Liberal Party (Brazil)

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Partido Liberal




President	Valdemar da Costa Neto

Founded	June 25, 1985
Headquarters	SCN-Qd. 2, Bl. D Sala 601, Edifício Liberty Mall Asa Norte Brasília

Political Ideology	Populism, Centrism
International Affiliation	none
Colours	red, blue and white
TSE Identification Number	22

Website	www.pl.org.br

See also	Politics of Brazil Political parties Elections

The Liberal Party (Portuguese: Partido Liberal) is (despite its name) a centrist-conservative political party of Brazil. The Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (Universal Church of the Kingdom of God) had been taking part in Brazilian elections through PL, but the church has now partially left it to create a new centrist party named Partido Republicano Brasileiro - PRB (Brazilian Republican Party). At the last legislative elections, 6 October 2002, the party won 26 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 3 out of 81 seats in the Senate and supports Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's government. Some of its members have recently been investigated following corruption allegations and suspected involvement in the so-called "Mensalão scandal".