Minas Republican Party

Minas Republican Party Partido Republicano Mineiro
Abbreviation	PRM
Historical leaders	Afonso Pena, Venceslau Brás, Delfim Moreira, Epitácio Pessoa, Arthur Bernardes
Founded	June 4, 1888 (1888-06-04)
Dissolved	December 2, 1937 (1937-12-02)
Succeeded by	Republican Party
Headquarters	Belo Horizonte
Ideology	Republicanism Federalism Regionalism Agrarianism Coffee with Milk Politics Economic liberalism Brazilian nationalism Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	Liberal Alliance (1929-1930) Brazilian Democratic Union (1937)
International affiliation	None
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The Minas Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM) 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.

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.

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)

Bibliography

• CALICCIO, Vera, Partido Republicano Mineiro (PRM) (in Portuguese)