Party of the Brazilian Social Democracy
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Brazilian Social Democracy Party
Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira |
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| President | Tasso Jereissati |
| Founded | June 25, 1988 |
| Split from | PMDB |
| Headquarters | SGAS Q.607,Ed. Metrópolis, Mód. B Cobertura 2- AsaSul Brasília, Brazil |
| Youth wing | Juventude Tucana |
| Membership | 1,445,992 |
| Ideology |
Centrism Third Way Internal Factions: Social liberalism Social democracy Liberalism Christian democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Change Brazil |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International (observer) |
| Regional affiliation | Christian Democrat Organization of America (observer) |
| Colours | Blue & Yellow |
| TSE Identification Number | 45 |
| Seats in the Chamber of Deputies |
51 / 513
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| Seats in the Senate |
11 / 81
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| Governors |
6 / 27
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| Seats in State Assemblies |
123 / 1,059
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| Local Government |
793 / 5,566
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| Website | |
| www.psdb.org.br | |
The Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Portuguese: Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira, PSDB, also translated as "Party of Brazilian Social Democracy" or "Brazilian Social Democratic Party") is a centristpolitical party in Brazil. The third largest party in the National Congress, PSDB has been the main opposition against the administrations of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff. Its mascot is a blue and yellow colored toucan; party members are 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, and José Serra.
Born together as part of the social democratic opposition to the military dictatorship from the late 1970s through the 1980s, PSDB and the Workers' Party are since the mid-1990s the bitterest rivals in current Brazilian politics—both parties de facto prohibit any kind of coalition or official cooperation with each other in all government levels.
With the imminent collapse of the military dictatorship in the early 1980s, a group of left-wing intellectuals were mobilized to create a leftist party. Some of them attempted to work with the labour movement, led by Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but the group split over ideological grounds. A group of democratic socialists and trotskists joined the labour movement and founded the Worker's Party, while the social democrats remained in the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB) and would later create the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB).
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