Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)
Social Democratic Party Partido Social Democrático | |
|---|---|
| President | Gilberto Kassab |
| Founder | Gilberto Kassab |
| Founded | 21 March 2011 |
| Split from | Democrats (mainly) PSDB (minority) |
| Membership | 411,608 |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Christian democracy Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| Colours | Blue, green, and yellow |
| TSE Identification Number | 55 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 42 / 513 |
| Federal Senate | 16 / 81 |
| City Councillors | 5,694 / 56,810 |
| Website | |
| psd | |
The Social Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Social Democrático, PSD) is a political party in Brazil led by Gilberto Kassab and uniting dissidents from various political parties, especially the Democrats, Brazilian Social Democracy Party and Party of National Mobilization.
The party has become a major force for centrism in Brazil and commonly unites with both left-wing and right-wing parties. In this way, the party managed to have members occupying positions in ministries and important secretariats in the governments of presidents Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer, Jair Bolsonaro, and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. As such, PSD has been considered by political scientists as a big tent party, which is part of the Centrão. Until March 2021, PSD congressmen had on average more than 90% alignment with the Bolsonaro government in terms of votes in the National Congress.