Agir
PresidentDaniel Tourinho[1]
General SecretaryPaulo Victor[2]
Vice PresidentDiego Tourinho[2]
Founded11 July 1985[3]
Registered22 February 1990[1]
HeadquartersBrasília, Federal District
Youth wingAgir36 Jovem
Women's wingAgir36 Mulher
LGBT+ wingAgir36 LGBTQIA+
Membership (2023)Decrease 191.744[4]
IdeologyAutistic people's interests[5]
Historic:
Conservatism[6][7]
Christian democracy[6]
Economic liberalism
Political position
Colors  Navy blue
  Celtic blue
Slogan"It's time to ACT!"
TSE ID Number36
Federal Senate
0 / 81
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 513
Legislative Assemblies[a]
3 / 1,024
Website
agir36.com.br

Agir ([aˈʒiɾ], lit. 'Act') is a political party in Brazil, established in 1985. It was founded as the Youth Party (Portuguese: Partido da Juventude; PJ), and was renamed the National Reconstruction Party (Portuguese: Partido da Reconstrução Nacional, PRN) in 1989, and the Christian Labor Party (Portuguese: Partido Trabalhista Cristão, PTC) in 2000. The party was renamed Agir in 2021, a change ratified by the Superior Electoral Court the following year.

As the National Reconstruction Party, it had the first president chosen through direct elections after the end of Brazil's military dictatorship, Fernando Collor de Mello, who suffered an impeachment process in 1992. In 2023, after renaming to Agir, the party ideologically restructured itself to focus on promoting the rights and well-being of autistic people.[11]

History

The party was founded in 1985 as the Youth Party by lawyer Daniel Sampaio Tourinho, a former member of the Democratic Labor Party.[12][13] In 1989, it was renamed the National Reconstruction Party.[14] In the same year, it succeeded in having its candidate, Fernando Collor de Mello, elected to the presidency of Brazil with 53.03% of the total votes.

The party carried out a platform of encouraging free trade, opening Brazil's market to imports, privatizing state-run companies, and attempting to reduce the country's rampant hyperinflation by way of the Plano Collor, which significantly reduced inflation rates in 1991,[15] but was followed by a renewed and persistent, though smaller uptick in 1992. Following the impeachment of Fernando Collor for corruption and influence peddling charges in 1992, the party suffered a deep confidence crisis, losing most of its parliamentary representation.[12]

In the 1994 presidential election, the party launched the candidacy of Carlos Antônio Gomes, who came second to last with 0.61% of the total votes.[16] In 1998, while still affiliated with the party, Collor tried to run in that year's presidential election. The Superior Electoral Court prevented him from doing so, as he had been ineligible for eight years since his impeachment in 1992.[17] In 2000, the party was renamed the Christian Labor Party.[14]

In 2016, the party won the affiliation of senator of Alagoas and former president Fernando Collor, who stayed until 2019, when he joined the Republican Party of the Social Order.[18][19]

On 5 October 2021, during an event in Brasilia, it was announced that the party would be renamed Agir.[20] The Superior Electoral Court ratified this decision the next year.[21]

In 2023, the party underwent a total ideological reform,[11] shifting to focus on promoting the rights and well-being of autistic people.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election Chamber of Deputies Federal Senate
Votes % Seats +/– Votes % Seats +/–
1986 19,048 0.04%
0 / 487
 New ? ?
0 / 75
 New
1990 3,357,091 8.29%
40 / 503
 Increase 40 ? ?
2 / 81
 Increase 2
1994 184,727 0.4%
1 / 513
 Decrease 39 1,628,491 1.70%
0 / 81
 Decrease 2
1998 54,641 0.08%
0 / 513
 Decrease 1 99,077 0.16%
0 / 81
 Steady 0
2002 74,955 0.09%
0 / 513
 Steady 0 3,784 0.00%
0 / 81
 Steady 0
2006 806,662 0.87%
4 / 513
 Increase 4 39,690 0.05%
0 / 81
 Steady 0
2010 595,431 0.62%
1 / 513
 Decrease 3 282,629 0.17%
0 / 81
 Steady 0
2014 338,117 0.35%
2 / 513
 Increase 1 21,993 0.02%
0 / 81
 Steady 0
2018 601,814 0.61%
2 / 513
 Steady 0 222,931 0.13%
1 / 81
 Increase 1
2022 158,868 0.15%
0 / 513
 Decrease 2 24,076 0.02%
0 / 81
 Decrease 1

Presidential elections

Election Candidate Running mate Coalition First round Second round Result
Votes % Votes %
1989 Fernando Collor
(PRN) 		Itamar Franco
(PRN) 		New Brazil Movement
(PRN, PSC, PST, PTR) 		20,611,011 30.48%
(1st) 		35,089,998 53.03%
(1st) 		Elected Green tickY
1994 Carlos Antônio Gomes
(PRN) 		Dilton Carlos Salomoni
(PRN) 		None 387,738 0.61%
(7th) 		— Lost Red XN
1998 Fernando Collor
(PRN) 		Guilherme Augusto Trotta[22]
(?) 		Renew Brazil
(PRN, PRTB) 		Candidacy withdrawn
2002 Anthony Garotinho
(PSB) 		José Antonio Almeida
(PSB) 		Brazil Hope
(PSB, PGT, PTC) 		15,180,097 17.87%
(3rd) 		— Lost Red XN
2010 Dilma Rousseff
(PT) 		Michel Temer
(PMDB) 		For Brazil to Keep on Changing
(PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PR, PDT, PRB, PSC, PSB, PTC, PTN) 		47,651,434 46.9%
(1st) 		55,752,529 56.1%
(1st) 		Elected Green tickY
2014 Aécio Neves
(PSDB) 		Aloysio Nunes
(PSDB) 		Change Brazil
(PSDB, DEM, PMN, PEN, PTB, PTC, PTdoB, PTN, SD) 		34,897,211 33.55%
(2nd) 		51,041,155 48.36%
(2nd) 		Lost Red XN
2018 Alvaro Dias
(PODE) 		Paulo Rabello
(PSC) 		Real Change
(PODE, PSC, PRP, PTC) 		859,601 0.8%
(9th) 		— Lost Red XN
2022 Lula da Silva
(PT) 		Geraldo Alckmin
(PSB) 		Brazil of Hope
(FE Brasil, PSB, Agir, Avante, PSOL-REDE, PROS, Solidariedade) 		57,259,504 48.4%
(1st) 		60,345,999 50.9%
(1st) 		Elected Green tickY

Notes

  1. ^ [8][9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Partidos políticos registrados no TSE". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Organograma Agir36". AGIR36 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Sobre o Partido". PTC 36 (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ^ "agir36.com.br" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  6. ^ a b Galván, Javier A. (4 August 2020). Modern Brazil. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 89. ISBN 978-1-4408-6032-4. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  7. ^ Wink, Georg (1 December 2021). Brazil, Land of the Past: The Ideological Roots of the New Right. Bibliotopía. pp. 259–260. ISBN 978-607-99348-1-1. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  8. ^ "Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023". Poder360 (in Portuguese). 11 October 2022. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ^ Teixeira, Isadora (2 January 2023). "Deputada Doutora Jane vai sair do Agir e partidos cortejam distrital". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  10. ^ Teixeira, Isadora (31 January 2023). "Deputada distrital Jaqueline Silva se desfilia do partido Agir". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  11. ^ a b "AGIR36 está todo reformulado". AGIR36 (in Portuguese).
  12. ^ a b Couto, André. "PARTIDO DA RECONSTRUÇÃO NACIONAL (PRN)". FGV CPDOC (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  13. ^ "História dos partidos brasileiros". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 25 March 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  15. ^ Cury, Anay; Gasparin, Gabriela (29 September 2012). "Planejado contra hiperinflação, plano Collor deu início à abertura comercial". G1 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  16. ^ "Resultados das Eleições 1994 - Brasil - presidente". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  17. ^ "Collor". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  18. ^ Sardinha, Edson (6 April 2016). "Collor volta ao partido pelo qual se elegeu presidente e sofreu impeachment". Congresso em Foco (in Portuguese). Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  19. ^ "Senador Fernando Collor anuncia filiação ao PROS". G1 (in Portuguese). 15 January 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  20. ^ Teixeira, Isadora (6 October 2021). "Antigo PTC, partido Agir36 faz evento em Brasília para lançar novo nome". Metrópoles (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  21. ^ "TSE aprova alteração e Partido Trabalhista Cristão passa a se chamar Agir". Tribunal Superior Eleitoral (in Portuguese). 31 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  22. ^ "Demora do Judiciário favorece Collor". Jornal do Brasil (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro. 2 August 1998. p. 5. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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