspired by the United Kingdom's House of Lords, but with the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 it became closer to the United States...

    , Senado Federal
  • National Court of Audit
    Tribunal de Contas da União
    The Tribunal de Contas da União is the Brazilian federal accountability office. It is an arm of the Legislative Branch of the Brazilian government. Its members, called ministers, are appointed by the National Congress and the President of Brazil...

    , Tribunal de Contas da União (TCU)

Presidency of Brazil
President of Brazil
The president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...

, Presidência da República

  • National Defense Council
    National Defense Council (Brazil)
    The National Defense Council is a consultative body of the President of Brazil on matters of national security, foreign policy, and defence strategy. The Council was established on 29 November 1927 by President Washington Luís...

    , Conselho de Defesa Nacional (CDN)
  • Cabinet of Institutional Security, Gabinete de Segurança Institucional (GSI)
  • Chief of Staff
    Chief of Staff of Brazil
    The Chief of Staff of the Presidency of the Republic is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of Brazil, and a senior aide to the President.In Brazil, the Chief of Staff is a member of the president's cabinet, with the rank of Minister....

    , Casa Civil da Presidência da República
  • National Antidrugs Secretariat, Secretaria Nacional Antidrogas (SENAD)
  • Special Secretariat for Human Rights
    Special Secretariat for Human Rights
    -Background:The Special Secretariat for Human Rights is an office attached to the office of the President of the Federal Republic of Brazil. Its purpose is to implement, promote, and protect human rights, civic rights, and the rights of children, adoloscents, the elderly, and the disabled...

    , Secretaria Especial dos Direitos Humanos (SEDH)
  • Secretariat of Institutional Affairs, Secretaria de Relações Institucionais (SRI)
  • General-Secretariat of the Presidency, Secretaria-Geral da Presidência (SG)
  • Solicitor-General's Office
    Office of the Solicitor-General in Brazil
    The Solicitor-General of the Union represents the Brazilian Union before national courts and also provides legal advice to the Brazilian executive branch....

    , Advocacia-Geral da União (AGU)
  • Press Secretary
    Press secretary
    A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage....

    , Secretaria de Comunicação Social (SeCom)
    • Spokesman of the Presidency
      Spokesman of the Presidency (Brazil)
      The Spokesman of the Presidency , or the Press Office, is responsible for gathering and disseminating information regarding the Presidency to the media...

      , Porta-Voz da Presidência
  • Strategic Affairs Unit, Núcleo de Assuntos Estratégicos (NAE)

Ministry of Agrarian Development, Ministério do Desenvolvimento Agrário

  • Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária (INCRA)

Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply
Ministry of Agriculture (Brazil)
The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply is a federal government department in Brazil.-Agroenergy:...

, Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento

  • Secretaria de Produção e Comercializão (SPC)
  • Secretaria de Defesa Agropecuária (SDA)
  • National Institute of Meteorology, Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET)

Ministry of Communications, Ministério das Comunicações (MC)

  • Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications
    Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications
    The Brazilian Agency of Telecommunications is a special authority created by the general telecommunications law in 1997 and regulated by the decree 2338, 07/10/1997...

    , Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (ANATEL)

Ministry of Culture
Ministry of Culture (Brazil)
The Ministry of Culture of Brazil was created in 1985.-External links:*...

, Ministério da Cultura (MinC)

  • Institute of National Historical and Artistic Heritage, Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional (IPHAN)
  • Agência Nacional do Cinema (Ancine)
  • Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa (FCRB)
  • Fundação Cultural Palmares (FCP)
  • Fundação Nacional de Artes (Funarte)
  • Fundação Biblioteca Nacional (FBN)
  • National Museum of Brazil
    National Museum of Brazil
    The National Museum of Brazil is a centenarian museum and research institution, located in the Quinta da Boa Vista park in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.-History:...

    , Museu Nacional

Ministry of Defense
Ministry of Defence (Brazil)
The Ministry of Defence of Brazil, is the civilian cabinet organization responsible for managing the Military of Brazil. It is headed by the Minister of Defence....

, Ministério da Defesa (MD)

  • Brazilian Army
    Brazilian Army
    The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...

    , Exército Brasileiro (EB)
  • Brazilian Air Force
    Brazilian Air Force
    The Brazilian Air Force is the air branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces and one of the three national uniformed services. The FAB was formed when the Army and Navy air branch were merged into a single military force initially called "National Air Forces"...

    , Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB)

  • Aeronautical Accidents Investigation and Prevention Center, Centro de Investigação e Prevenção de Acidentes Aeronáuticos (CENIPA)
  • Brazilian Navy
    Brazilian Navy
    The Brazilian Navy is a branch of the Brazilian Armed Forces responsible for conducting naval operations. It is the largest navy in Latin America...

    , Marinha do Brasil (MB)

Linked entities
  • Infraero Brazilian Airports
    Infraero
    Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária, Infraero in short, is a Brazilian government corporation created in 1972 and responsible for operating the main Brazilian commercial airports. In 2009, Infraero's airports carried 128,135,616 passengers and 1,114,754 tons of cargo and operated...

    , Empresa Brasileira de Infraestrutura Aeroportuária (Infraero)
  • Higher War School, Escola Superior de Guerra (ESG)
  • Armed Forces Hospital, Hospital das Forças Armadas (HFA)
  • National Civil Aviation Agency
    National Civil Aviation Agency of Brazil
    The National Civil Aviation Agency , also known as ANAC, is the Brazilian civil aviation authority, created in 2006...

    , Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil

Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior (MDIC)

  • National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality (Brazil) Instituto Nacional de Metrologia, Normalização e Qualidade Industrial, (INMETRO)
  • National Institute of Industrial Property Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI)
  • National Bank for Economic and Social Development Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES)

Ministry of Education
Ministry of Education (Brazil)
The Ministry of Education , MEC, is a Brazilian government ministry.Functions of this ministry: national education policy, early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, higher education, youth and adult education, among other teachings Taking their proper decisions so that...

, Ministério da Educação (MEC)

  • National Institute of Educational Studies and Investigations, Instituto Nacional de Estudos e Pesquisas Educacionais (INEP)
  • Conselho Nacional da Educação
  • Fundação Joaquim Nabuco
  • Federal Centers of Technological Education, Centros Federais de Educação Tecnológica (CEFETS)
  • Federal agrotechnical schools, Escolas agrotécnicas federais
  • Federal universities

Ministry of Environment, Ministério do Meio Ambiente (MMA)

Councils and commissions
  • Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente (CONAMA)
  • Conselho Nacional da Amazônia Legal (CONAMAZ)
  • Conselho Nacional de Recursos Hídricos
  • Conselho Deliberativo do Fundo Nacional do Meio Ambiente
  • Conselho de Gestão do Patrimônio Genético
  • Comissão de Gestão de Florestas Públicas
  • Comissão Nacional de Florestas (CONAFLOR)
  • Serviço Florestal Brasileiro (SFB)


Linked entities
  • Agência Nacional de Águas (ANA)
  • Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources, Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis (IBAMA)
  • Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade
  • Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro (JBRJ)
  • Companhia de Desenvolvimento de Barcarena (CODEBAR)

Ministry of External Relations, Ministério das Relações Exteriores (MRE/Itamaraty)

  • Rio Branco Institute
    Rio Branco Institute
    The Rio Branco Institute is a graduate school of International Relations and diplomatic academy located in Brasília, Brazil. The institute was created on April 18, 1945, as part of the centennial celebration of the birth of the Baron of Rio Branco...

    , Instituto Rio Branco (IRBr)
  • Alexandre de Gusmão Foundation, Fundação Alexandre de Gusmão (FUNAG)

Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Finance (Brazil)
The Ministry of Finance of Brazil was created in 1808 with the title Secretaria de Estado dos Negócios do Brazil e da Fazenda. The ministry is responsible for formulating and implementing the country's economic policy.-External links:*...

, Ministério da Fazenda

Secretariats
  • Secretaria-Executiva
  • Subsecretaria de Planejamento Orçamento e Administração
  • Secretaria de Acompanhamento Econômico
  • Secretaria de Assuntos Internacionais
  • Secretaria de Política Econômica
  • Secretariat of Federal Revenue of Brazil, Secretaria da Receita Federal do Brasil
  • Secretariat of National Treasury, Secretaria do Tesouro Nacional


Collegiate Organs
  • Conselho Monetário Nacional
  • Conselho Nacional de Política Fazendária
  • Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Financeiro Nacional
  • Conselho Nacional de Seguros Privados
  • Conselho de Recursos do Sistema Nacional de Seguros Privados, de Previdência Privada Aberta e de Capitalização
  • Council for Financial Activities Control
    Council for Financial Activities Control
    The Council for Financial Activities Control was created in 1998 "under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, for the purpose of regulating, applying administrative sanctions, receiving pertinent information, examining and identifying suspicious occurrences of illicit activities related to...

    , Conselho de Controle de Atividades Financeiras (COAF)
  • Câmara Superior de Recursos Fiscais
  • Conselhos de Contribuintes
  • Comitê Brasileiro de Nomenclatura
  • Comitê de Avaliação de Créditos ao Exterior
  • Comitê de Coordenação Gerencial das Instituições Financeiras Públicas Federais


Linked entities
  • Autarchies:
  • Central Bank of Brazil
    Central Bank of Brazil
    The Central Bank of Brazil is Brazil's monetary authority. It was established on December 31, 1964.The Central Bank is linked with the Ministry of Finance. Like other central banks, the Brazilian central bank is the principal monetary authority of the country...

    , Banco Central do Brasil
  • Comissão de Valores Mobiliários
  • Superintendência de Seguros Privados

  • Public companies:
  • Casa da Moeda do Brasil
    Casa da Moeda do Brasil
    The Casa da Moeda do Brasil is the Brazilian mint, owned by the Brazilian government and administratively subordinated to the Ministry of Finances. It was established in 1694...

  • Serviço Federal de Processamento de Dados
  • Caixa Econômica Federal
    Caixa Econômica Federal
    Caixa Econômica Federal , also referred to as Caixa or CEF, is a Brazilian bank. It is the largest government-owned financial institution in Latin America. It is the largest bank in Brazil and in Latin America by assets....

  • Empresa Gestora de Ativos

  • Mixed economy
    Mixed economy
    Mixed economy is an economic system in which both the state and private sector direct the economy, reflecting characteristics of both market economies and planned economies. Most mixed economies can be described as market economies with strong regulatory oversight, in addition to having a variety...

     companies:
  • Banco do Brasil
    Banco do Brasil
    Banco do Brasil S.A. is the largest Brazilian and Latin American bank by assets, and the third by market value. The bank, headquartered in Brasília, was founded in 1808 and is the oldest active bank in Brazil — and one of the oldest financial institutions in the world.Banco do Brasil is controlled...

  • Brasil Resseguros
  • Banco da Amazônia
  • Banco do Nordeste do Brasil
  • Banco do Estado do Piaui
  • Banco do Estado de Santa Catarina
  • BESC Crédito Imobiliário (BESCRI)

Ministry of Justice, Ministério da Justiça (MJ)

  • State Secretariat for Human Rights, Secretaria de Estado dos Direitos Humanos (SEDH)
  • National Secretariat of Justice, Secretaria Nacional de Justiça
  • National Prison Department, Departamento Penitenciário Nacional (DEPEN)
  • Department of Foreigners, Departamento de Estrangeiros (DEEST)
  • National Secretariat of Public Security, Secretaria Nacional de Segurança Pública (SENASP)
  • Secretariat for Economic Rights, Secretaria de Direito Econômico (SDE)
  • Department of Consumer Protection and Defence, Departamento de Proteção e Defesa do Consumidor (DPDC)
  • Department of Economic Protection and Defence, Departamento de Proteção e Defesa Econômico (DPDE)
  • Secretariat for Legislative Affairs, Secretaria de Assuntos Legislativos (SAL)
  • Federal Police Department
    Brazilian Federal Police
    The Polícia Federal is the federal police force of Brazil subordinate to the Ministry of Justice, whose main assignments are the investigations of crimes against the Federal Government or its organs and companies, the combat of international drug trafficking and terrorism, and immigration and...

    , Departamento de Polícia Federal (DPF)
  • Department of the Federal Highway Police, Departamento de Polícia Rodoviária Federal (DPRF)
  • Departamento Nacional de Trânsito (DENATRAN)

Ministry of Labor and Employment, Ministério do Trabalho e Emprego

  • Board of Trustees of the Guarantee Fund Service Time, Conselho Curador do Fundo de Garantia do Tempo de Serviço
  • Advisory Board of the Fund for Workers, Conselho Deliberativo do Fundo de Amparo ao Trabalhador
  • National Council for Solidarity Economy, Conselho Nacional de Economia Solidária
  • National Immigration Council, Conselho Nacional de Imigração
  • National Labour Council, Conselho Nacional do Trabalho
  • Legal Advice, Consultoria Jurídica
  • Jorge Duprat Figueiredo Foundation, Safety and Occupational Health, Fundação Jorge Duprat Figueiredo, de Segurança e Medicina do Trabalho
  • Office of the Minister, Gabinete do Ministro
  • Ombudsman General, Ouvidoria-Geral
  • Bureau of Labor Inspection, Secretaria de Inspeção do Trabalho
  • Department of Public Employment Policies, Secretaria de Políticas Públicas de Emprego
  • Bureau of Labor Relations, Secretaria de Relações do Trabalho
  • National Secretariat for Solidarity Economy, Secretaria Nacional de Economia Solidária
  • Executive Secretary, Secretaria-Executiva
  • Regional superintendencies:
    • Alagoas
      Alagoas
      Alagoas is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil and is situated in the eastern part of the Northeast Region. It borders: Pernambuco ; Sergipe ; Bahia ; and the Atlantic Ocean . It occupies an area of 27,767 km², being slightly larger than Haiti...

    • Goiás
      Goiás
      Goiás is a state of Brazil, located in the central part of the country. The name Goiás comes from the name of an indigenous community...

    • Mato Grosso
      Mato Grosso
      Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil, the third largest in area, located in the western part of the country.Neighboring states are Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders Bolivia to the southwest...

    • Mato Grosso do Sul
      Mato Grosso do Sul
      Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil.Neighboring Brazilian states are Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. The economy of the state is largely based on agriculture and cattle-raising...

    • Minas Gerais
      Minas Gerais
      Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

    • Pernambuco
      Pernambuco
      Pernambuco is a state of Brazil, located in the Northeast region of the country. To the north are the states of Paraíba and Ceará, to the west is Piauí, to the south are Alagoas and Bahia, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean. There are about of beaches, some of the most beautiful in the...

    • Rondônia
      Rondônia
      Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the north-western part of the country. To the west is a short border with the state of Acre, to the north is the state of Amazonas, in the east is Mato Grosso, and in the south is Bolivia. Its capital is Porto Velho. The state was named after Candido Rondon...

    • Roraima
      Roraima
      Roraima is the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil, located in the Amazon region. It borders the states of Amazonas and Pará, as well as the nations of Venezuela and Guyana. The population is 400,000 and the capital is Boa Vista...

    • Santa Catarina
      Santa Catarina (state)
      Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...

    • São Paulo
      São Paulo
      São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...

    • Sergipe
      Sergipe
      Sergipe , is the smallest state of the Brazilian Federation, located on the northeastern Atlantic coast of the country. It borders on two other states, Bahia to the south and west and Alagoas to the north, and to the east is the Atlantic Ocean...

    • Tocantins
      Tocantins
      Tocantins may refer to:* Tocantins, a state in Brazil* Tocantins River, a river in Brazil* Survivor: Tocantins, a reality show set in Tocantins, Brazil* Tocantins Esporte Clube, a Brazilian football club...

    • Bahia
      Bahia
      Bahia is one of the 26 states of Brazil, and is located in the northeastern part of the country on the Atlantic coast. It is the fourth most populous Brazilian state after São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro, and the fifth-largest in size...

    • Paraíba
      Paraíba
      Paraíba Paraíba Paraíba (Tupi: pa'ra a'íba: "bad to navigation"; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: is a state of Brazil. It is located in the Brazilian Northeast, and is bordered by Rio Grande do Norte to the north, Ceará to the west, Pernambuco to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the east...

    • Acre
      Acre
      The acre is a unit of area in a number of different systems, including the imperial and U.S. customary systems. The most commonly used acres today are the international acre and, in the United States, the survey acre. The most common use of the acre is to measure tracts of land.The acre is related...

    • Amapá
      Amapá
      Amapá is one of the states of Brazil, located in the extreme north, bordering French Guiana and Suriname to the north. To the east is the Atlantic Ocean, and to the south and west is the Brazilian state of Pará. Perhaps one of the main features of the state is the River Oiapoque, as it was once...

    • Amazonas
    • Ceará
      Ceará
      Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...

    • Distrito Federal
      Brazilian Federal District
      The Federal District is set apart for Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Located in a region called Planalto Central, or Central Plateau, the Federal District is divided in 29 administrative regions. Brasilia - place where the three branches of the Federal Government are located - is the main...

    • Espírito Santo
      Espírito Santo
      Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil, often referred to by the abbreviation "ES". Its capital is Vitória and the largest city is Vila Velha. The name of the state means literally "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of Christianity...

    • Maranhão
      Maranhão
      Maranhão is a northeastern state of Brazil. To the north lies the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão is neighbored by the states of Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. The people of Maranhão have a distinctive accent...

    • Pará
      Pará
      Pará is a state in the north of Brazil. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas and Roraima. To the northwest it also borders Guyana and Suriname, and to the northeast it borders the Atlantic Ocean. The capital is Belém.Pará is the most populous state...

    • Paraná
      Paraná (state)
      Paraná is one of the states of Brazil, located in the South of the country, bordered on the north by São Paulo state, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina state and the Misiones Province of Argentina, and on the west by Mato Grosso do Sul and the republic of Paraguay,...

    • Piauí
      Piauí
      Piauí is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country.Piauí has the shortest coastline of any of the non-landlocked Brazilian states at 66 km , and the capital, Teresina, is the only state capital in the north east to be located inland...

    • Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro
      Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

    • Rio Grande do Norte
      Rio Grande do Norte
      Rio Grande do Norte is one of the states of Brazil, located in the northeastern region of the country, occupying the northeasternmost tip of the South American continent. Because of its geographic position, Rio Grande do Norte has a strategic importance. The capital and largest city is Natal...


Ministry of National Integration, Ministério da Integração Nacional

  • Departamento Nacional de Obras Contra as Secas (DNOCS)

Ministry of Planning, Budget and Management, Ministério do Planejamento, Orçamento e Gestão

  • Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística (IBGE)
  • Institute of Applied Economic Research
    Institute of Applied Economic Research
    The Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada or Institute of Applied Economic Research is a Brazilian government-led research organization dedicated to generation of macroeconomical, sectorial and thematic studies in order to base government planning and policy making.It was created on 1964 and,...

    , Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (IPEA)

Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Science and Technology (Brazil)
The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation of Brazil, is the civilian cabinet organization which coordinates science and technology activities in the country...

, Ministério da Ciência e Tecnologia (MCT)

  • Brazilian Space Agency
    Brazilian Space Agency
    The Brazilian Space Agency is the civilian authority in Brazil responsible for the country's burgeoning space program. It operates a spaceport at Alcântara and a rocket launch site at Barreira do Inferno...

    , Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB)
  • National Institute for Space Research
    National Institute for Space Research
    The National Institute for Space Research is a research unit of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology, whose main goals are fostering scientific research and technological applications and qualifying personnel in the fields of space and atmospheric sciences, space engineering, and space...

    , Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)
  • National Nuclear Energy Commission
    National Nuclear Energy Commission
    The National Nuclear Energy Commission is the Brazilian government agency responsible for the orientation, planning, supervision, and control of Brazil's nuclear program. The agency was created on 10 October 1956...

    , Comissão Nacional de Energia Nuclear (CNEN)
  • National Institute of Amazonian Research
    National Institute of Amazonian Research
    The National Institute of Amazonian Research is a public educational and research institution in Manaus, Brazil. It was founded in 1952, with the purpose of providing a further knowledge about the Brazilian Amazon Region...

    , Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia (INPA)
  • National Institute of Technology, Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia (INT)
  • National Council of Scientific and Technological Development
    Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
    The Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico is an organization of the Brazilian federal government under the Ministry of Science and Technology, dedicated to the promotion of scientific and technological research and to the formation of human resources for research in the...

    , Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq)
  • Brazilian Institute of Information in Science and Technology, Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT)
  • Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics, Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada (IMPA)
  • Brazilian Centre of Physics Research
    Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas
    The Brazilian Center for Physics Research is a physics research center sponsored by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development , linked to the Ministry of Science and Technology. CBPF was founded in 1949 from a joint effort of Cesar Lattes, José Leite Lopes, and...

    , Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF)
  • Centre of Mineral Technology Centro de Tecnologia Mineral (CETEM)
  • National Laboratory of Astrophysics, Laboratório Nacional de Astrofísica (LNA)
  • National Laboratory of Scientific Computing, Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica (LNCC)
  • National Laboratory of Light Synchrotron
    Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron
    Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron is the Brazilian National Laboratory of Synchrotron Light, a research institution on physics, chemistry, material science and life sciences...

    , Laboratório Nacional de Luz Síncrotron (LNLS)
  • National Technical Commission of Biosecurity, Comissão Técnica Nacional de Biossegurança (CTNBio)
  • Renato Archer Research Center
    Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer
    The ' is a research and development center of the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology , previously named Fundação Centro Tecnológico para Informática , which was founded 1982. It is located in the city of Campinas, state of São Paulo, at the Rodovia Dom Pedro I...

    , Centro de Pesquisas Renato Archer (CPRA)

Ministry of Social Security, Ministério de Previdência e Assistência Social (MPAS)

  • National Institute of Social Security, Instituto Nacional do Seguro Social (INSS)

Ministry of Sports, Ministério do Esporte

  • National Institute of Sport Development, Instituto Nacional de Desenvolvimento do Desporto

Ministry of Tourism
Ministry of Tourism (Brazil)
The Ministry of Tourism is currently headed by Luiz Barretto Filho. It is responsible for Embratur, the Brazilian Tourist Board.-Notes and references:...

, Ministério do Turismo

  • Brazilian Tourism Agency, Empresa Brasileira de Turismo (Embratur)

Ministry of Transport
Ministry of Transport (Brazil)
The Brazilian Ministry of Transport is the government institution responsible for the regulation of transport in Brazil, from roads and railways, to ports and aviation....

, Ministério dos Transportes

  • Departamento Nacional de Estradas de Rodagem (DNER)

Administrative organs

  • National Justice Council
    National Justice Council
    The National Justice Council is an organ of the Brazilian Judicial System created in 2004 by a Constitutional Amendment, as a part of the Judicial Reform. The 15-member Council was established in 2004 by the 45th Amendment to the Constitution of Brazil...

  • Federal Council of Justice Conselho da Justiça Federal (CJF)

Superior courts

  • Superior Court of Labor, Tribunal Superior do Trabalho (TST)
  • Superior Military Court, Superior Tribunal Militar (STM)
  • Superior Electoral Court Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE)
  • Superior Court of Justice
    Superior Court of Justice (Brazil)
    The Superior Court of Justice is the highest appellate court in Brazil for non-constitutional questions of federal law. The STJ also has original jurisdiction over some cases...

    , Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ)

Second instance Courts

  • Regional Labor Courts
    Regional Labor Courts
    Regional Labor Courts are Brazilian appellate courts of the Federal specialized court system for matters of labor law. There currently are 24 Regional Labor Courts, geographically defined by numbered Regions....

  • Regional Electoral Courts
  • Regional Federal Courts
    Regional Federal Courts
    The Regional Federal Courts are Brazilian appellate courts of the Brazil federal court system. There currently are five of these courts, geographically defined. They are commonly called TRFs....


First instance courts

  • Labor Courts
  • Electoral Courts
  • Federal Courts
  • Military Courts

Other court

  • Court of Justice of the Federal District and the Territories Tribunal de Justiça do Distrito Federal e dos Territórios (TJDFT)

Public Ministry of the Union

  • Federal Public Ministry, Ministério Público Federal (MPF)
  • Labor Public Ministry, Ministério Público do Trabalho (MPT)
  • Military Public Ministry, Ministério Público Militar (MPM)
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