President of Brazil - Compensation and Privileges of Office

Compensation and Privileges of Office

Presidential styles of
Dilma Rousseff
Reference style Sua Excelência a Presidente da República or A Excelentíssima Senhora Presidente da República
"Her Excellency the President of the Republic" or "The Most Excellent Madam President of the Republic"
Spoken style Vossa Excelência or Excelentíssima Senhora Presidente da República
"Your Excellency" or "Most Excellent Madam President of the Republic"
Alternative style Senhora Presidente
"Madam President"

The president earns a R$26.723,13 monthly salary, along with an undisclosed expense account to cover travel, goods and services while in office. The most recent raise in salary was approved by Congress in December 2010 and went into effect in February 2011. Given that in Brazil all private and public sector employees and civil servants receive an additional compensation equivalent to one monthly salary after a year of work (this compensation is known as the thirtheenth salary), the President receives thirteen payments of R$ 26.723,13 per year, resulting in an annual salary of R$ 347.400,69.

The Palácio do Planalto in Brasília is the official workplace of the president and the Palácio da Alvorada his/her official residence; he/she is entitled to use its staff and facilities. The Residência Oficial do Torto, popularly known as Granja do Torto, is a ranch located on the outskirts of the capital and is used as a country retreat by the president. The Palácio Rio Negro in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, is a summer retreat of the president, although used rarely.

In addition, the Presidency of the Republic also maintains the Jaburu Palace in Brasília for use by the Vice-President of the Republic as his official residence.

In the first decade of the 21st century, the Federal Government decided to establish Regional Offices of the Presidency of the Republic in certain key Brazilian cities. Those regional offices are not presidential residences, but they are fully staffed offices ready to receive the President and his Ministers at any time, and they function as a presidential workplace when the President is in those cities. The first Regional Office of the Presidency was established in the city of São Paulo, and is located at the Banco do Brasil building at the Paulista Avenue; the building also houses Banco do Brasil's regional headquarters in São Paulo. The Presidency of the Republic also maintains regional offices in Porto Alegre and in Belo Horizonte.

For ground travel, the president uses the presidential state car, which is an armored version of the 2011 Ford Fusion Hybrid built on a Ford CD3 platform. A 1952 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith is used by the president on ceremonial occasions, such as Independence Day commemorations, state visits and the inauguration of the President-elect. A modified version of the Airbus A319, Air Force designation VC-1A, is used to transport the president on all medium and long-range international flights. Two modified Embraer 190 jets, Air Force designation VC-2, are used for short and medium range presidential travel. When the president is on board, the aircraft receive the call sign "Brazilian Air Force One". Two modified military versions of the Eurocopter Super Puma, Air Force designation VH-34, are currently used as the main presidential helicopters.

  • Presidential Amenities
  • Palácio do Planalto

  • Planalto Palace President's office.jpg

    The President's office

  • Palácio da Alvorada

  • Residência Oficial do Torto

  • Palácio Rio Negro

  • Presidential state car

  • Ceremonial state car

  • Main presidential aircraft (VC-1A)

  • VC-2 Presidencia da Republica.jpg

    Secondary presidential aircraft (VC-2)

  • Presidential helicopter (VH-34)

Read more about this topic:  President Of Brazil

Famous quotes containing the words compensation and, compensation, privileges and/or office:

    I do not want to be covetous, but I think I speak the minds of many a wife and mother when I say I would willingly work as hard as possible all day and all night, if I might be sure of a small profit, but have worked hard for twenty-five years and have never known what it was to receive a financial compensation and to have what was really my own.
    Emma Watrous, U.S. inventor. As quoted in Feminine Ingenuity, ch. 8, by Anne L. MacDonald (1992)

    The only compensation which war offers for its manifold mischiefs, is in the great personal qualities to which it gives scope and occasion.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    The Gospel of the army is cunning, as of all other human activities. The wisdom of the snake under the meekness of the sheep is what wins out.
    The first Commandment is—never let them get anything on you—
    The second: Graft—get privileges others haven’t got—worm yourself into confidence
    The Third—seem neat and prosperous—as if you had money in the bank—
    John Dos Passos (1896–1970)

    It is easier to appear worthy of a position one does not hold, than of the office which one fills.
    François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)