Legislative Chamber of the Federal District

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Legislative Chamber of Federal District Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal
8th Legislature of the Legislative Chamber
Type
Type	Unicameral
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1 January 1991 (1991-01-01)
New session started	1 February 2021 (2021-02-01)
Leadership
President	Rafael Prudente, MDB since 1 January 2019
Government Leader	João Hermeto de Oliveira, MDB
Majority Leader	Rodrigo Delmasso, Republicanos
Minority Leader	Fábio Felix, PSOL
Structure
Seats	24 deputies
Political groups	Government (17)   Avante (2)   PODE (2)   PSB (2)   Republicanos (2)   MDB (1)   Patriota (1)   PL (1)   PP (1)   PROS (1)   PSC (1)   PSD (1)   PTB (1)   PTC (1) Opposition (7)   PDT (2)   PT (2)   NOVO (1)   PSOL (1)   REDE (1)
Elections
Voting system	Open list proportional representation
Last election	7 October 2018
Next election	2 October 2022
Meeting place
Legislative Chamber Building Brasília, Federal District
Website
www.cl.df.gov.br

The Legislative Chamber of Federal District (Portuguese: Câmara Legislativa do Distrito Federal) is the unicameral legislative branch of Federal District in Brazil. The legislative chamber is composed by 24 district deputies (Portuguese: deputados distritais), which corresponds to three times the number of federal deputies that represent the voters of the Federal District.^[1]

The Constitution of 1967 gave to the Federal Senate the legislative branch of the Federal District, after the Constitution of 1988, the Legislative Chamber was created, The first legislature began on January 1, 1991. It accumulates legislative powers of state and municipality at the same time.