Progressistas

Progressistas (Portuguese pronunciation: [pɾo.ɡɾeˈsis.tɐs]; lit. 'Progressives', PP) is a centre-right political party in Brazil. Founded in 1995 as the Brazilian Progressive Party (Portuguese: Partido Progressista Brasileiro, PPB), it emerged from parties that were successors to ARENA, the ruling party of the Brazilian military dictatorship. A pragmatist party, and one of the core members of the Centrão bloc, it supported the governments of presidents Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Dilma Rousseff, Michel Temer and Jair Bolsonaro. Largely it was the party of the politics of Paulo Maluf, a former governor and mayor of São Paulo. Of all political parties, in corruption investigation Operation Car Wash, the Progressistas had the most convictions. The party in recent years had fully embraced the right. In the 2018 Brazilian general election, the party supported the candidacy of Geraldo Alckmin. After the election, although they remained neutral in the second round, the party has almost fully supported the policies of Jair Bolsonaro, supporting his candidacy for president in 2022 and voting with him 93% of the time. In 2025, the party formed the Progressive Union alliance with Brazil Union.