Brazilian Woman's Party

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Brazilian Woman's Party
Partido da Mulher Brasileira
AbbreviationPMB
PresidentSuêd Haidar Nogueira
Founded2008 [1]
Registered29 September 2015;9 years ago (2015-09-29) [2]
Membership (2024)Increase2.svg 56,166 [3]
Ideology
Political position Right-wing
Colors Dark blue
Party number35
Legislative Assemblies [7]
3 / 1,024
Mayors [8]
2 / 5,569
Municipal Chambers [9] [10]
109 / 58,208
Website
pmb.org.br

The Brazilian Woman's Party [11] [12] (Portuguese : Partido da Mulher Brasileira, PMB) is a right-wing political party in Brazil which uses the number 35. [13] Known for its non-feminist and anti-abortion stance, the party is not represented in the National Congress. [14]

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The PMB was founded in 2015 by Sued Haidar, who doubled as the president of the party's National Committee. [15] At its peak, the party was the tenth largest in Congress, [16] represented by 21 federal deputies in the Chamber of Deputies, [15] only two of which were women, [16] and one representative in the Federal Senate, Senator Hélio José. [16] All later switched to other parties. In 2017, the party was condemned by the Superior Electoral Court of Minas Gerais for not having the minimum quota of women candidates. [17] Most of the deputies have since left the party, and José switched his party affiliation to the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party in March 2016. [18]

In January 2017, the PMB had 38,438 members. [19] As of July 2018, this number has grown to 42,619. [19]

On 2021, the party attempted to change its name to "Brasil 35", a modification made to attract the Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro after he left his original Social Liberal Party and failed to create his own Alliance for Brazil, [20] [21] and mark the transition of the party to conservatism. [22] However, in April 2022, the Superior Electoral Court refused the name change, on the basis that "the change of the party's name to “Brasil”, [...] would have intense potential to generate confusion or mislead the electorate." [23]

Notable members

Current members
NameBirth dateRelevant offices by PMBRelevant offices by other parties
Abraham Weintraub 11 October 1971
Former members
NameBirth dateDeath dateRelevant offices by PMBRelevant offices by other parties
Brunny Gomes 21 August 1989living
Cabo Daciolo 30 March 1976living
Marcelo Álvaro Antônio 16 February 1974living
Major Olímpio 20 March 196218 March 2021

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate Role in government
Votes%Seats+/–Votes%Seats+/–
2018 228,3020.23%
0 / 513
New51,0270.03%
0 / 81
NewExtra-parliamentary
2022 85,7220.08%
0 / 513
Steady2.svg 061,3500.06%
0 / 81
Steady2.svg 0Extra-parliamentary

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    Preceded by Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties
    35 - BWP (PMB)
    Succeeded by