Mineiro Republican Party
political 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.
History
Creation
The Mineiro Republican Party was founded on 4 June 1888 shortly before the proclamation of the republic in Brazil.
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)
References
Citations
Bibliography
Calicchio, Vera, Partido Republicano Mineiro (PRM) (PDF) (in Portuguese), FGV CPDOC, pp. 1–17
Lopes, Pacelli Henrique Silva (2018). "O Partido Republicano Mineiro e o seu líder Arthur Bernardes: apogeu e decadência". Revista de Trabalhos Acadêmicos-Campus Niterói (in Portuguese): 1–11. ISSN 2179-1589.
Mari, Cezar Luiz de; Filho, Licínio de Sousa e Silva (2019).
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