the president pro tempore takes over if the president is removed from office.
who takes over if the president is removed from office?
the president pro tempore
the president may be removed from office using one of two procedures. in either case, two-thirds of the chamber of deputies must accept charges against the officeholder (impeachment); and if the senate accepts the investigation, the president is suspended from exercising the functions of office for up to 180 days. in the case of "common criminal offenses", a trial then takes place at the supreme federal court. in the case of "crimes of malversation", which must fall into one of seven broad areas and which is defined in more detail in law, a trial takes place at the federal senate. during the trial, the vice president exercises executive power. if the trial does not result in a conviction within 180 days, the president resumes office; a conviction results in removal from office and succession by the vice president. the seven areas are:
president of brazil
the presidential sash is the insignia that symbolizes the office of the president. in brazil, the sash was created in december 1910, when it was instituted as a symbol of the presidency by a statute signed into law by president hermes da fonseca, brazil's eighth president. thus, in brazil, unlike other republics, the creation of the sash was not simultaneous with the establishment of the office of president. also, while in other latin american countries the transfer of the presidential sash takes place before congress, in brazil that is not the case. while in other south american countries the reception of the sash by the new president forms part of the essential solemnities of the inauguration, and takes place immediately at the moment of the assumption of office, in brazil the transfer of the sash, while still highly symbolic of the installation of the new president, is not an essential part of the presidential investiture, and therefore it only takes place in the case of planned inaugurations. nevertheless, the handover of the sash from the former president to the new office-holder is considered an important symbol of the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next, in accordance with the will of the people and the constitutional order.
brazilian presidential inauguration