Republicans (Brazil)

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The party was founded in August 2005 as the Municipalist Renovator Party by pastors of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.{{Cite journal |first=Bruno |last=Gomes |url=https://www.cairn.info/revue-herodote-2005-4-page-49.htm |title=Les évangéliques au Brésil : stratégies territoriales et participation politique |journal=Hérodote |volume=119 |issue=4 |date=2005 |pages=70-71 |language=fr}} Lula's Vice President José Alencar moved to PRB on 2005 after leaving the Liberal Party. Cristina Horta,[https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/fsp/brasil/fc3009200502.htm ESCÂNDALO DO "MENSALÃO"/RUMO A 2006], folha.uol.com.br, Brazil, September 30, 2005 In March 2006, the party was renamed the Brazilian Republican Party.

The Brazilian Republican Party first fought against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, then rallied behind him after his re-election in 2006. According to one study, the PRB was supportive of the Lula da Silva and Rousseff presidencies “on the basis of their concern for social democracy and for eliminating inequality.”{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iC_VBQAAQBAJ&q=brazil+republican+party+PRB+centre-left&pg=PA183 | title=Political Handbook of the World 2014| isbn=9781483386263| last1=Lansford| first1=Tom| date=2014-03-20| publisher=SAGE Publications}} However, later the PRB started to join the new rising wave of conservativism and anti-petism in Brazil and all of the PRB's deputies voted in favor of Dilma's impeachment.

They then supported the government of Michel Temer. In the 2018 presidential election, the Brazilian Republican Party supported the candidate of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party, Geraldo Alckmin. Afterwards the party started to switch its support to President Jair Bolsonaro,{{cite web |url=https://agenceglobal.com/2020/08/31/anne-vigna-brazils-religious-media-political-complex/ |title = Anne Vigna, "Brazil's religious-media-political complex"}} reflecting their strong ideological affinity. For the 2022 Brazilian general election, the Republicans formed a coalition with the Liberal Party (PL) and the Progressives (PP) in order to support Jair Bolsonaro's 2022 presidential campaign.{{Cite web |title=Em ato com Bolsonaro e líderes do Centrão, PP aprova aliança com PL e apoio à reeleição do presidente |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/eleicoes/2022/noticia/2022/07/27/em-ato-com-bolsonaro-e-lideres-do-centrao-pp-aprova-alianca-com-pl-e-apoio-a-reeleicao-do-presidente.ghtml |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=G1 |date=27 July 2022 |language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |date=2022-07-30 |title=Partido Republicanos oficializa apoio à candidatura de Jair Bolsonaro |url=https://agenciabrasil.ebc.com.br/politica/noticia/2022-07/partido-republicanos-oficializa-apoio-candidatura-de-jair-bolsonaro |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Agência Brasil |language=pt-br}} Candidates launched by the Republicans had their image heavily associated and sometimes were endorsed by Bolsonaro.

In August 2019, the Brazilian Republican Party changed its name into Republicanos.{{Cite web|url=https://www.poder360.com.br/partidos-politicos/tse-autoriza-mudanca-do-prb-para-republicanos/|title=TSE autoriza mudança do PRB para Republicanos|date=2019-08-15|website=Poder360|language=pt-br|access-date=2019-10-22}} Justifying as "the name change reinforces the reformulation of the party's program and statutes... consolidating its position as a party conservative in customs and liberal in the economy”,{{Cite web |date=2019-08-16 |title=PRB passa a se chamar "Republicanos" |url=https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/area/congresso-nacional/prb-passa-a-se-chamar-republicanos/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=Congresso em Foco |language=pt-BR}} seeking to emulate the American Republican Party.{{Cite web |title=PRB anuncia mudança para Republicanos e será 8º partido a trocar de nome |url=https://veja.abril.com.br/politica/prb-anuncia-mudanca-para-republicanos-e-sera-8o-partido-a-trocar-de-nome/ |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=VEJA |language=pt-BR}} The name change came with a manifesto adopting a resolutely socially conservative position defending Christian values, the traditional family and private property.{{Cite web |last=Maia |first=Dominique |date=2022-07-06 |title=História do Republicanos: o verdadeiro Partido Conservador? {{!}} Politize! |url=https://www.politize.com.br/republicanos/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |language=pt-BR}}

The party leader {{As of|2024|lc=y}} was Marcos Pereira.

The party's most important members are Bishop Marcelo Crivella, Rio de Janeiro senator and nephew of Universal's founder Bishop Edir Macedo, journalist Celso Russomanno{{cite web|url=http://www.jb.com.br/eleicoes-2012/noticias/2012/05/08/longe-do-pp-celso-russomanno-diz-que-eleitorado-de-maluf-e-bem-vindo/|title=Longe do PP, Celso Russomanno diz que eleitorado de Maluf é bem-vindo|work=JB |date= 8 May 2012}} and former Vice-President José Alencar. Famous football player Ronaldinho, also known as Ronaldo de Assis Moreira, joined the party in March 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/21/soccer-great-ronaldinho-joins-conservative-brazilian-party|title=Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldinho joins evangelical conservative party|date=March 21, 2018|website=the Guardian}}

In 2022, it had 495,136 members.Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, [https://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/estatisticas/estatisticas-de-eleitorado/filiados Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513163952/http://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/estatisticas/estatisticas-de-eleitorado/filiados |date=2018-05-13 }}, tse.jus.br, Brazil, accessed January 14, 2023

In 2012, 80% of its members were Catholic and 20% evangelical, including six from the universal Church.{{Cite web|first1=César Tralli |last1=Klett|url=http://g1.globo.com/sao-paulo/eleicoes/2012/noticia/2012/09/russomanno-do-prb-e-entrevistado-pelo-sptv.html|title=Russomanno é entrevistado pelo SPTV|first2=Do G1|last2=SP|date=September 20, 2012|website= g1.globo.com }}

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The party defines itself as "Socially conservative but economically liberal", defending Christian values, the traditional family and private property. The party aligned itself with Jair Bolsonaro during his government from 2018 to 2022.

Some commentators say that the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG), a neo-charismatic church that is organized like a business enterprise, has used the party as a base for its bishops to run for political office. According to the emeritus professor of political sciences from the University of Brasília, David Fleischer, "The PRB is an evangelical party."{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/mar/21/soccer-great-ronaldinho-joins-conservative-brazilian-party|title=Brazil World Cup winner Ronaldinho joins evangelical conservative party|first=Dom|last=Phillips|newspaper=The Guardian |date=March 21, 2018|via=www.theguardian.com}} Several members, such as Celso Russomanno, are Catholic. Several leading members, such as Edir Macedo and Marcelo Crivella, have expressed statements of Christian fundamentalism and religious intolerance. A UN report accused members of the UCKG of verbal and physical attacks on members of the Umbanda and Candomblé religions. Macedo considered participating in presidential elections in order to transform Brazil into a theocratic state.{{cite web|url=http://www.ipsnews.net/2009/07/religion-brazil-intolerance-denounced-at-un/|title=RELIGION-BRAZIL: Intolerance Denounced At UN|last=Frayssinet|first=Fabiana|publisher=Interpress Service|date=3 July 2009}}

As mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Crivella called the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro an "un-Christian excess" and ordered severe financial cuts for the organisers.Philipp Lichterbeck: [https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/panorama/brasilien-droht-dem-karneval-in-rio-das-aus/20747926.html Brasilien: Droht dem Karneval das Aus?] In: Der Tagesspiegel 19 December 2017 Furthermore, he is known for statements of religious intolerance. In his 1999 book Evangelizing Africa, he claimed that homosexuality is a "terrible evil," that Catholics are "demonic", that African religions are based on "evil spirits," and that Hindus drink their children's blood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7430b300-98fe-11e6-b8c6-568a43813464|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211221233/https://www.ft.com/content/7430b300-98fe-11e6-b8c6-568a43813464|archive-date=December 11, 2022|url-access=subscription|url-status=live|title=Brazil's evangelicals push politics to the right|last=Leahy|first=Joe|date=October 24, 2016|website=Financial Times|access-date=March 15, 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/rio-de-janeiro-mayor-evangelical-bishop-called-gay-people-evil-marcelo-crivella-a7393246.html|title=Rio de Janeiro elects mayor who said homosexuality is 'evil'|last=Samuels|first=Gabriel|date=November 2, 2016|website=The Independent|access-date=March 15, 2018}} He has since tried to distance himself from the book, saying that it was the work of a young, immature missionary.

{{Notelist}}

• Hamilton Mourão - Vice President of Brazil (2019–2023) and Senator for Rio Grande do Sul (2023–present)
• Marcos Pereira - Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies (2019–present); Federal Deputy for São Paulo (2019–present); President of Republicans (2018–present); Minister of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services (2016–2018)
• Damares Alves - Senator for the Federal District (2023-present)
• Marcelo Crivella - Mayor of Rio de Janeiro (2017–2021); Minister of Fishing and Aquaculture (2012–2014); Senator for Rio de Janeiro (2003–2017)
• Tarcísio de Freitas - Minister of Infrastructure (2019–2022); Governor of São Paulo (2023–present)
• Mecias de Jesus - Senator for Roraima (2019–present)
• Celso Russomanno - Federal Deputy for São Paulo (1995–2011; 2015–present)
• Johnathan de Jesus - Federal Deputy for Roraima (2011–present)
• Silas Câmara - Federal Deputy for Amazonas (1999–present)
• Rosângela Gomes - Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro (2015–present)
• Cléber Verde - Federal Deputy for Maranhão (2007–present)
• Pinto Itamaraty - Senator for Maranhão (2016–2017)
• Ronaldinho - Footballer (2018-present)

• José Alencar - Vice President of Brazil (2003–2010); Minister of Defense (2004-2006); Senator for Minas Gerais (1999–2002)
• Clarissa Garotinho - Federal Deputy for Rio de Janeiro (2015–present)
• Lincoln Portela - Federal Deputy for Minas Gerais (1999–present)
• Flávio Bolsonaro - Senator for Rio de Janeiro (2020–2021)

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• [http://www.prb10.org.br/ Republicanos 10 | Portal de Notícias Oficial], Official website

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