The Revolutionary Febrerista Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Febrerista, PRF) is a

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party of

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. It was established in 1951 by

Rafael Franco Rafael de la Cruz Franco Ojeda (October 22, 1896 – September 16, 1973) was a Paraguayan military officer and politician, served as Provisional President of Paraguay from February 17, 1936, to August 13, 1937, being also the historical leader ...

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from the

February Revolution The February Revolution ( rus, Февра́льская револю́ция, r=Fevral'skaya revolyutsiya, p=fʲɪvˈralʲskəjə rʲɪvɐˈlʲutsɨjə), known in Soviet historiography as the February Bourgeois Democratic Revolution and somet ...

of 1936 until his overthrow in August 1937.

History

In 1936,

came to power in the

. A year and a half later, he was overthrown in a coup that brought the Liberal Party's

Félix Paiva Félix Paiva (21 February 1877, Caazapá, Caazapá Department – 2 November 1965, Asunción) was a Paraguayan politician from the Liberal Party. He studied law and worked as university teacher, rector of the University and president of the Sup ...

to power and went into exile. Franco established the Revolutionary Febrerista Party, named after the revolution, on 11 December 1951 in

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, Argentina. The party was initially banned in Paraguay, which was under a Colorado Party regime at the time. The party was legalised in 1964 as it was no longer deemed to be a threat to President

Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (; 3 November 1912 – 16 August 2006) was a Paraguayan army officer and politician who served as President of Paraguay from 15 August 1954 to 3 February 1989. Stroessner led a coup d'état on 4 May 1954 with the ...

. In the 1967 Constitutional Assembly elections, it won three of the 120 seats. In the

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the following year, the party failed to win a Senate seat but won one seat in the Chamber of Deputies. After 1968, the party did not contest another national election until the overthrow of the Stroessner regime in 1989. In the elections that year, they won two seats in the Chamber of Deputies. In the 1991 Constitutional Assembly elections, they won a single seat. For the 1993 elections, it was part of the

National Encounter Party The National Encounter Party ( es, Partido Encuentro Nacional, PEN) is a political party in Paraguay. History The National Encounter Movement was established on 26 October 1991. Prior to the 1993 elections the National Encounter Party was establ ...

coalition, which finished third. The party ran alone in the 1998 elections but failed to win a seat. They also failed to win a seat in the 2003 elections. For the 2008 elections, the party was part of the

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History

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Chamber of Deputies elections

Senate elections

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