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.
JoséWellington Barroso de Araújo Dias,known as Wellington Dias,is a Brazilian politician,Governor of Piauí,and a former federal Senator representing Piauí. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães,also known by his initials ACM,was a Brazilian politician. He served as Governor of Bahia three times and represented Bahia in the Senate of Brazil three times. Magalhães was one of Brazil's most powerful politicians serving as a Minister for Communications,as Leader of the Liberal Front Party (PFL) and as President of the Federal Senate.
JoséSarney Filho,better known as Zequinha Sarney,is a Brazilian lawyer and politician,current Secretary of Environment of the Brazilian Federal District. He is son of the former senator and former president of Brazil JoséSarney and brother of Roseana Sarney and Fernando Sarney. On 12 May 2016,Sarney was appointed by Michel Temer,Minister of Environment.
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.
Antônio Carlos Peixoto de Magalhães Neto,commonly known as ACM Neto,is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was the national president of the Democrats (DEM),and is currently general secretary of the Brazil Union. He is the grandson of deceased Senator and Governor of Bahia Antônio Carlos Magalhães (ACM),nephew of Luís Eduardo Magalhães and son of Antônio Carlos Magalhães Júnior,and political inheritor of one of the most powerful political families of the country. He was elected mayor of Salvador in 2012 and reelected in 2016. During both of his terms as mayor he was rated the most popular mayor in Brazil.
Rogério da Silva Rego was a Brazilian lawyer,public servant and politician,formerly a federal deputy for Bahia.
Juracy Montenegro Magalhães GCC •GCIH was a Brazilian military officer and politician. During his career,Magalhães was the state governor of Bahia twice:between 1931—1937 and 1959—1963 (elected);senator for Bahia (1955–1959),Minister of Justice (1965–66) and Minister of External Relations (1966–67) under president Humberto de Alencar Castello Branco,and Brazilian Ambassador to the United States. He was also the chairman of state oil company Petrobras (1954) and chairman of then state-run mining company Vale do Rio Doce.
Jutahy Borges Magalhães was a Brazilian politician.
Luís Viana Filho was a Brazilian lawyer,professor,historian and politician who governed the state Bahia from 1967 to 1971.
JoséGonçalves da Silva was a Brazilian politician who served as the governor of Bahia in 1890.
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.
Joaquim de Magalhães Cardoso Barata,was a Brazilian army officer and politician who governed the state of Paráthree times,twice as federal interventor for the Vargas Government and once as an elected governor during the Fourth Brazilian Republic,a period where he also served as senator for the state.
The 2022 Bahia state election took place in the state of Bahia,Brazil on 2 October 2022. The elections saw voters choose a Governor and Vice Governor,one Senator,39 representatives for the Chamber of Deputies,and 63 Legislative Assembly members. The incumbent Governor,Rui Costa,of the Workers' Party (PT),was not eligible for a third term since he ran for governor in 2014 and 2018. In a significant upset,PT nominee and Secretary of Education Jerônimo led Mayor of Salvador ACM Neto in the first round of elections despite the vast majority of registered opinion polls indicating the leadership or even outright victory of Neto. In the end,Jerônimo obtained 49.45% of valid votes to ACM's 40.8%;less than a percentage point within of winning the election in the first round. Nevertheless,as no candidate obtained a majority of the vote,there will be a second round election on October 30 2022.
Domingos Gomes de Aguiar Neto is a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He holds the position of a federal deputy for Ceará. He was first elected to the Chamber of Deputies at the age of 22 in 2010.
Jerônimo Rodrigues Souza is a Brazilian indigenous politician,agricultural professor,and bureaucrat who was elected Governor of Bahia in 2022 election. Winning against ACM Neto in an upset,Jerônimo,a professor at State University of Feira de Santana,became the first self declared indigenous governor in the history of Brazil. He previously served as an advisor in technology to Governor Jaques Wagner,as an advisor to the Rousseff government,and as head of multiple ministries in the government of Rui Costa,rising through the ranks of governmental management. He is a member of the Workers' Party.
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.
Wilson Barbosa Martins was a Brazilian centenarian,lawyer and politician affiliated with the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB). For Mato Grosso do Sul,he was governor of Mato Grosso do Sul for two terms,senator and federal deputy for two terms,as well as mayor of the future capital Campo Grande.
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).
Rodrigo Santos Cunha,better known as Rodrigo Cunha,is a Brazilian politician and lawyer,who has served as Senator for Alagoas since 2019 for the Podemos party,which has an anti-corruption platform.
