The Workers' Party is a centre-left to left-wing political party in Brazil that is currently the country's ruling party. Some scholars classify its ideology in the 21st century as social democracy,with the party shifting from a broadly socialist ideology in the 1990s. Founded in 1980,PT governed at the federal level in a coalition government with several other parties from 1 January 2003 to 31 August 2016. After the 2002 parliamentary election,PT became the largest party in the Chamber of Deputies and the largest in the Federal Senate for the first time. With the highest approval rating in the history of the country,President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is PT's most prominent member. Dilma Rousseff,also a member of PT,was elected twice but did not finish her second term due to her impeachment in 2016. The party came back to power with Lula's victory in the 2022 presidential election.
The Brazilian Democratic Movement is a Brazilian political party. It is considered a "big tent party" and it is one of the parties with the greatest representation throughout the national territory,with the most numbers of senators,mayors and city councillors,always having formed a large part of the National Congress since 1988,and also has the largest number of affiliates,with 2,131,547 members as of 2022.
The Brazilian Social Democracy Party,also known as the Brazilian Social Democratic Party or the Party of Brazilian Social Democracy,is a political party in Brazil. As the third largest party in the National Congress,the PSDB was the main opposition party against the Workers' Party (PT) administrations of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff from 2003 to 2016.
The Democratic Labour Party is a political party in Brazil.
Most major parties launched gubernatorial candidates for the 2006 elections in Rio Grande do Sul:
Germano Antônio Rigotto is a Brazilian politician currently affiliated to the MDB.
Olívio de Oliveira Dutra is a Brazilian politician. He is a founding member of the Workers' Party.
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th president of Brazil,holding the position from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency and had previously served as chief of staff to former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.
The Democrats was a centre-right political party in Brazil that merged with the Social Liberal Party to found the Brazil Union in 2021. It was founded in 1985 under the name of Liberal Front Party from a dissidence of the defunct Democratic Social Party (PDS),successor to the National Renewal Alliance (ARENA),the official party during the military dictatorship of 1964–1985. It changed to its current name in 2007. The original name reflected the party's support of free market policies,rather than the identification with international liberal parties. Instead,the party affiliated itself to the international federations of Christian-democratic (CDI) and conservative parties (IDU). The Democrats' identification number is 25 and its colors are green,blue,and white.
Tarso Fernando Herz Genro is a Brazilian politician from the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul. A prominent associate of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Genro was one of the most important leaders of the Workers' Party (PT) in the 2000s.
Orestes Quércia was a Brazilian politician. He was the 28th governor of São Paulo State.
Espumoso is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil. It belongs to the mesoregion "Nordeste Rio Grandense" and the microregion of "Cruz Alta" along with other 13 municipalities (Alto Alegre,Boa Vista do Cadeado,Boa Vista do Incra,Campos Borges,Cruz Alta,Fortaleza dos Valos,Ibirubá,Jacuizinho,Joia,Quinze de Novembro,Saldanha Marinho,Salto do Jacuíand Santa Bárbara do Sul. The estimated population in 2020 was 15,591 inhabitants,and its total area corresponds to 783.065 km².
Presidential elections were held in Brazil in 1989,with the first round on November 15 and a second round on December 17. They were the first direct presidential elections since 1960,the first to be held using a two-round system and the first to take place under the 1988 constitution,which followed two decades of authoritarian rule after the 1964 Brazilian coup d'état.
General elections were held in Brazil on 1 October 2006 to elect the president,National Congress and state governors,with a second round of the presidential election on 29 October as no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the first round.
The state elections in Rio Grande do Sul in 2010 were held at the same time as Brazil's federal elections October 3. Since 1994,as a result of a constitutional amendment that reduced the presidential term to four years,all federal and state elections in Brazil are held on the same date. The state elections decide governors and the membership of the State Legislative Assemblies. Additionally,members of Congress are elected by the people of each state.
The 55th Legislature of the National Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the Brazilian federal government,consisting of the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate. It met in Brasília from February,1 2015 to January,31 2019. All members of the Chamber of Deputies and one-third of the Senate were elected in the elections of 5 October 2014.
Reinaldo Azambuja Silva is a Brazilian agriculturalist and politician,affiliated with the Brazilian Social Democracy Party,was Governor of Mato Grosso do Sul from January 1,2015 to January 1,2023. Azambuja replaced AndréPuccinelli in 2014,and was replaced by Eduardo Riedel in 2023. In elections in Mato Grosso do Sul in 2014 he ran for governor. Azambuja came in second place in the first round and won the election in the second round against the candidate Delcídio Amaral.
Eduardo Figueiredo Cavalheiro Leite is a Brazilian politician and governor of the state of Rio Grande do Sul. During the state's 2018 election,he won with 53.62% of the vote. Leite was elected governor at 33 years old,becoming the youngest governor in Brazil. In July 2021,Leite came out as gay during an interview for the Brazilian talk show Conversa com Bial,becoming the first openly gay governor in Brazil's history.
The 2022 Rio Grande do Sul state election took place in the state of Rio Grande do Sul,Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a Governor,Vice Governor,one Senator,31 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies and 55 Legislative Assembly members,with a possible second round to be held on 30 October 2022. Former governor Eduardo Leite,was eligible for a second term and announced that he's running for reelection.
The governor of Rio Grande do Sul is the head of government of the state's executive branch,assisted by his secretaries,whom he freely chooses. Elected by absolute majority in universal suffrage,together with the vice-governor,his term lasts four years;since 1997,reelection has been possible,and although all have sought it,none has succeeded. The current governor is Eduardo Leite,since January 1,2023.
