Christian Democratic Party (Brazil)

The Christian Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrata Cristão, PDC) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1945. The PDC, a small party supporting traditional Christian values, never achieved electoral success and was banned by the military government in 1965.

Christian Democratic Party
Partido Democrata Cristão
AbbreviationPDC
Founded1945
(re-founded in 1985)
DissolvedOctober 27, 1965 /
April 4, 1993
Merged intoReform Progressive Party
IdeologyChristian democracy
Minority:
Christian left
Political positionCentre-right
Minority:
Centre-left
ReligionCatholicism
Party flag

The party was re-created following the fall of the military in 1985, and subsequently merged with other parties, including the Democratic Social Party, to form the right-wing Brazilian Progressive Party (PPB) in 1993.

The former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was a member of the party from 1988 to the merging with Democratic Social Party.

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