brother-in-law of President João Goulart, Brizola formed the Democratic Labour Party in 1979 in an attempt to reorganize the left-wing of the country after the last military sponsored President João Figueiredo brought an end to the political persecution of the left. Ciro Gomes, lawyer and politician, former governor of Ceará. Doutel de Andrade, Leader of the PTB Bench in the Chamber of Deputies in the Government of João Goulart (1961-1964), presided over PDT during the 1980s. Darcy Ribeiro, an anthropologist, one of the founders of the University of Brasília. Abdias do Nascimento, black intellectual and activist, he would become Senator in the 1990s by the PDT. Carlos Alberto de Oliveira, a former student leader in the early 1960s and a black activist, "Caó" was the author, in 1989, of Law 7716, the "Anti-Racism Law" Alceu Collares, first Black Brazilian governor Jackson Lago, former mayor of São Luís and governor of Maranhão. Carlos Lupi, current party president André Figueiredo, economist and former leader of the opposition Aldo Rebelo, former Minister of Defence and President of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil References External links PDT's Socialist Youth website Socialist International 1979 establishments in Brazil Centre-left parties in South America Democratic socialist parties in South America Foro de São Paulo Full member parties of the Socialist International Labour parties Political parties established in 1979 Social democratic parties in Brazil