The People's Monarchist Party ( pt, Partido Popular Monárquico, ) is a

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. It was founded in 1974 by various groups opposing the Estado Novo, in the context of the Carnation Revolution. Currently it is a small

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party with little political support. It is known that the claimant to the

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, Dom

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, does not support this party officially, especially during the period of its leadership by Nuno da Câmara Pereira, a known supporter of the Duke of Loulé’s claim to the throne. The party had, until 2009, two representatives in the Assembly of the Republic, elected on the lists of the

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, following an agreement with the latter party's leader,

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. In 2009, under the leadership of Câmara Pereira, the party decided to run in the elections of that year on its own, gaining no seats. The party had not been elected on its own since the dissolution of the Democratic Alliance, of which it was a part, and seldom reached 0.5% of votes. The People's Monarchist Party is a member of the International Monarchist Conference and the

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Leaders

* Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Teles, 1974–1988 * Augusto Martins Ferreira do Amaral, 1988–1990 * Nuno Cardoso da Silva, 1990–1993 * Fernando Manuel Moreira de Sá Monteiro, 1993–1997 * Miguel Jorge Pignatelli de Sena Belo de Queirós e Ataíde, 1997–2005 * Nuno Maria Pacheco da Câmara Pereira, 2005–2010 * Paulo Jorge Abraços Estêvão, 2010–2017 * Gonçalo Maria de Figueiredo Cabral da Camara Pereira, 2017–present

Notable members

* Henrique Barrilaro Ruas * Francisco Rolão Preto *

Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Gonçalo Pereira Ribeiro Telles (24 May 1922 – 11 November 2020) was a Portuguese politician and landscape architect. He was born and died in Lisbon. He was a founder of the People's Monarchist Party in 1974, and led it until 1994, when ...

* António Sousa Lara

References

External links

Official website (in Portuguese)
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