Brazilian Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro | |
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Leader | Getúlio Vargas (1945–1954) João Goulart (1954–1965) |
Founder | Getúlio Vargas |
Founded | May 15, 1945 |
Banned | October 27, 1965 |
Merged into | Brazilian Democratic Movement |
Succeeded by | Brazilian Labour Party (de jure) Democratic Labour Party (de facto) |
Ideology | Populism Corporatism Labourism Developmentalism Getulism Brazilian nationalism Protectionism |
Political position | Centre-left |
Colours | Black, White, & Red |
The Brazilian Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro, PTB) was a populist political party in Brazil founded in 1945 by supporters of President Getúlio Vargas. It was dismantled by the Institutional Act Number Two in 1965 during the military dictatorship in Brazil.