Republican Party of Minas Gerais

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.

Republican Party of Minas Gerais Partido Republicano Mineiro
Abbreviation	PRM
Historical leaders	Afonso Pena, Venceslau Brás, Delfim Moreira, Epitácio Pessoa, Arthur 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 Republican Party of Minas Gerais 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

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). "O poder republicano em Minas Gerais e a instrução pública: entre a revolução passiva, o transformismo e a pequena política". Cadernos de História da Educação (in Portuguese). 18 (2): 461–477. doi:10.14393/che-v18n2-2019-11.
• Pires, Antônio Olinto dos Santos (1927), A proclamação da república em Minas Gerais: o 15 de novembro em Ouro Preto (PDF) (in Portuguese), ALMG, pp. 1185–1210
• Viscardi, Cláudia Maria Ribeiro (1999). "Minas de Dentro para Fora: a política interna mineira no contexto da Primeira República". Locus: Revista de História (in Portuguese). 5 (2): 89–99.
• Viscardi, Cláudia Maria Ribeiro (2013), O republicanismo mineiro (PDF) (in Portuguese), ANPUH, pp. 1–12