Workers' General Party
The Workers' General Party (Portuguese: Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores, PGT) was a political party in Brazil, established in 1993. It was chaired by trade union leader Francisco Canindé Pegado, who abandoned the presidency of the General Confederation of Workers to create the party.
Workers' General Party Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores | |
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| Abbreviation | PGT |
| President | Francisco Canindé Pegado |
| Founded | 1993 |
| Registered | December 29, 1995 (provisionally) September 2, 1999 |
| Dissolved | April 1, 2003 |
| Merged into | Liberal Party |
| Membership (2002) | 35,003 |
| Colors | Blue, green and yellow |
| TSE Identification Number | 30 |
On April 1, 2003, it was incorporated into the Liberal Party along with the Social Labor Party, in order to surpass an electoral threshold that would be introduced in 2007.
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