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Political party in Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Abbreviation | PDC |
Founded | 1945 (re-founded in 1985) |
Dissolved | October 27, 1965 / April 4, 1993 |
Merged into | Reform Progressive Party |
Ideology | Christian democracy Minority: Christian left |
Political position | Centre-right Minority: Centre-left |
Religion | Catholicism |
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,[1] 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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