Progressistas is a centre-right to right-wing political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party,it emerged from parties that were successors to ARENA,the ruling party of the Brazilian military dictatorship. A pragmatist party,it supported the governments of presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,Dilma Rousseff,Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro. Largely it was the party of the politics of Paulo Maluf,a former governor and mayor of São Paulo. Of all political parties,in corruption investigation Operation Car Wash,the Progressistas had the most convictions.
Dilma Vana Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who has been the Chair of the New Development Bank since March 2023. Previously,she served as the 36th president of Brazil from 2011 until her impeachment and removal from office on 31 August 2016. She is the first woman to have held the Brazilian presidency. She also previously served as the chief of staff to former and current president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from 2005 to 2010.
Alfredo Pereira do Nascimento is Brazil's businessman,linguist,mathematician and politician affiliated with the Liberal Party,former minister of Transport. He is a member of the Republic Party,and was the party's president until he resigned in 2016 in support of the Impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff. He was Minister of Transportation on three occasions during the Lula and Dilma Rousseff governments. He has occasionally been at odds with environmental minister Carlos Minc over projects in Amazonas and Rondônia. Nascimento was mayor of Manaus in the year 1988 and between 1997 until 2004,when he resigned to take over the Ministry of Transport of Brazil
Michel Miguel Elias Temer Lulia is a Brazilian politician,lawyer and writer who served as the 37th president of Brazil from 31 August 2016 to 1 January 2019. He took office after the impeachment and removal from office of his predecessor Dilma Rousseff. He had been the 24th vice president of Brazil since 2011 and acting president since 12 May 2016,when Rousseff's powers and duties were suspended pending an impeachment trial.
The first inauguration of Dilma Rousseff as the 36th president of Brazil took place on Saturday,January 1,2011. This inauguration marked the beginning of the four-year term of Dilma Rousseff as President and Michel Temer as Vice President. The event had been awaited with some expectation,since Rousseff became the first woman in the history of Brazil to take office as President. It was also the first inaugural ceremony of the New Republic and of the democratic rule in which an outgoing President passed his office to a successor belonging to the same political party as him –the Workers' Party.
General elections were held in Brazil on 5 October 2014 to elect the president,the National Congress,and state governorships. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round on 5 October 2014,a second-round runoff was held on 26 October 2014.
Vital do Rêgo Filho is a Brazilian politician and doctor. He represented Paraíba in the Federal Senate from 2011 to 2014. Previously,he was a Deputy from Paraíba from 2007 to 2011. He was a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party. Assumed office in the Federal Court of Accounts on December 22,2014,appointed by president Dilma Rousseff. In the Senate,senator Raimundo Lira took office in his place.
Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho is a Brazilian economist and professor of economics. From 21 December 2015 to 12 May 2016,he was Brazil's Minister of Finance.
Events in the year 2016 in Brazil:
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president,National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election received more than 50% of the vote in the first round,a runoff round was held on 28 October.
The impeachment of Dilma Rousseff,the 36th president of Brazil,began on 2 December 2015 with a petition for her impeachment being accepted by Eduardo Cunha,then president of the Chamber of Deputies,and continued into late 2016. Dilma Rousseff,then more than 12 months into her second four-year term,was charged with criminal administrative misconduct and disregard for the federal budget in violation of article 85,items V and VI,of the Constitution of Brazil and the Fiscal Responsibility Law,Article 36. The petition also accused Rousseff of criminal responsibility for failing to act on the scandal at the Brazilian national petroleum company,Petrobras,on account of allegations uncovered by the Operation Car Wash investigation,and for failing to distance herself from the suspects in that investigation.
Armando de Queiroz Monteiro Filho was a Brazilian businessman,engineer and politician. He served as the country's Minister of Agriculture from 1961 until 1962,in the cabinet of President João Goulart. He was the father of Armando Monteiro,a politician,former national Senator from Pernambuco,and former Minister of Development,Industry and Foreign Trade.
IrajáSilvestre Filho,more commonly known as Irajá,is a Brazilian politician and businessperson. Although born in Goiás,has spent his political career representing Tocantins,having served as state senator since 2019 and previously state deputy from 2011 to 2019.
Rodrigo Otavio Soares Pacheco is a Brazilian politician and lawyer,serving as the President of the Federal Senate and of the National Congress of Brazil. Although born in Rondônia,he has spent his political career representing Minas Gerais,having served as senator since 2019. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2015 to 2019.
Mário Sílvio Mendes Negromonte is a Brazilian who has served as minister of cities under the Rousself administration and a member of the chamber of deputies from Bahia. Although born in Pernambuco,he has spent his political career representing the state of Bahia,having served as state representative from 2003 to 2019.
The 2022 Pernambuco state elections took place in the state of Pernambuco,Brazil on 2 October 2022. Voters elected a governor,vice governor,one senator,25 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies,and 49 Legislative Assembly members. Paulo Câmara,the incumbent governor of Pernambuco,was reelected in the first round in 2018 Pernambuco gubernatorial election,with 1,918,219 votes,the equivalent to 50.70% of the valid votes. He wasn't eligible for a new term,since he ran for governor in 2014 and 2018. In a crowded field,former mayor of Caruaru Raquel Lyra (PSDB) defeated Federal Deputy Marília Arraes (Solidarity) by close to 20 points in the second round. She was inaugurated on 1 January 2023.
JoséMúcio Monteiro Filho is a Brazilian civil engineer and politician,affiliated with the Democratic Renewal Party (PRD),and is currently Brazil's Defense Minister. He had previously been Minister and president of the Federal Court of Audits (TCU) during the first Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva government and Minister of Institutional Relations during the same government.
Veneziano Vital do Rêgo Segundo Neto is a lawyer and a federal senator of Brazil representing the state of Paraíba. Since February 2021,he has served as the first vice president of the Federal Senate. Vital do Rêgo is a member of the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB).
JoséJuscelino dos Santos Rezende Filho is a Brazilian physician and politician who has served as Minister of Communications in the cabinet of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva since 2023. Affiliated with the Brazil Union party,he has served as a federal deputy for Maranhão since 2015.
AndréCarlos Alves de Paula Filho is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He is regional chairman of the Social Democratic Party,a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Pernambuco,and Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture.
