Social Liberal Party (Brazil)

This article is about a conservative and nationalist party. For Brazilian liberal parties, see Liberalism in Brazil.

Social Liberal Party
Partido Social Liberal
AbbreviationPSL
PresidentLuciano Bivar
Founded30 October 1994; 30 years ago (1994-10-30)
Dissolved8 February 2022; 2 years ago (2022-02-08)
Merged intoBrazil Union
HeadquartersSHN, Quadra 02, Bloco F, Ed. Executive Office Tower, Sala 1.122 – Brasília, DF
Membership (October 2021)74,824[1]
Ideology2018–2022:
Brazilian nationalism[2]
Conservatism[3][4]
Economic liberalism[5]
Federalism[2]
National conservatism[6]
Right-wing populism[7]
Anti-communism[2]
1994–2018:
Social liberalism[8]
Classical liberalism[8]
Cultural liberalism[8]
Political position2018–2022:
Right-wing to far-right[9]
1994–2018:
Centre
Colours  Blue
  Yellow
  Green
TSE Identification Number17
Website
psl.org.br

The Social Liberal Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Liberal, PSL) was a far-right[9] political party in Brazil, that merged with the Democrats and founded the Brazil Union. Founded in 1994 as a social-liberal political party, the PSL was registered on the Superior Electoral Court in 1998.

In January 2018, former Social Christian Party politician Jair Bolsonaro joined the party and later converted it into an economically liberal, Brazilian nationalist, radically anti-communist and social conservative party. The original name remained after the ideological shift, and after Livres (the party's original main wing) left the party and formed their own political movement to continue the party's original goals. Bolsonaro became the party's nominee for the 2018 Brazilian general election and won in both rounds. Bolsonaro left the party in 2019 after disagreements with its president, Luciano Bivar, and then founded Alliance for Brazil.[10]

On 6 October 2021, the party voted to merge with the Democrats to establish the Brazil Union party.[11]

  1. ^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados" (in Portuguese). Superior Electoral Court. November 2021. Archived from the original on 9 May 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "Em que acreditamos" (in Portuguese). Social Liberal Party. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Brazil elections: Bolsonaro and Haddad choices before voters". BBC. 28 October 2018.
  4. ^ Scuch, Matheus (5 January 2018). "Bolsonaro decide concorrer à Presidência pelo PSL" (in Portuguese). GaúchaZH. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  5. ^ "Com chegada de Bolsonaro, Livres anuncia saída do PSL". Estadão.
  6. ^ "Jair Bolsonaro seeks top judge to become Brazil justice minister". BBC News. 30 October 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  7. ^ Pearson, Samantha; Magalhaes, Luciana (28 October 2018). "Far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro wins divisive Brazil presidential election". MarketWatch. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
  8. ^ a b c "Quem Somos" (in Portuguese). Livres. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b * Blunck, Julia (17 October 2018). "Why Brazil's far-right challenger Jair Bolsonaro has already won". New Statesman. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  10. ^ "Bolsonaro anuncia saída do PSL e criação de novo partido" (in Portuguese). G1. 12 November 2019. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  11. ^ null. "Convenção coletiva formaliza fusão PSL-DEM e criação do União Brasil". Gazeta do Povo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 7 October 2021.