Brazilian Democratic Movement

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.

Brazilian Democratic Movement Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
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
Website
www.mdb.org.br

Social liberals and social democrats broke with the party in 1988 to form the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.