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''Agir'' ( ˈʒiɾ ) is a
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in
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, established in 1985. It was founded as the Youth Party (; PJ), and was renamed the National Reconstruction Party (, PRN) in 1989, and the Christian Labor Party (, PTC) in 2000. The party was renamed ''Agir'' in 2021, a change ratified by the
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the following year. As the National Reconstruction Party, it had the first president chosen through direct elections after the end of Brazil's
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,
Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor ...
, 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
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people.


History

The party was founded in 1985 as the Youth Party by lawyer Daniel Sampaio Tourinho, a former member of the Democratic Labor Party. In 1989, it was renamed the National Reconstruction Party. In the same year, it succeeded in having its candidate,
Fernando Collor de Mello Fernando Affonso Collor de Mello (; born 12 August 1949) is a Brazilian politician who served as the 32nd president of Brazil from 1990 to 1992, when he resigned in a failed attempt to stop his impeachment trial by the Brazilian Senate. Collor ...
, 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
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by way of the
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, which significantly reduced inflation rates in 1991, but was followed by a renewed and persistent, though smaller uptick in 1992. Following the
impeachment of Fernando Collor The impeachment of Fernando Collor de Mello, the 32nd president of Brazil, began on 29 September 1992, when the Chamber of Deputies (Brazil), Chamber of Deputies approved the opening of impeachment procedures with 441 votes in favour. On 29 Decembe ...
for corruption and
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charges in 1992, the party suffered a deep confidence crisis, losing most of its parliamentary representation. 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. In 1998, while still affiliated with the party, Collor tried to run in that year's
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. The Superior Electoral Court prevented him from doing so, as he had been ineligible for eight years since his impeachment in 1992. In 2000, the party was renamed the Christian Labor Party. In 2016, the party won the affiliation of senator of
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and former president Fernando Collor, who stayed until 2019, when he joined the
Republican Party of the Social Order The Republican Party of the Social Order (, PROS) was a political party in Brazil, founded in 2010, and officially recognized in 2013.Brasilia, it was announced that the party would be renamed ''Agir''. The Superior Electoral Court ratified this decision the next year. In 2023, the party underwent a total ideological reform, shifting to focus on promoting the rights and well-being of
autistic Autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by differences or difficulties in social communication and interaction, a preference for predictability and routine, sensory processing di ...
people.


Electoral history


Legislative elections


Presidential elections


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