Brazilian Social Democracy Party

Brazilian Social Democracy Party
Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira
PresidentMarconi Perillo[1]
General SecretaryPaulo Abi-Ackel
Vice PresidentPaula Mascarenhas[1]
Duarte Nogueira
TreasurerReinaldo Azambuja[1]
Honorary PresidentFernando Henrique Cardoso
Founded25 June 1988; 36 years ago (1988-06-25)
Legalized24 August 1989; 35 years ago (1989-08-24)
Split fromBrazilian Democratic Movement Party
HeadquartersSGAS Q.607, Ed. Metrópolis, Mód. B Cobertura 2 - Asa Sul
Brasília, Brazil
Think tankInstituto Teotônio Vilela
Youth wingJuventude PSDB
Women's wingPSDB Mulher
Black wingTucanAFRO
LGBT wingDiversidade Tucana
Membership1,461,364[2]
Ideology
Political position
National affiliationAlways Forward
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
Regional affiliationChristian Democrat Organization of America (observer)
Colours  Blue   Yellow
TSE Identification Number45
Chamber of Deputies
13 / 513
Federal Senate
3 / 81
Governorships
3 / 27
State Assemblies
73 / 1,059
Mayors
519 / 5,566
Website
psdb.org.br

The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Portuguese: Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB), also known as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party or the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy,[22] is a political party in Brazil. As the formerly third largest party in the National Congress, the PSDB was the main opposition party against the Workers' Party (PT) administrations of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff from 2003 to 2016.

Born together as part of the social democratic opposition to the military dictatorship from the late 1970s through the 1980s, and later shifting toward neoliberalism and liberal conservatism in the 1990s, the PSDB and the PT have since the mid-1990s been the bitterest of rivals in current Brazilian politics—both parties prohibit any kind of coalition or official cooperation with each other at any government levels. The PSDB's mascot is a blue and yellow colored toucan, with party members being called tucanos for this reason. Famous tucanos include Mário Covas, Geraldo Alckmin, Tasso Jereissati, Aécio Neves, former President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Franco Montoro, Aloysio Nunes, Yeda Crusius, João Doria, and José Serra.

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