Christian Labour Party

For the Polish party formerly known as the Christian Labour Party, see Federacja Polskiej Przedsiębiorczości.

Christian Labour Party Partido Trabalhista Cristão
President	Daniel Tourinho
Founder	Renan Calheiros
Founded	1985
Headquarters	São Paulo, Brazil
Ideology	Liberalism (historical) Christian democracy Liberal conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	For Brazil to keep on changing (2010-2013) Brazil can do more (2013-present)
International affiliation	None
Colors	Gold, blue
TSE Identification Number	36
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	1 / 513
Seats in the Senate	0 / 81
Website
www.ptc36nacional.com.br
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The Christian Labour Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Cristão; PTC), formerly named National Reconstruction Party (Portuguese: Partido da Reconstrução Nacional; PRN), is a Christian-conservative political party in Brazil.

The party was founded in 1985 as Youth Party (Partido da Juventude, PJ) by Daniel Tourinho, a Brazilian lawyer. In 1989 the party was renamed National Reconstruction Party. Fernando Collor de Mello representing this party was elected president in 1990.

After Collor's impeachment in 1992 the party suffered a deep crisis and eventually changed its name to Partido Trabalhista Cristão in 2000.

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)

Preceded by 33 - PNM (PMN)	Numbers of Brazilian Official Political Parties 36 - CLP (PTC)	Succeeded by 40 - BSP (PSB)

Political parties in Brazil

Political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil (513 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (67) Workers' Party (59) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (53) Progressive Party (40) Party of the Republic (34) Brazilian Socialist Party (34) Social Democratic Party (32) Brazilian Labour Party (22) Democrats (21) Brazilian Republican Party (20) Party of the Brazilian Women (19) Democratic Labour Party (18) Solidarity (Brazil) (15) Social Christian Party (13) Communist Party of Brazil (12) Popular Socialist Party (10) Republican Party of the Social Order (9) National Labour Party (6) Green Party (5) Socialism and Liberty Party (5) Sustainability Network (5) Humanist Party of Solidarity (4) Labour Party of Brazil (3) National Ecologic Party (2) Social Liberal Party (2) Party of National Mobilization (1) Christian Labour Party (1)

Political parties represented in the Senate of Brazil (81 seats)	Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (17) Workers' Party (13) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (10) Brazilian Socialist Party (7) Democratic Labour Party (6) Progressive Party (6) Democrats (4) Party of the Republic (4) Social Democratic Party (3) Brazilian Labour Party (3) Communist Party of Brazil (1) Party of the Brazilian Women (1) Popular Socialist Party (1) Brazilian Republican Party (1) Social Christian Party (1) Green Party (1) Sustainability Network (1)

Political parties not represented in the National Congress of Brazil	Brazilian Communist Party Brazilian Labour Renewal Party Christian Social Democratic Party Free Homeland Party New Party Progressive Republican Party Revolutionary Communist Party United Socialist Workers' Party Workers' Cause Party

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