Mineiro Republican Party

The Mineiro Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM) 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 Paulista Republican Party.

Mineiro Republican Party Partido Republicano Mineiro
Abbreviation	PRM
Historical leaders	Afonso Pena, Venceslau Brás, Delfim Moreira, Epitácio Pessoa, Artur Bernardes
Founded	4 June 1888 (1888-06-04)
Dissolved	2 December 1937 (1937-12-02)
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
Politics of Brazil Political parties Elections

History

Creation

The Mineiro Republican Party was founded on 4 June 1888 shortly before the proclamation of the republic in Brazil.^[1]

Main representatives

• Afonso Pena: President of Brazil (1906–1909)
• Venceslau Brás: President of Brazil (1914–1918)
• Delfim Moreira: President of Brazil (1918–1919)
• Epitácio Pessoa: President of Brazil (1919–1922)
• Artur Bernardes: President of Brazil (1922–1926)
• Antônio Carlos Ribeiro de Andrada: President of the State of Minas Gerais (1926–1930)