Liberal Party (Brazil, 1985)
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Liberal Party Partido Liberal | |
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| President | Valdemar Costa Neto |
| Founder | Álvaro Valle |
| Founded | June 25, 1985 |
| Dissolved | October 2006 |
| Merged into | Party of the Republic |
| Headquarters | SCN-Qd. 2, Bl. D Sala 601, Edifício Liberty Mall Asa Norte, Brasília |
| Ideology | Brazilian liberalism[1] Classical liberalism |
| Political position | Centre-right[2][1][3] |
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| TSE Identification Number | 22 |
The Liberal Party (Partido Liberal, PL) was a conservative
At the last elections the party contested, in October 2006, it won 23 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one seat in the Senate for a total of three senate seats. The party did not run candidates in presidential or gubernatorial elections.
On 21 December 2006, the Liberal Party merged with the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional, PRONA) to create the Party of the Republic (Partido da Republica, PR). In 2019, the Party of the Republic renamed itself to the Liberal Party.
References
- ^ a b Mainwaring, Scott (1997), "Multipartism, robust federalism, and presidentialism in Brazil", Presidentialism and Democracy in Latin America, Cambridge University Press, p. 67
- ^ a b Hunt, Stephen (2011), "Evaluating Prophetic Radicalism: The Nature of Pentecostal Politics in Brazil", Pentecostal Power: Expressions, Impact and Faith of Latin American Pentecostalism, Brill, p. 168
- ^ Burnell, Peter (2006). Funding Democratization. Transaction Publishers. p. 120.
External links
- Liberal Party official website
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