The Modern Revolutionary Party ( es, Partido Revolucionario Moderno or PRM) is a

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 ...

in 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 ...

. It emerged after a new division within the

Dominican Revolutionary Party The Dominican Revolutionary Party ( es, link=no, Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, PRD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Traditionally a left-of-centre party and social democratic in nature, the party has shifted since the 2000 ...

(PRD). It was recognized on 9 September 2014. The PRM is the legal heir of the Dominican Social Alliance. The PRM came into power after winning the

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which was held on 5 July 2020. In addition to winning the most seats in both houses of the country's congress, PRM leader

Luis Abinader Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona (; born 12 July 1967) is a Dominican economist, businessman, and politician who is serving as the 54th president of the Dominican Republic since 2020. He served as the Modern Revolutionary Party candidate for Presi ...

was also elected

President of the Dominican Republic The president of the Dominican Republic ( es, Presidente de la República Dominicana) is both the head of state and head of government of the Dominican Republic. The presidential system was established in 1844, following the proclamation of ...

and was successfully sworn into office on 16 August 2020.

Origin & Dominican Social Alliance party

The Dominican Social Alliance () was a minor

of the

. It was founded by Rafael Abinader. In the 16 May 2006 election, the party was member of the defeated Grand National Alliance. In 2014 it was transformed into a new party, the Modern Revolutionary Party, when most senior leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary Party (widely known as ''los viejos robles'', the ) followed

and

Hipólito Mejía Rafael Hipólito Mejía Domínguez (born 22 February 1941) is a Dominican politician who served as President of the Dominican Republic from 2000 to 2004. During his presidential term in office the country was affected by one of its worst econ ...

to found a new party. By 4 August 2014, 34 deputies had confirmed their move from the ''PRD'' to the ''PRM''. The PRM participated for the first time in the general elections of 2016, where it led a coalition made up of more than 10 parties.

Ideology and principles

The party identifies as a "political organization of a polyclassist nature and of a social democratic, liberal and a progressive orientation, whose objective is to guide the Dominican people towards human development, guaranteeing the material and spiritual improvement of the population, in an environment of democracy and freedom. This party guides its performance in the ideals of the founders of the Dominican homeland."

References

Political parties in the Dominican Republic Political parties established in 2014 Social democratic parties Social liberal parties * Progressive Alliance 2014 establishments in the Dominican Republic {{DominicanRepublic-party-stub