thumb|265x265px|Federal deputy|Federal Deputies Ricardo Fiúza and Amaral Netto carry a sign during the 1987 National Constituent Assembly, which reads: "O Centrão é um milagre de engenharia política. Um grupo sem líderes mas com organizadores". ("The Centrão is a miracle of political engineering. A group without leaders but with organizers.") In Brazilian politics, the Centrão ( – ) refers to a group of political parties that do not have a specific or consistent ideological orientation and aim at ensuring proximity to the executive branch in order to guarantee advantages and allow them to dist
thumb|265x265px|Federal deputy|Federal Deputies Ricardo Fiúza and Amaral Netto carry a sign during the 1987 National Constituent Assembly, which reads: "O Centrão é um milagre de engenharia política. Um grupo sem líderes mas com organizadores". ("The Centrão is a miracle of political engineering. A group without leaders but with organizers.") In Brazilian politics, the Centrão ( – ) refers to a group of political parties that do not have a specific or consistent ideological orientation and aim at ensuring proximity to the executive branch in order to guarantee advantages and allow them to distribute privileges through clientelistic networks. Despite its name, the Centrão is not a centrist political group, generally composed of parliamentarians from the "" and big tent parties, who act according to their own interests, linked to cronyism and logrolling, instead of a clear ideological program. Over the years, the Centrão has become the political kingmaker in Brazil.
==History== thumb|265x265px|President of the Federal Senate (Brazil)|Federal Senate and the [[Liberal Front Party (PFL) — successor of ARENA — Antônio Carlos Magalhães signs the Constitution of Brazil together with President of Brazil José Sarney from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB)]] The term has its origin in the 1987 Constituent Assembly, being used to designate a group of parties with a center-right profile that united to support then-president José Sarney with the objective of fighting the proposals of Ulysses Guimarães' supporters — accused of being progressive — for the text of the new Constitution. Five parties made up the Centrão at that time: the PFL, PL, PDS, and PTB, as well as parts of the PMDB. The centrist congressmen managed to change the way the text was approved by negotiating support in exchange for positions and benefits. On June 2, 1988, they also managed to approve Sarney's five-year term.
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