Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992,when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor was the first President democratically elected after the end of the Brazilian military dictatorship. He became the youngest president in Brazilian history,taking office at the age of 40. After he resigned from the presidency,the impeachment trial on charges of corruption continued. Collor was found guilty by the Senate and disqualified from holding elected office for eight years (1992–2000). He was later acquitted of ordinary criminal charges in his judicial trial before Brazil's Supreme Federal Court,for lack of valid evidence.
The Workers' Party is a centre-left 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,although the party retains a left-wing and marginal far-left faction to this day. 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 at one time,President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was 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 Democratic Labour Party is a political party in Brazil.
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.
Heloísa Helena Lima de Moraes Carvalho is a Brazilian nurse,schoolteacher,and politician,member of the political party Rede Sustentabilidade. She is the Brazilian woman to have received the third highest voting in a presidential race,ranking behind Marina Silva and Dilma Rousseff in 2010.
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.
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.
Patrus Ananias de Sousa is a Brazilian lawyer and politician,member of the Workers' Party (PT). He was Minister of Agrarian Development during the second term of president Dilma Rousseff.
A gubernatorial election was held in Acre on 7 October 2018 to elect the next governor of the state,8 federal deputies,and two out of its three senators. Senator Gladson Cameli won 53% of the vote in the first round,making him the elected governor of Acre without the need for a runoff. Senator Sérgio Petecão was reelected with 30% of the vote and former congressman Márcio Bittar was elected with 23% of the vote,unseating Jorge Viana,one of the incumbent senators.
Arolde de Oliveira was a Brazilian soldier,economist and politician. Although born in Rio Grande do Sul,he spent his political career representing Rio de Janeiro,having served as federal deputy for nine consecutive terms from 1986 to 2019 and federal senator from 2019 until he died of COVID-19 in October 2020.
Marcos Rogério da Silva Brito more commonly known as Marcos Rogério is a federal senator of Brazil representing his home state of Rondônia. He previously served in the chamber of deputies from 2011 to 2019.
Antônio Jácome de Lima Júnior,better known as Antônio Jácome,is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer,medic,and theologian. Although born in Paraíba,he has spent his political career representing Rio Grande do Norte,having served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2019.
Alan Rick Miranda,more commonly known as Alan Rick,is a Brazilian politician as well as a journalist,pastor,and television personality. He has spent his political career representing Acre,who had served as federal deputy representative from 2015 to 2023 and as senator since 2023.
Mailza Assis da Silva better known as Mailza Gomes is a Brazilian politician. Although born in Mato Grosso do Sul she has spent her political career representing Acre,having served as state senator since 2019.
Zenaide Maia Calado Pereira dos Santos,better known as Zenaide Maia,is a Brazilian politician and doctor. Although born in Paraíba,she has spent her political career representing Rio Grande do Norte,currently serving as a Senator. She previously served in the Chamber of Deputies,from 2015 to 2019,and as secretary of health in São Gonçalo do Amarante from 1991 to 1992 and from 2009 to 2011.
Pedro Oliveira Cunha Lima is a Brazilian politician as well as a lawyer and writer. He has spent his political career representing Paraíba,having served in the state legislature from 2014 to 2019.
Gubernatorial elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 as part of the nationwide general elections to elect tickets with state governors and their vice governors. A second round was held on 30 October for states where no candidate was able to secure more than half of the votes in the first round.
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).
