The Minas Republican Party ( pt, Partido Republicano Mineiro, PRM) was a Brazilian political party founded on 4 June 1888 and active during the

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. It represented the republican ideology of the agrarian elite of the state of

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. Along with the PRP of

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, 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

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moved its control core to the

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. 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

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(1906–1909) *

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: President of Brazil (1914–1918) *

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: President of Brazil (1918–1919) *

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: President of Brazil (1919–1922) *

: President of Brazil (1922–1926) *

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: President of the State of Minas Gerais (1926–1930)

Bibliography

*CALICCIO, Vera
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