Brazilian Democratic Movement

Brazilian Democratic Movement

Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
Brazilian Democratic Movement Movimento Democrático Brasileiro
President	Baleia Rossi
Secretary-General	Jorge Caruso
Founded	4 December 1965 (original MDB); 30 June 1981 (registered as PMDB) ; 19 December 2017 (altered its name back to MDB)
Dissolved	20 December 1979 (original MDB)
Headquarters	Câmara dos Deputados - Presidência do MDB, Ed. Principal sala T4 - Esplanada dos Ministérios; Brasília
Ideology	Big tent; Populism; Centrism; Third way; Factions:; Economic liberalism; Economic nationalism; Social conservatism; Historical:; Democratization
Political position	Centre to centre-right; Historical:; Centre to centre-left
Regional affiliation	COPPPAL
Colours	Main:; Green ; Secondary: ; Yellow, red and black
TSE Identification Number	15
Chamber of Deputies	34 / 513
Federal Senate	12 / 81
Governorships	7 / 27
State Assemblies	147 / 1,024
Mayors	1,022 / 5,570
City Councillors	7,825 / 56,810
Website
	www.mdb.org.br

The Brazilian Democratic Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, MDB) is a Brazilian centrist political party. When they were founded, they were the opposition to the Brazilian military government.

Social liberals and social democrats broke with the party in 1988 to form the Brazilian Social Democracy Party.

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