Brazilian Democratic Movement
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The Brazilian Democratic Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian centrist political party. When they were founded, they were the opposition to the Brazilian military government.
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Brazilian Democratic Movement Movimento Democrático Brasileiro | |
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President | Baleia Rossi |
Secretary-General | Jorge Caruso |
Founded | 4 December 1965 (original MDB) 30 June 1981 (registered as PMDB) 19 December 2017 (altered its name back to MDB) |
Dissolved | 20 December 1979 (original MDB) |
Headquarters | Câmara dos Deputados - Presidência do MDB, Ed. Principal sala T4 - Esplanada dos Ministérios Brasília |
Ideology | Big tent[1][2] Populism Centrism Third way Factions: Economic liberalism[3] Economic nationalism[4] Social conservatism[3] Historical: Democratization |
Political position | Centre to centre-right[5][6] Historical: Centre to centre-left[7][8] |
Regional affiliation | COPPPAL |
Colours | Main: Green Secondary: Yellow, red and black |
TSE Identification Number | 15 |
Chamber of Deputies | 34 / 513 |
Federal Senate | 12 / 81 |
Governorships | 7 / 27 |
State Assemblies | 147 / 1,024 |
Mayors | 1,022 / 5,570 |
City Councillors | 7,825 / 56,810 |
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Social liberals and social democrats broke with the party in 1988 to form the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.