Partido Liberal (2006)

Partido Liberal (2006-2019: Partido da República)
Party leader	José Tadeu Candelária
founding	October 26, 2006
Headquarters	Brasília
Alignment	Conservatism , economic liberalism
Colours)	blue red
Parliament seats	all mandates of the 2016 local elections and the 2018 general elections: Senators: 2/27 Federal MPs: 40/513 State MPs: 43/1024
Number of members	771,671 (June 2020)
Website	pl22.com.br

The Partido Liberal ( PL , German  Liberal Party ), previously Partido da República ( PR , German  Party of the Republic ) from 2006 to 2019 , is a conservative party in Brazil . On May 7, 2019, the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (TSE) approved the renewed name change.

history

The party, which is located on the right side of the political spectrum in Brazil, was founded on October 26, 2006 as an association of the liberal, but evangelically influenced Partido Liberal with the right-wing Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional (PRONA) and was founded on December 19 Registered in the list of eligible parties in 2006 at the Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (Supreme Electoral Court). During the merger, the manifesto Manifesto do Partido da República - PR was published. The number of registered members was 771,671 (as of June 2020). It's number 22 on ballot papers.

It ranks seventh in the ranking of the most corrupt parties in Brazil.

Party tree

Partido Geral dos Trabalhadores (PGT) 1995-2003

Partido Social Trabalhista (PST) 1996-2003

Partido Liberal (PL) 1985-2006

Partido da Reedificação da Ordem Nacional (PRONA) 1989-2006

Partido da República (PR) 2006–2019 Partido Liberal (PL) 2019- (current)

Source: Tribunal Superior Eleitoral

Election results

Election of the 55th Chamber of Deputies in Brazil 2014

(in %)

 %

40

30th

20th

10

0

14.0
(-2.9)

11.4
(-0.5)

11.2
(-1.8)

6.5
(-0.6)

6.4
(-0.2)

6.2
( n. K. )

5.8
(-1.8)

4.2
(-3.4)

34.3
(+5.0)

PT

PSDB

PMDB

PSB

PP

Psd

PR

DEM

Otherwise.

2010





The party has been represented in the National Congress since the 53rd legislative period . In the general election in 2010 , she won four of the 81 Senate seats: Alfredo Nascimento for Amazonas , César Borges for Bahia , Magno Malta for Espírito Santo and João Ribeiro for Tocantins . In the 2014 elections for the 55th legislative term, Cidinho Santos and Wellington Fagundes were re- elected senators for Mato Grosso, Magno Malta and Vicentinho Alves for Tocantins.

Alfredo Nascimento held the party chairmanship until April 17, 2016. Although the PR was against the impeachment proceedings against Dilma Rousseff , 26 MPs had voted for the impeachment. After the parliamentary elections in 2014 , the party had 44 MPs, but five of them are not in office. It is the seventh strongest party in the House of Representatives .

In the local elections in Brazil in 2016 , the PR candidates prevailed in 296 municipalities and appointed the city prefect (mayor) there.

State MPs

Legislative period	elected	AC	AL	AT THE	AP	BA	CE	DF	IT	GO	MA	MG	MS	MT	PA	PB	PE	PI	PR	RJ	RN	RO	RR	RS	SC	SE	SP	TO
56th (2019-2023)	43	0	1	1	1	4th	2	1	1	1	4th	2	0	0	1	1	2	1	3	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	7th	1

Two MPs do not exercise their office because they have been appointed state secretaries, two others are excused due to illness.

Known party members

Well-known names include the former MP and current Secretary General of the party José Marcos de Lima , MP Inocêncio de Oliveira , former Transport Minister Alfredo Nascimento, the former Governor of Mato Grosso Blairo Maggi, Senator Magno Malta, the former prefect of the city with the largest population in Espírito Santo Vila Vehla Neucimar Fraga , the former governor of Rio de Janeiro Anthony Garotinho with his wife, the current city prefect of Campos dos Goytacazes Rosinha Garotinho , the former governor of the Federal District do Brasil José Roberto Arruda or the former transport minister César Borges .

Membership development

year	number
as PR: 2016, April	796.764
as PR: 2017, April	798.612
as PR: 2018, April	797,537
as PR: 2019, April	797.714
as PL: 2020, April	771.354

Web links

• PL website (Brazilian Portuguese)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Presidente do Partido Liberal. In: pl22.com.br. Partido Liberal, accessed on April 21, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese, as of 2019). 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Tribunal Superior Eleitoral : Estatísticas de eleitorado - Filiados. Retrieved July 4, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese).
3. ^ ^{A b} Alfred P. Montero: Brazil. In: Mark Kesselman, Joel Krieger, William A. Joseph: Introduction to Comparative Politics. 7th edition, Cengage Learning, Boston 2015, pp. 357-401, at p. 388.
4. ^ Gustavo A. Flores-Macías: After Neoliberalism? The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America. Oxford University Press, Oxford / New York 2012, p. 124.
5. ^ Partidos políticos registrados no TSE . Tribunal Superior Eleitoral , accessed March 3, 2017 (Portuguese). 
6. ↑ Aprovada alteração do nome do Partido da República (PR) para Partido Liberal (PL). In: www.tse.jus.br. May 7, 2019, Retrieved June 2, 2019 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
7. ↑ História do PR. Retrieved March 4, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
8. ^ Movimento de Combate à Corrupção Eleitoral : Dossiê "Políticos cassados ​​por corrupção eleitoral." ( Memento of October 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ). Brasília, October 4, 2007. Retrieved March 3, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese).
9. ↑ TSE: Histórico de partidos . Retrieved March 3, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
10. ↑ Resolução nº 21374/2003 . In: www.tse.jus.br. Retrieved March 3, 2017 (Brazilian Portuguese). 
11. ↑ Database query at the Câmara dos Deputados from March 4, 2017.
12. ↑ Prefeituras Municipais do PR Eleições 2016. EXCEL file, accessed March 4, 2017.
13. ^ Quem são os Deputados. In: leg.br. Portal da Câmara dos Deputados, accessed April 21, 2020 (Brazilian Portuguese, query for PL MPs).