{{For|the French political party|Agir (France)}} {{Infobox political party | logo_size = 225px | colorcode = {{party color|Act (Brazil)}} | president = Daniel Tourinho<ref name="tse" /> | name = Act | native_name = Agir | logo = Logotipo_do_partido_Agir.svg | leader1_title = Vice President | leader1_name = Diego Tourinho<ref name="organograma">{{cite web |title=Organograma Agir36 |url=https://agir36.com.br/organograma-agir36/ |website=AGIR36 |access-date=22 October 2023 |language=pt}}</ref> | general_secretary = Paulo Victor<ref name="organograma" /> | foundation = 11 July 1985<ref>{{cite web |title=Sobre o Partido |url=http://www.ptc36nacional.com.br/sobre-o-partido/ |website=PTC 36 |access-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200625161149/http://www.ptc36nacional.com.br/sobre-o-partido/ |archive-date=25 June 2020 |language=pt |url-status=dead}}</ref> | registered = 22 February 1990<ref name="tse">{{cite web |title=Partidos políticos registrados no TSE |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/partidos/partidos-registrados-no-tse |website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |access-date=22 October 2023 |language=pt |archive-date=7 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407055024/https://www.tse.jus.br/partidos/partidos-registrados-no-tse/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> | headquarters = Brasília, Federal District | youth_wing = Agir36 Jovem | womens_wing = Agir36 Mulher | wing1_title = LGBT+ wing | wing1 = Agir36 LGBTQIA+ | membership = {{decrease}} 191.744<ref>{{cite web |title=Estatísticas do eleitorado – Eleitores filiados |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/estatisticas/estatisticas-de-eleitorado/filiados |website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=pt |archive-date=13 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180513163952/http://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/estatisticas/estatisticas-de-eleitorado/filiados |url-status=dead }}</ref> | membership_year = 2023 | ideology = Autistic people's interests<ref>{{cite web |title=agir36.com.br |url=https://agir36.com.br/ |access-date=20 October 2023 |language=pt}}</ref><br>'''Historical:'''<br>Conservatism<ref name="galvan">{{cite book |last1=Galván |first1=Javier A. |title=Modern Brazil |date=2020 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-1-4408-6032-4 |page=89 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Wink |first1=Georg |title=Brazil, Land of the Past: The Ideological Roots of the New Right |date=2021 |publisher=Bibliotopía |isbn=978-607-99348-1-1 |pages=259–260 }}</ref><br>Christian democracy<ref name="galvan" /><br>Economic liberalism<br />'''During Fernando Collor de Mello's Presidency:'''<br />Conservatism<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Valença |first1=Márcio Moraes |title=The Politics of Giving in Brazil: The Rise and Demise of Collor (1990-1992) |journal=Latin American Perspectives |date=2002 |volume=29 |issue=1 |pages=115–152 |doi=10.1177/0094582X0202900107 |jstor=3185075 }}</ref><br />Reformism<ref>{{cite web | title=BRAZZIL - News from Brazil - Fernando Collor de Mello: Four years after the fall - Special | url=https://www.brazzil.com/blaoct96.htm }}</ref><br />Neoliberalism<ref name="Weyland 2004 Neoliberalism and Democracy">{{cite journal |last1=Weyland |first1=Kurt |title=Neoliberalism and Democracy in Latin America: A Mixed Record |journal=Latin American Politics and Society |date=2004 |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=135–157 |id={{Project MUSE|53324}} {{ProQuest|200243176}} |doi=10.1111/j.1548-2456.2004.tb00268.x |jstor=3177084 }}</ref><br />Neopopulism<ref name="Weyland 2004 Neoliberalism and Democracy"/><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Panizza |first1=F |title=Neopopulism and its limits in Collor's Brazil |journal=Bulletin of Latin American Research |date=April 2000 |volume=19 |issue=2 |pages=177–192 |doi=10.1016/S0261-3050(99)00079-0 }}</ref><ref>{{cite thesis |last1=Bertozzi |first1=Carlos Alberto Milani |title=Collor de Mello: a Brazilian Neopopulist leader? |date=2001 |url=http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou994709848 }}{{pn|date=December 2025}}</ref><br />Economic liberalism<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992">{{cite book |last1=Collor de Mello |first1=Fernando Affonso |title=Agenda for Consensus: A Social-liberal Proposal |date=1992 |publisher=Federative Republic of Brazil |url=https://www.biblioteca.presidencia.gov.br/publicacoes-oficiais/catalogo/collor/agenda-for-consensus-a-social-liberal-proposal-1992 }}</ref><br />Pro-free markets<ref>{{cite book |title=The Statesman's Yearbook Companion |chapter=Collor, Fernando (Brazil) |date=2019 |page=86 |doi=10.1057/978-1-349-95839-9_163 |isbn=978-1-349-95838-2 }}</ref><br />Social liberalism<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992"/><br />Democratic capitalism<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992"/><br />Social capitalism<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992">{{cite book |last1=Collor de Mello |first1=Fernando Affonso |title=Agenda for Consensus: A Social-liberal Proposal |date=1992 |publisher=Federative Republic of Brazil |url=https://www.biblioteca.presidencia.gov.br/publicacoes-oficiais/catalogo/collor/agenda-for-consensus-a-social-liberal-proposal-1992 }}</ref><br />Keynesianism<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992"/><br />Anti-Third Way<ref name="Agenda for Consensus 1992">{{cite book |last1=Collor de Mello |first1=Fernando Affonso |title=Agenda for Consensus: A Social-liberal Proposal |date=1992 |publisher=Federative Republic of Brazil |url=https://www.biblioteca.presidencia.gov.br/publicacoes-oficiais/catalogo/collor/agenda-for-consensus-a-social-liberal-proposal-1992 }}</ref> | position = {{plainlist| * Centre<ref>{{cite news |last=Lima |first=Jadson |title=Mayors of capitals in the Legal Amazon are mostly linked to the right-wing |url=https://revistacenarium.com.br/en/mayors-of-capitals-in-the-legal-amazon-are-mostly-linked-to-the-right-wing/ |date=23 January 2025 |publisher=Revista Cenarium |access-date=6 September 2025 |lang=en}}</ref> * '''Historical:''' * Right-wing<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tarouco |first1=Gabriela |title=Brazilian Parties in the XXI Century and the Conservative Agenda of the New Right |journal=Desafíos |date=16 September 2024 |volume=36 |issue=2 |pages=1–24 |doi=10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/desafios/a.13806 }}</ref> }} | blank1_title = Party number | blank1 = 36 | seats1_title = Legislative Assemblies{{efn|<ref>{{cite web |title=Raio-X das eleições: Leia como serão as assembleias em 2023 |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/eleicoes/raio-x-das-eleicoes-leia-como-serao-as-assembleias-em-2023/ |website=Poder360 |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=pt |date=11 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Teixeira |first1=Isadora |title=Deputada Doutora Jane vai sair do Agir e partidos cortejam distrital |url=https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/grande-angular/deputada-doutora-jane-vai-sair-do-agir-e-partidos-cortejam-distrital?amp |website=Metrópoles |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=pt |date=2 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Teixeira |first1=Isadora |title=Deputada distrital Jaqueline Silva se desfilia do partido Agir |url=https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/grande-angular/deputada-distrital-jaqueline-silva-se-desfilia-do-partido-agir |website=Metrópoles |access-date=21 October 2023 |language=pt |date=31 January 2023}}</ref>}} | seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|3|1024|hex={{party color|Act (Brazil)}}}} | seats2_title = Mayors<ref>{{cite web |title=Relembre quantos prefeitos e vereadores cada partido elegeu em 2020 |url=https://www.poder360.com.br/eleicoes/relembre-quantos-prefeitos-e-vereadores-cada-partido-elegeu-em-2020/ |website=Poder360 |language=pt |date=6 October 2023}}</ref> | seats2 = {{Infobox political party/seats|1|5568|hex={{party color|Act (Brazil)}}}} | seats3_title = Municipal Chambers<ref>{{cite web |title=Vereadores eleitos por partido em 2020 |url=https://graficos.poder360.com.br/g8Ef2/1/ |website=Poder360 |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Eleições 2020: 58.208 vagas de vereadores estarão em disputa neste domingo (15) |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/comunicacao/noticias/2020/Novembro/eleicoes-2020-58-208-vagas-de-vereadores-estarao-em-disputa-neste-domingo-15 |website=Superior Electoral Court |language=pt |date=14 November 2020}}</ref> | seats3 = {{composition bar|218|58208|hex={{party color|Act (Brazil)}}}} | colors = {{Color box|#0033A1|border=silver}} Navy blue<br> {{Color box|#2670CB|border=silver}} Celtic blue | split = PDT | slogan = "It's time to ACT!" | website = {{URL|agir36.com.br}} | country = Brazil }}
'''''Agir''''' ([[Help:IPA/Portuguese|[aˈʒiɾ]]], {{Literal translation|Act}}) is a political party in Brazil, established in 1985. It was founded as the '''Youth Party''' ({{langx|pt|Partido da Juventude}}; PJ), and was renamed the '''National Reconstruction Party''' ({{langx|pt|Partido da Reconstrução Nacional|links=no}}, PRN) in 1989, and the '''Christian Labor Party''' ({{langx|pt|Partido Trabalhista Cristão|links=no}}, 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 along with a bloc of 40 federal deputies and 2 senators in 1990. However, the Impeachment of Fernando Collor in 1992 had a devastating effect on the party's image, and the PRN lost the majority of its deputies, along with members and electorate. In 2000, the party attempted a rebranding process, changing its name to the Christian Labor Party (PTC) and declaring itself aligned with Christian democracy, nevertheless, it maintained a limited presence in the national electoral arena. In 2023, after renaming to ''Agir'', the party ideologically restructured itself to focus on promoting the rights and well-being of autistic people.<ref name=":2" />
==History== left|thumb|160x160px|PRN logo from 1989 to 2000 The party was founded in 1985 as the Youth Party by lawyer Daniel Sampaio Tourinho, a former member of the Democratic Labor Party.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Couto |first=André |title=PARTIDO DA RECONSTRUÇÃO NACIONAL (PRN) |url=https://www18.fgv.br/cpdoc/acervo/dicionarios/verbete-tematico/partido-da-reconstrucao-nacional-prn |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=FGV CPDOC |language=pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=História dos partidos brasileiros |url=http://estaticog1.globo.com/2013/10/historico/ |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=G1 |language=pt}}</ref> In 1989, it was renamed the National Reconstruction Party.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Nomenclatura de partidos políticos do Brasil |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/servicos-eleitorais/glossario/termos/partido-politico |access-date=20 October 2023 |website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |language=pt |archive-date=25 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325042738/https://www.tse.jus.br/servicos-eleitorais/glossario/termos/partido-politico |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://g1.globo.com/economia/noticia/2012/09/planejado-contra-hiperinflacao-plano-collor-deu-inicio-abertura-comercial.html|title=Planejado contra hiperinflação, plano Collor deu início à abertura comercial|website=G1|language=pt|first1=Anay|last1=Cury|first2=Gabriela|last2=Gasparin|date=29 September 2012|accessdate=10 June 2022}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0" />
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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Resultados das Eleições 1994 - Brasil - presidente |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/eleicoes-anteriores/eleicoes-1994/resultados-das-eleicoes-1994/brasil |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |language=pt |archive-date=15 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240415002514/https://www.tse.jus.br/eleicoes/eleicoes-anteriores/eleicoes-1994/resultados-das-eleicoes-1994/brasil |url-status=dead }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Collor |url=https://www.tse.jus.br/jurisprudencia/julgados-historicos/collor |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral |language=pt |archive-date=1 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201141453/https://www.tse.jus.br/jurisprudencia/julgados-historicos/collor |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2000, the party was renamed the Christian Labor Party.<ref name=":1" />
In 2016, Collor, now a Senator from Alagoas, returned to the party, remaining with it for three years, until 2019 when he joined the Republican Party of the Social Order.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://congressoemfoco.uol.com.br/projeto-bula/reportagem/collor-volta-ao-partido-pelo-qual-se-elegeu-presidente-e-sofreu-impeachment/|title=Collor volta ao partido pelo qual se elegeu presidente e sofreu impeachment|website=Congresso em Foco|language=pt|first=Edson|last=Sardinha|date=6 April 2016|accessdate=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=15 January 2019 |title=Senador Fernando Collor anuncia filiação ao PROS |url=https://g1.globo.com/politica/noticia/2019/01/15/senador-fernando-collor-anuncia-filiacao-ao-pros.ghtml |accessdate=10 June 2022 |website=G1 |language=pt}}</ref>
On 5 October 2021, during an event in Brasilia, it was announced that the party would be renamed ''Agir''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teixeira |first=Isadora |date=6 October 2021 |title=Antigo PTC, partido Agir36 faz evento em Brasília para lançar novo nome |url=https://www.metropoles.com/colunas/grande-angular/antigo-ptc-partido-agir36-faz-evento-em-brasilia-para-lancar-novo-nome |access-date=23 October 2023 |website=Metrópoles |language=pt}}</ref> The Superior Electoral Court ratified this decision the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tse.jus.br/imprensa/noticias-tse/2022/Marco/tse-aprova-alteracao-e-partido-trabalhista-cristao-passa-a-se-chamar-agir|title=TSE aprova alteração e Partido Trabalhista Cristão passa a se chamar Agir|website=Tribunal Superior Eleitoral|language=pt|date=31 March 2022|accessdate=10 June 2022|archive-date=5 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405015333/https://www.tse.jus.br/imprensa/noticias-tse/2022/Marco/tse-aprova-alteracao-e-partido-trabalhista-cristao-passa-a-se-chamar-agir|url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2023, the party underwent a total ideological reform,<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=AGIR36 está todo reformulado |url=https://agir36.com.br/agir36-esta-todo-reformulado/ |website=AGIR36 |language=pt}}</ref> shifting to focus on promoting the rights and well-being of autistic people.
==Electoral history== === Legislative elections === {|class=wikitable style=text-align:center !rowspan="2" | Election !colspan="4" | Chamber of Deputies !colspan="4" | Federal Senate |- ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– ! Votes ! % ! Seats ! +/– |- ! 1986 | 19,048 | 0.04% | {{composition bar|0|487|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | New | ? | ? | {{composition bar|0|75|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | New |- ! 1990 | 3,357,091 | 8.29% | {{composition bar|40|503|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{increase}} 40 | ? | ? | {{composition bar|2|81|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{increase}} 2 |- ! 1994 | 184,727 | 0.4% | {{composition bar|1|513|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 39 | 1,628,491 | 1.70% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 |- ! 1998 | 54,641 | 0.08% | {{composition bar|0|513|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | 99,077 | 0.16% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|National Reconstruction Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2002 | 74,955 | 0.09% | {{composition bar|0|513|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 3,784 | 0.00% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2006 | 806,662 | 0.87% | {{composition bar|4|513|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{increase}} 4 | 39,690 | 0.05% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2010 | 595,431 | 0.62% | {{composition bar|1|513|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 3 | 282,629 | 0.17% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2014 | 338,117 | 0.35% | {{composition bar|2|513|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{increase}} 1 | 21,993 | 0.02% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 |- ! 2018 | 601,814 | 0.61% | {{composition bar|2|513|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{steady}} 0 | 222,931 | 0.13% | {{composition bar|1|81|hex={{party color|Christian Labour Party}}}} | {{increase}} 1 |- ! 2022 | 158,868 | 0.15% | {{composition bar|0|513|hex={{party color|Act (Brazil)}}}} | {{decrease}} 2 | 24,076 | 0.02% | {{composition bar|0|81|hex={{party color|Act (Brazil)}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 |}
=== Presidential elections ===
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center |- !rowspan="2"| Election !rowspan=2 | Candidate !rowspan="2"| Running mate !rowspan="2"| Coalition !colspan=2 | First round !colspan="2"| Second round !rowspan="2"| Result |- ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- ! 1989 | Fernando Collor<br>('''PRN''') | Itamar Franco<br>('''PRN''') | ''New Brazil Movement''<br>('''PRN''', PSC, PST, PTR) | 20,611,011 | 30.48%<br>(1st) | 35,089,998 | 53.03%<br>(1st) | '''Elected''' {{Y}} |- ! 1994 | Carlos Antônio Gomes<br>('''PRN''') | Dilton Carlos Salomoni<br>('''PRN''') | {{n/a|None}} | 387,738 | 0.61%<br>(7th) | colspan=2 {{n/a|—}} | '''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- ! 2002 | Anthony Garotinho<br>(PSB) | José Antonio Almeida<br>(PSB) | ''Brazil Hope Front''<br>(PSB, PGT, '''PTC''') | 15,180,097 | 17.87%<br>(3rd) | colspan=2 {{n/a|—}} | '''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- ! 2010 | Dilma Rousseff<br>(PT) | Michel Temer<br>(PMDB) | ''For Brazil to Keep on Changing''<br>(PT, PMDB, PCdoB, PR, PDT, PRB, PSC, PSB, '''PTC''', PTN) | 47,651,434 | 46.9%<br>(1st) | 55,752,529 | 56.1%<br>(1st) | '''Elected''' {{Y}} |- ! 2014 | Aécio Neves<br>(PSDB) | Aloysio Nunes<br>(PSDB) | ''Change Brazil''<br>(PSDB, DEM, PMN, PEN, PTB, '''PTC''', PTdoB, PTN, SD) | 34,897,211 | 33.55%<br>(2nd) | 51,041,155 | 48.36%<br>(2nd) | '''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- ! 2018 | Alvaro Dias<br>(PODE) | Paulo Rabello<br>(PSC) | ''True Change''<br>(PODE, PSC, PRP, '''PTC''') | 859,601 | 0.8%<br>(9th) | colspan=2 {{n/a|—}} | '''Lost''' {{Nay}} |- ! 2022 | Lula da Silva<br>(PT) | Geraldo Alckmin<br>(PSB) | ''Brazil of Hope''<br>(FE Brasil, PSB, '''Agir''', Avante, PSOL-REDE, PROS, Solidariedade) | 57,259,504 | 48.4%<br>(1st) | 60,345,999 | 50.9%<br>(1st) | '''Elected''' {{Y}} |}
==Notes== {{Notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Official website|www.agir36.com.br}} (in Portuguese) {{Brazilian political parties}}
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