Republican Party of Minas Gerais Partido Republicano Mineiro | |
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Abbreviation | PRM |
Historical leaders | Afonso Pena, Venceslau Brás, Delfim Moreira, Epitácio Pessoa, Arthur Bernardes |
Founded | 4 June 1888 |
Dissolved | 2 December 1937 |
Succeeded by | Republican Party |
Headquarters | Belo Horizonte |
Ideology | Republicanism Federalism Regionalism Agrarianism Milk coffee politics Economic liberalism Brazilian nationalism Conservatism |
Political position | Centre-right |
National affiliation | Liberal Alliance (1929-1930) Brazilian Democratic Union (1937) |
International affiliation | None |
The Republican Party of Minas Gerais (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM), sometimes translated as the Miner's Republican Party or Minas Republican Party, was a Brazilian political party founded on 4 June 1888 and active until its extinction on 2 December 1937 by Decree No. 37 – issued by Getúlio Vargas during the Estado Novo – which abolished all political parties in Brazil. It was one of Brazil's two most powerful parties during the First Brazilian Republic along with the Republican Party of São Paulo.
The Republican Party of Minas Gerais was founded on 4 June 1888 shortly before the proclamation of the republic in Brazil.[1]