José Maria Eymael

Bazillian politician; former federal deputy; founder and presicent, Partido Social Democrata Cristão

José Maria Eymael (born 2 November 1939) is a Brazilian politician, lawyer and businessman. He is the founder of the Democracia Cristã (DC), known in English as the Christian Democracy. He was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul.[1]

In 1985 Eymael was a candidate for mayor of São Paulo, but lost the election. In 1986 and again in 1990, he was elected to the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, the lower house of the National Congress of Brazil. He ran again for mayor of São Paulo in 1992 but lost again.

He unsuccessfully ran for President of Brazil in the 2018 election and 2022 election under the Christian Democracy party.

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  1. W.V. Comunicação - Denis Akao. "José Maria Eymael Presidente Nacional do PSDC" [Jose Maria Eymael National President of the PSDC] (in Portuguese). São Paulo: PSDC Brasil. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010. Translate the Portuguese source to English