Cidadania
Cidadania | |
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| President | Comte Bittencourt |
| General Secretary | Regis Cavalcante |
| Founded | 26 January 1992 |
| Registered | 19 March 1992 |
| Split from | Brazilian Communist Party |
| Think tank | Fundação Astrojildo Pereira |
| Membership (2023) | 431,846 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position |
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| National affiliation | Always Forward |
| International affiliation | São Paulo Forum (1992–2004) |
| Colors | |
| Identification number | 23 |
| Federal Senate | 0 / 81 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 4 / 513 |
| Legislative Assemblies | 17 / 1,024 |
| Mayors | 141 / 5,568 |
| Municipal Chambers | 1,586 / 58,208 |
| Website | |
| cidadania23 | |
Cidadania (English: Citizenship) is a Brazilian political party. It was originally founded as the Popular Socialist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Socialista, PPS) by members of the former Brazilian Communist Party (PCB), as a centre-left social democratic and democratic socialist party. Despite its left-wing alignment, PPS moved to be opposition against the Workers' Party since 2004, forming alliances with centre-right parties, in particular the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB), and supporting the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff. Later the party's National Convention adopted the new naming in March 2019, and it was later approved by the Superior Electoral Court that September. The party then began moving towards a more social liberal position akin to the third way.