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Progressistas
Progressistas (; PP) is a centre-right to Right-wing politics, right-wing political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party, it emerged from parties that were successors to National Renewal Alliance, ARENA, the ruling party of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, Brazilian military dictatorship. A Pragmatism, pragmatist party, it supported the governments of presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro. Largely it was the party of the politics of Paulo Maluf, a former governor and mayor of São Paulo. Of all political parties, in corruption investigation Operation Car Wash, the Progressistas had the most convictions. The party in recent years had fully embraced the right. In the 2018 Brazilian general election, the party supported the Geraldo Alckmin 2018 presidential campaign, candidacy of Geraldo Alckmin. After the election, although they remained neutral in the second round, the par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Current State Governors In Brazil
In Brazil, the governors are the chief executives of the states of Brazil. The list below contains are the elected governors for the 2023-2027 term. Map Current governors References {{DEFAULTSORT:List of current Brazilian Governors State governors of Brazil, * Lists of current office-holders of country subdivisions, Brazil Lists of Brazilian state governors, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Senate (Brazil)
The Federal Senate () is the upper house of the National Congress of Brazil. When created under the Imperial Constitution in 1824, it was based on the House of Lords of the British Parliament, but since the Proclamation of the Republic in 1889 and under the first republican Constitution the Federal Senate has resembled the United States Senate. The current president of the Federal Senate is Davi Alcolumbre, a member of UNIÃO from Amapá. He was re-elected in February 2025 for his two-year non-consecutive term, as he had already led the Senate between 2019-21 during Bolsonaro's government. Membership The Senate has 81 members, serving an eight-year term of office. There are three senators from each of the country's 27 federative units, the Federal District and the 26 states. Elections are staggered so that either a third or two-thirds of senators are up for election every four years. The most recent election took place in 2022, where one-third of the Senate was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Union (Brazil)
The Progressive Union Federation () is an electoral and parliamentary group formed by Brazil Union and Progressistas. A registration request is pending at the Superior Electoral Court. In March 2025, summed both parties, the federation had 2,410,352 registered members. History In March 2025, political parties Brazil Union and Progressistas, presided by Antônio Rueda and Ciro Nogueira, respectively, began negotiations to form a federation. On 18 March, a deliberation by both parties approved further negotiations. On 28 April, Brazil Union and Progressistas announced the founding of Progressive Union in a ceremony held at the Noble Hall of the Chamber of Deputies The chamber of deputies is the lower house in many bicameral legislatures and the sole house in some unicameral legislatures. Description Historically, French Chamber of Deputies was the lower house of the French Parliament during the Bourb ..., which would be held on 29 April. Both parties agreed that the presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jair Bolsonaro
Jair Messias Bolsonaro (; born 21 March 1955) is a Brazilian politician and former military officer who served as the 38th president of Brazil from 2019 to 2023. He previously served as a member of Brazil's Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies from 1991 to 2019. Born in Glicério, São Paulo, Bolsonaro began serving in the Brazilian Army in 1973 and graduated from the Military Academy of Agulhas Negras in 1977. He rose to publicity in 1986 after he wrote an article for ''Veja (magazine), Veja'' magazine criticizing low wages for military officers, after which he was arrested and detained for fifteen days. He left the army and was elected to the Municipal Chamber of Rio de Janeiro two years later. In 1990, Bolsonaro was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a representative for the state of Rio de Janeiro. During his 27-year tenure as a congressman, he became known for his national conservatism. Bolsonaro entered the 2018 Brazilian presidential election, duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciro Nogueira
Ciro Nogueira Lima Filho (born 21 November 1968) is a Brazilian lawyer, Businessperson, businessman, politician, and a member of the Progressistas (PP) party, of which he is the current president. He has represented Piauí in the Brazilian Senate, Federal Senate since 2011. Previously, he was a Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Federal Deputy representing Piauí from 1995 to 2011. He is a member of Progressistas. Nogueira was the Chief of Staff of the Presidency (Brazil), Chief of Staff of the Presidency of Jair Bolsonaro from August 2021 to December 2022. Personal life Nogueira was born on 21 November 1968, in Teresina, Piauí, to Ciro Nogueira Lima and Eliane e Silva Nogueira Lima. He holds a degree in law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-RJ), having started his public life as the heir of a family with a long political tradition in Piauí: his paternal grandfather, Manuel Nogueira Lima, was appointed as the mayor of the municipality of Pedro II, Piau� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chamber Of Deputies (Brazil)
The Chamber of Deputies () is a federal legislative body and the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. The chamber comprises 513 deputies, who are elected by proportional representation to serve four-year terms. The current president of the chamber is the Deputy Hugo Motta ( Republicanos- PB), who was elected on 1 February 2025. Structure The number of deputies elected is proportional to the size of the population of the respective state (or of the Federal District) as of 1994. However, no delegation can be made up of less than eight or more than seventy seats. Thus the least populous state elects eight federal deputies and the most populous elects seventy. These restrictions favour the smaller states at the expense of the more populous states and so the size of the delegations is not exactly proportional to population. Elections to the Chamber of Deputies are held every four years, with all seats up for election. Federal representation A census held every 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paulo Maluf
Paulo Salim Maluf (; born 3 September 1931) is a Brazilian politician with a career spanning over four decades and many functions, including those of State Governor of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Mayor of the São Paulo, City of São Paulo, National Congress of Brazil, Congressman and President of Brazil, Presidential candidate. His political base is founded on populism and the provision of major public works. His career has been plagued with substantial allegations of political corruption, corruption, although he was only convicted by Brazilian Courts in 2017. He spent a few months in jail and is now under house arrest due to his poor health and advanced age. He is the president of the local branch, in the state of São Paulo, of the right-wing Progressive Party of Brazil (PP), heir to the old National Renewal Alliance (ARENA). Interpol has issued a Interpol notice, Red Notice to arrest Maluf, extradite him and try him in the United States on charges of Conspiracy (crime), c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Renewal Alliance
The National Renewal Alliance ( Portuguese: ''Aliança Renovadora Nacional'', ARENA) was a far-right political party that existed in Brazil between 1966 and 1979. It was the official party of the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985. ARENA was part of a two-party system enforced by the dictatorship instituted in 1966, where only it and the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) — the "consented opposition" — were allowed. In 1979, a multi-party system was reintroduced to Brazil, both MDB and ARENA were officially dissolved, and the Democratic Social Party (PDS) was founded as a continuation of ARENA. Soon thereafter, PDS had a split which saw the creation of the Liberal Front Party (PFL), current Brazil Union (UNIÃO), while PDS merged with the PDC in 1993 became the Reform Progressive Party (PPR), which became the current Progressives (PP) in 1995. History Until 1965, there were three main parties in Brazil: the populist Brazilian Labour Party (PTB), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mayors In Brazil
In Brazil, the mayor is the chief executive of the smallest territorial unit — the Municipalities of Brazil, municipality () — and holds executive powers of the local government, in a Mayor–council government, "strong mayor-council" arrangement. In Portuguese language, Portuguese, the mayor is called the ''prefeito'' (if male) or ''prefeita'' (if female), while the government itself is termed the ''prefeitura''. The current system of mayor and council (called the ''Câmara Municipal'') dates from the Brazilian Revolution of 1930, 1930 revolution and the Vargas Era, Vargas era, albeit with changes how elections are conducted. Until 1982, Brazilian mayors were usually elected by the local population, with the exception of state capitals, international border towns, and "national security zones" (which included strategic mining places). With the end of the Military dictatorship in Brazil, military dictatorship and enacting of the Constitution of Brazil, 1988 Constitution, all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catch-all Party
A big tent party, or catch-all party, is a political party having members covering a broad spectrum of beliefs. This is in contrast to other kinds of parties, which defend a determined ideology, seek voters who adhere to that ideology, and attempt to convince people towards it. Examples Armenia Following the 2018 Armenian parliamentary election, the My Step Alliance rose to power on an anti-corruption and pro-democracy platform. The alliance has been described as maintaining a big tent ideology, as the alliance did not support any one particular political position. Instead, it focused on strengthening Armenia's civil society and economic development. Australia The Liberal Party of Australia and its predecessors originated as an alliance of liberals and conservatives in opposition to the Australian Labor Party, beginning with the Commonwealth Liberal Party in 1909. This ideological distinction has endured to the present day, with the modern Liberal Party frequently described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Party (Brazil, 1993)
The Progressive Party (, PP) was a political party in Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ... founded in 1993 by the Social Labour Party and the Reform Labour Party. In 1995 the party merged with the Reform Progressive Party into Brazilian Progressive Party. This new party re-changed its name to the Progressive Party in 2003. Its first national president was Alvaro Dias, former governor and now senator for Podemos in the state of Paraná, having been a candidate for the government of Paraná in 1994, coming in 2nd place, being defeated by Jaime Lerner References 1993 establishments in Brazil 1995 disestablishments in Brazil Defunct political parties in Brazil Political history of Brazil Political parties disestablished in 1995 Political parties e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reform Progressive Party
The Reform Progressive Party (''Partido Progressista Reformador, PPR'') was a centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ... Brazilian party, formed by the fusion of the Democratic Social Party (PDS) and the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) in 1993. Two years later the party, along with the Progressive Party, formed a new party called Brazilian Progressive Party. The leader of the party was Esperidião Amin, former governor of Santa Catarina in 1983-87. References Political parties established in 1993 Political parties disestablished in 1995 Defunct political parties in Brazil 1993 establishments in Brazil 1995 disestablishments in Brazil {{Brazil-party-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
