Green Party (Brazil)
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| President | José Luiz de França Penna |
| Founded | January, 1986 |
| Headquarters | SDS Edifício Miguel Badya, 216 Brasília |
| Political Ideology | Green |
| International Affiliation | Global Greens, Federation of the Green Parties of the Americas |
| Colours | green |
| TSE Identification Number | 43 |
| Website | www.pv.org.br |
| See also | Politics of Brazil |
The Brazilian Green Party (in Portuguese, Partido Verde - PV) was constituted after the military dictatorship period and, like other Green Parties around the world, is committed to establishing a set of policies on ensuring social-democracy and sustainable development. One of the party's founding members was the journalist and former anti-dictatorship revolutionary Fernando Gabeira (a federal deputy since 1996).
Among the main items on PV's agenda, there are Federalism, environmentalism, human rights, a form of Direct Democracy, Parliamentarism, welfare, civil liberties, pacifism and marijuana legalization.
At the last legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 5 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no out of 81 seats in the Senate.
After Lula's election as president of Brazil in 2002, the Green Party was assigned the Ministry of Culture, to which pop singer Gilberto Gil was appointed.
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