Liberal Party (Brazil, 2006)
The Liberal Party (Portuguese: Partido Liberal, PL) is a far-right political party in Brazil. From its foundation in 2006 until 2019, it was called the Party of the Republic (Portuguese: Partido da República, PR).
Liberal Party Partido Liberal | |
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| President | Valdemar Costa Neto |
| Honorary President | Jair Bolsonaro |
| General Secretary | Mariucia Tozatti |
| First Treasurer | Jucivaldo Salazar |
| Founded | 26 October 2006 |
| Registered | 19 December 2006 |
| Merger of | Liberal Party (1985) PRONA |
| Headquarters | Edifício Liberty Mall Asa Norte, Brasília, Federal District |
| Think tank | Instituto Fundação Alvaro Valle |
| Youth wing | PL Jovem |
| Women's wing | PL Mulher |
| Membership (2023) | 760,995 |
| Ideology | Social conservatism Right-wing populism Bolsonarism |
| Political position | Far-right Previously: Centre-right to right-wing |
| Colours | Green Yellow Blue White |
| Slogan | "Liberty, Truth and Faith, for the good of Brazil." |
| TSE Identification Number | 22 |
| Governorships | 2 / 27 |
| Mayors | 348 / 5,568 |
| Federal Senate | 12 / 81 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 99 / 513 |
| Mercosur Parliament | 7 / 38 |
| State Assemblies | 129 / 1,024 |
| City Councillors | 3,467 / 56,810 |
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The party was founded in 2006 as a merger of the 1985 Liberal Party and the Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order (PRONA), as a big tent, centre-right party, and was considered part of the Centrão, a bloc of parties without consistent ideological orientation that support different sides of the political spectrum in order to gain political privileges. As such, it supported the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff— members of the center-left Workers' Party—and Michel Temer.
In 2021, it became the base of the then-president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, for the 2022 Brazilian general election. This led to many of his supporters joining the party, which thereby became the largest bloc in the National Congress of Brazil, and the Liberal Party took a general shift to right-wing populism.