Minas Republican Party

The Minas Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM), sometimes translated as the Mineiro Republican Party, was a Brazilian political party founded on 4 June 1888 and active during the First Brazilian Republic. It represented the republican ideology of the agrarian elite of the state of Minas Gerais. Along with the PRP of São Paulo, it was one of Brazil's two most powerful political parties from its foundation to the creation of the Estado Novo regime.

Minas Republican Party
Partido Republicano Mineiro
AbbreviationPRM
Historical leadersAfonso Pena,
Venceslau Brás,
Delfim Moreira,
Epitácio Pessoa,
Arthur Bernardes
FoundedJune 4, 1888 (1888-06-04)
DissolvedDecember 2, 1937 (1937-12-02)
Succeeded byRepublican Party
HeadquartersBelo Horizonte
IdeologyRepublicanism
Federalism
Regionalism
Agrarianism
Milk coffee politics
Economic liberalism
Brazilian nationalism
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationLiberal Alliance (1929-1930)
Brazilian Democratic Union (1937)
International affiliationNone

It was initially controlled by politicians of Sul e Sudoeste de Minas until Artur Bernardes moved its control core to the Zona da Mata. Its executive committee (the "tarasca") was very powerful and took all the major decisions.

As with all Brazilian parties of the time, the PRM was abolished at the advent of the Estado Novo.

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