The National Mobilization Party ( pt, Partido da Mobilização Nacional, PMN) is a political party in

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founded by politicians from the

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on April 21, 1984, advocating for

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, termination of debt payments, ending of relations with the

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and formation of a

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with other South American nations. Due to some problems with the Brazilian Electoral Court, the PMN's registration was ceased in January 1989. The party restarted in June of the same year. At the legislative

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, 6 October 2002, the party won 1 out of 513 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. From 2002 to 2010, the PMN was one of the members of

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's coalition. At the 2010 elections, the PMN won four seats in the Chamber of Deputies and won the governorship of the state of Amazonas. In the Presidential race, the party supported the coalition of

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. At the 2018 elections, the PMN won 3 seats, without endorsing any presidential candidates. Two of them later moved to the

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, leaving only one MP. The Party of National Mobilization is currently in opposition to president Jair Bolsonaro.

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Legislative elections

References

External links

Official web site
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