Christian Democracy (Brazil)

Christian Democracy
Democracia Cristã
AbbreviationDC
PresidentJosé Maria Eymael
General SecretaryRubens Pavão
Founded30 March 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-30)
Registered5 August 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-05)
Preceded byChristian Democratic Party
HeadquartersAv. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 758, Boaçava, São Paulo
Think tankFundação Democrata Cristã
Youth wingDC Jovem
Women's wingDC Mulher
Membership (2023)Decrease 171,465[1]
IdeologyChristian democracy
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Azure
  Royal blue
  Gold
Slogan"Commitment to the Family"
Electoral number27
Legislative Assemblies[2]
1 / 1,024
Mayors[3]
2 / 5,568
Municipal Chambers[4]
123 / 58,043
Party flag
Website
democraciacrista.org.br

Christian Democracy (Portuguese: Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC),[5] and was officially registered in 1997.[6] the party is presided by José Maria Eymael, who has competed the presidential elections six times.[7] In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.[8]

The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the Christian Democratic Party, which had merged with the Democratic Social Party to form the Reform Progressive Party in 1993.[5]

  1. ^ "Filiação partidária mensal". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 October 2022.
  3. ^ "Relembre quantos prefeitos e vereadores cada partido elegeu em 2020". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 6 October 2023.
  4. ^ "DEM, PP e PSD aumentam número de vereadores no Brasil; MDB, PT, PSDB, PDT e PSB registram redução". G1 (in Portuguese). 17 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Jorge, Vladimyr Lombardo. "PARTIDO SOCIAL DEMOCRATA CRISTÃO (PSDC)". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese).
  6. ^ "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Democracia Cristã oficializa José Maria Eymael para concorrer à Presidência da República". G1 (in Portuguese). 28 July 2018.
  8. ^ "PSDC pede ao TSE mudança de nome para Democracia Cristã". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 9 August 2017.