José Maria Eymael
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Federal Deputy for  São Paulo
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In office 1987–1995 |
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September 2, 1939 Porto Alegre, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Political party | Christian Social Democratic Party (Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC) |
| Other political affiliations |
PDC (1962-1993), PPR (1993-1995) |
| Occupation | Politician |
José Maria Eymael (Porto Alegre, on November 2, 1939) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer, businessman, and founder of the Partido Social Democrata Cristão (PSDC), known in English as the Christian Social Democratic Party.
Eymael joined the Christian Democratic Party (PDC) in 1962, in Porto Alegre, becoming a member the Young Christian Democrats. The PDC was extinguished by the Institutional Act number two on October 27, 1965, during Brazil's military dictatorship, and was refounded in 1985. Eymael was responsible for its reorganization in the state of São Paulo.
In 1985 Eymael was a candidate for mayor of São Paulo, but lost the election. However, the PDC's campaign jingle, with the chorus "Ey Ey Eymael", helped make him popular, and has been associated with him throughout his political career.
In 1986 and again in 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. He ran again for mayor of São Paulo in 1992 but lost again.
In 1993 the PDC merged with the Democratic Social Party (Partido Democrático Social, PDS), forming the Reform Progressive Party (Partido Progressista Reformador, PPR). Eymael, opposed the merge and left the PPR. In 1995, he founded the PSDC, whose professes a commitment to the family, to defend their values and full service for their needs.
Congressional Deputy Eymael was rated by the Inter-unionist Department of Parliamentary Advising (Departamento Intersindical de Assessoria Parlamentar, DIAP) as one of the twelve most influential lawmakers in Congress and at the end of the work of the Constituent National Assembly he had 145 proposals approved, placing was among the fifteen with the highest number. Among these proposals, there are the following:
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