Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F. 

Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes _______ No___X____

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MINUTES OF THE ORDINARY AND EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

The Board of Directors of Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. – PETROBRAS summoned the Shareholders to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meetings held on April 4, 2008, at 3:00 pm in the auditorium of the Company's head office building at Av. República do Chile, nº 65, 1st floor, in the City of Rio de Janeiro (RJ), which deliberated upon and approved the following agenda items:

ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

I. Management Report and Financial Statements with Fiscal Council’s Opinion for the fiscal year 2007;

II. Capital Expenditure Budget for fiscal year 2008, as follows in 39.745.147.567,00:

		(in R$)
Direct investments		36.885.718.452
Project Finance		24.984.258
Capital increases in subsidiaries and other companies		2.834.444.857
2008 capital expenditures budget		39.745.147.567
Direct investments		35.885.718.452
Capital increases		2.834.444.857
Own resources		38.720.163.309
Direct investments		1.000.000.000
Project finance		24.984.258
Third party resources		1.024.984.258

Out of total direct investments, 55% will be used in the Exploration and Production Area, 32% in the Downstream Area, 9% in the Gas & Energy and 4% in other business areas.

III. Distribution of results for the fiscal year 2007, as follows:

Destination		(R$ thousand) 2007
Earnings before participations		22.873.103
(-) Share profits		(844.412)
Net income		22.028.691
( -) Legal reserve (5%)		(1.101.435)
(+) Reversions / Additions		4.903
(=) Adjusted net profits		20.932.159
Suggested Dividend – 31,44% (31,27% in 2006)		6.580.557
Interests on own capital		6.361.205
Dividend		219.352
Profits retention reserve		14.083.477
Statutory reserve		263.222

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IV. Election of the following as Members of the Board of Directors

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Representing the Majority Shareholders

Ms. DILMA VANA ROUSSEFF

Mr. SILAS RONDEAU CAVALCANTI SILVA

Mr. GUIDO MANTEGA

Mr. JOSÉ SERGIO GABRIELLI DE AZEVEDO

Mr. FRANCISCO ROBERTO DE ALBUQUERQUE

Mr. ARTHUR ANTONIO SENDAS

Mr. LUCIANO GALVÃO COUTINHO

Representing the Minority Ordinary Shareholders

Mr. FABIO COLLETTI BARBOSA

Representing the Preferred Shareholders

Mr. JORGE GERDAU JOHANNPETER

V. Election of the Ms. DILMA VANA ROUSSEFF as Chairwoman of the Board of Directors as per art. 18 of the Company’s Bylaws;

VI. Election of the following as Members of the Fiscal Council and their respective substitutes:

FISCAL COUNCIL

Representing the Majority Shareholders

Mr. MARCUS PEREIRA AUCÉLIO – as Member and Mr. EDUARDO COUTINHO GUERRA as deputy.

Mr. TÚLIO LUIZ ZAMIN – as Member and Mr. RICARDO DE PAULA MONTEIRO as deputy.

Ms. CESAR ACOSTA RACH – as Member and Mr. EDSON FREITAS DE OLIVEIRA as deputy.

Representing the Minority Ordinary Shareholders

Mr. NELSON ROCHA AUGUSTO – as Member and Ms. MARIA AUXILIADORA ALVES DA SILVA as deputy.

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Representing the Preferred Shareholders

Ms. MARIA LÚCIA DE OLIVEIRA FALCÓN – as Member and Mr. CELSO BARRETO NETO as deputy.

VII. Establishing the global remuneration of the administrators and the effective members of the audit committee at R$ 9.812.750,00 (nine million, eight hundred and twelve thousand, seven hundred and fifty Reais), in the period understood between April 2008 and March 2009, inclusive, in the case of the Executive Board, of monthly honorary fees, vacation gratuity, Christmas bonus (13º wage) as well as their participation in the profits pursuant to Articles 41 and 56 of the Company’s Bylaws.

EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL MEETING

Increase in the Capital Stock through the incorporation of part of the revenue reserves amounting to R$ 26.322.230.220,00 increasing the capital stock from R$ 52.644.460.440,00 to R$ 78.966.690.660,00 without any change to the number of issued shares pursuant to Article 40, Item III, of the Company's Bylaws.

Rio de Janeiro, April 4, 2008.

PETRÓLEO BRASILEIRO S.A. – PETROBRAS
Renato de Souza Duque
President of the Meeting

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