The Independent Revolutionary Party (PRI) ( es, Partido Revolucionario Independiente) is a minor

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific ideological or p ...

of the

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

, without parliamentary representation after the 16 May 2006 election. The PRI was created by

Jacobo Majluta Jacobo Majluta Azar (9 October 1934 – 2 March 1996) was Vice President of the Dominican Republic from 16 August 1978 to 4 July 1982. He was one of the generations of politicians in the Dominican Republic whose ambition was continually thwarte ...

as a way to further his political and electoral ambitions. The party was founded in 1989 by

, who served briefly as

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in 1982 and

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from 1978 to 1982. His wife, former first lady

Ana Elisa Villanueva Ana Elisa Aurora Villanueva Callot (July 28, 1930 – April 5, 1998) was a Dominican politician and children's advocate. She served as First Lady of the Dominican Republic from July 4, 1982, to August 16, 1982, during the brief 43-day presidency ...

, served as the party's vice president.

References

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Leftist Parties of the World, Dominican Republic. April 25, 2005. Political parties in the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-party-stub