Brazilian Democratic Movement Party

The Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro, PMDB ( Brazilian Democratic Movement Party of German ) is a social liberal, centrist party in Brazil.

The PMDB has no clearly defined ideology. The party represents partly liberal positions unusual as it contains since 1985 as well as the former leftist guerrilla movement MR -8.

History

The party was founded in 1965 under the name Movimento Democrático Brasileiro. In the period of the military dictatorship, which lasted until 1979, the MDB was the only approved opposition to the ruling party Aliança Renovadora Nacional ( ARENA ). 1979, other parties were then admitted, and the MDS transformed into the PMDB. In 1985 was elected by the electoral college for the president Tancredo Neves from the PMDB. He could not take office because of a fatal disease and the elected Vice, his party colleague José Sarney assumed the official duties. Sarney led the country until 1990.

In the elections to the Chamber of Deputies in 2002 the PMDB achieved 13.4 % of the vote and 74 of 513 seats, so he was the third-strongest force behind Partido dos Trabalhadores (PT) and Partido da Frente Liberal (PFL ). In the Senate, he was charged with 19 seats and the biggest gains most powerful force on par with the PFL. At the same time, held presidential elections of the PMDB presented with Rita Camata the candidate for the office of Vice President in the election alliance with José Serra of the Social Democrats. However, this was subject to Lula da Silva, of the socialist PT. In the first term, Lula, the PMDB approached the government of Lula, parts supported this in the parliamentary polls.

In the 2006 elections the PMDB came to 13.6 %, and also gained 15 parliamentary seats in the Senate, however, he lost a total of 4 He was thus the strongest party in the Chamber of Deputies. However, he did not participate in the presidential elections, sections of the party supported the re- election of Lula. Also in the second term, Lula's the PMDB was involved in the government, but several of his senators stood in opposition to the government.

At the 2010 elections the PMDB joined for the presidential election in which electoral alliance to Dilma Rousseff and the PT and presented with Michel Temer the candidate for vice-president. In the Senate of the PMDB defended its position as the largest group and also gained two seats in the Chamber of Deputies, they lost this position to the PT, as they had lost ten seats.

The PMDB, the governors of the states of Amazonas, Espírito Santo, Mato Grosso do Sul, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina.

Members

• Pedro Novais ( born 1930 ), former Minister of Tourism