Christian Democracy (Brazil)

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Christian Democracy Democracia Cristã
Abbreviation	DC
President	José Maria Eymael
General Secretary	Rubens Pavão
Founded	30 March 1995; 29 years ago (1995-03-30)
Registered	5 August 1997; 26 years ago (1997-08-05)
Preceded by	Christian Democratic Party
Headquarters	Av. Padre Pereira de Andrade, 758, Boaçava, São Paulo
Think tank	Fundação Democrata Cristã
Youth wing	DC Jovem
Women's wing	DC Mulher
Membership (2023)	171,465[1]
Ideology	Christian democracy
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Azure   Royal blue   Gold
Slogan	"Commitment to the Family"
Electoral number	27
Legislative Assemblies[2]	1 / 1,024
Mayors[3]	2 / 5,568
Municipal Chambers[4]	123 / 58,043
Party flag
Website
democraciacrista.org.br
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The Christian Democracy (Portuguese: Democracia Cristã, DC) is a Christian democratic political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrata Cristão, PSDC),^[5] and was officially registered in 1997.^[6] the party is presided by José Maria Eymael, who has competed the presidential elections six times.^[7] In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.^[8]

The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the Christian Democratic Party, which had merged with the Democratic Social Party to form the Reform Progressive Party in 1993.^[5]