Christian Democratic Party (Brazil)
Christian Democratic Party Partido Democrata Cristão | |
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| Abbreviation | PDC |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Dissolved | 1993 |
| Merged into | Reform Progressive Party |
| Ideology | Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre-right |
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The Christian Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrata Cristão, PDC) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1945. The PDC, a small party supporting traditional Christian values, never achieved electoral success and was banned by the military government in 1965.
The party was re-created following the fall of the military in 1985, and subsequently merged with other parties, including the Democratic Social Party,[1] to form the right-wing Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB) in 1993.
The current president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was a member of the party from 1988 to the merging with Democratic Social Party.
References
- ^ Kevin J. Middlebrook (31 August 2000). Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America. JHU Press. p. 189. ISBN 978-0-8018-6386-8.
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