President of the Senate of Brazil

The President of the Senate of Brazil is elected from among their number by the members of the Brazilian Federal Senate.

In addition to chairing the chamber's debates and ordering its business, the President of the Senate stands third in the order of presidential succession, after the Vice-President of the Republic and the President of the Chamber of Deputies, but before the Chief Justice of the Supreme Federal Court.^[1] The Senate President is also a member of the Council of the Republic.^[2]

The current President of the Senate is Garibaldi Alves Filho (PMDB-RN), elected on 12 December 2007.

[edit] List of Senate Presidents since 1935

Name	Served	Senator for
Antônio Garcia de Medeiros Neto	1935 – 1937	Bahia
Waldomiro de Barros Magalhães	1936	Minas Gerais
Nereu Ramos	1946 – 1951	Santa Catarina
Café Filho	1951 – 1954	Rio Grande do Norte
Alexandre Marcondes Machado Filho	1951 – 1954	São Paulo
Apolônio Jorge de Faria Salles	1956 – 1958	Pernambuco
João Goulart	1956 – 1961	Rio Grande do Sul
Auro Soares de Moura Andrade	1961 – 1968	São Paulo
Gilberto Marinho	1968 – 1970	Rio de Janeiro
João Cleofas de Oliveira	1970 – 1971	Pernambuco
Petrônio Portela Nunes	1971 – 1973	Piauí
Filinto Müller	1973	Mato Grosso
Paulo Francisco Torres	1973 – 1975	Rio de Janeiro
Magalhães Pinto	1975 – 1977	Minas Gerais
Petrônio Portela Nunes	1977 – 1979	Piauí
Luiz Viana Filho	1979 – 1981	Bahia
Jarbas Passarinho	1981 – 1983	Pará
Nilo de Souza Coelho	1983	Pernambuco
Moacyr Dalla	1983 – 1985	Espírito Santo
José Fragelli	1985 – 1987	Mato Grosso
Humberto Lucena	1987 – 1989	Paraíba
Nelson Carneiro	1989 – 1991	Rio de Janeiro
Mauro Benevides	1991 – 1993	Ceará
Humberto Lucena	1993 – 1995	Paraíba
José Sarney	1995 – 1997	Amapá
Antonio Carlos Magalhães	1997 – 2001	Bahia
Jader Barbalho	2001	Pará
Edison Lobão	2001	Maranhão
Ramez Tebet	2001 – 2003	Mato Grosso do Sul
José Sarney	2003 – 2005	Amapá
Renan Calheiros	2005 – 2007	Alagoas
Garibaldi Alves Filho	2007 – 2009	Rio Grande do Norte