The Humanist Party ( pt, Partido Humanista, ; the

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PH was used in voting ballots) was a minor

centre-left Centre-left politics lean to the left on the left–right political spectrum but are closer to the centre than other left-wing politics. Those on the centre-left believe in working within the established systems to improve social justice. The c ...

former

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Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...

. The party was established in March 1999. It never elected representatives to the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese legislature. The party, now only a political and civic movement after dissolving itself as a party in September 2015, is member of the

Humanist International The Humanist International (also known as the International Humanist Party) is a consortium of political parties adhering to universal humanism (also known as Siloism, after the nickname of the movement's founder), founded in 1989 by over 40 nat ...

References

External links

Official website
1999 establishments in Portugal

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