Brazilian Socialist Party

The Brazilian Socialist Party (, PSB) is a center-left political party in Brazil. It was founded in 1947, before being abolished by the military regime in 1965 and was refounded in 1989 after the re-democratisation of Brazil.

The PSB is considered a center-left and moderate party, supporting the governments of presidents Itamar Franco, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Dilma Rousseff, while it opposed the governments of Fernando Collor, Michel Temer (interim) and Jair Bolsonaro. The party also maintained an independent or partially oppositional stance at times toward Fernando Henrique Cardoso and the second term of Dilma Rousseff. It has also elected Geraldo Alckmin as Vice President of Brazil in 2023.

The original PSB (1947–1965) was influenced by European social democracy and progressive Catholic movements, counting prominent intellectuals such as João Mangabeira among its founders. The modern PSB was refounded in 1989 under the leadership of Miguel Arraes, linking the party’s historical socialist ideals with Brazil’s post-dictatorship democratic resurgence. Ideologically, the PSB defines itself as socialist and social-democratic, but it has frequently adopted a pragmatic stance, positioning itself as a catch-all party within Brazil’s center-left spectrum. Provided by Wikipedia