Popular Representation Party Explained

Party of Popular Representation
Native Name:Partido de Representação Popular
Leader1 Title:President
Leader1 Name:Plínio Salgado
Predecessor:Brazilian Integralist Action
Merged:National Renewal Alliance
Headquarters:Rio de Janeiro
Ideology:Brazilian nationalism
National conservatism
Right-wing populism
Brazilian Integralism
Position:Far-right[1]
Colours: Orange
Country:Brazil

The Popular Representation Party (Portuguese: Partido de Representação Popular, PRP) was a political party in Brazil. The PRP was founded by Plínio Salgado on 26 September 1945. He reassembled the former members of the Brazilian Integralism, and was ideologically aligned with the nationalist right. It always obtained representation in the Brazilian Congress and had a greater presence in the south. Salgado ran for President of Brazil in the 1955 election, won by Juscelino Kubitschek. He won around 8% of the vote.

Like all parties of that era, it was abolished by the military regime shortly after the coup of 1964. Most of its members joined the party of the military junta, the ARENA.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: pt. Eleições 2014: direita política se populariza no Brasil. diap.org. 14 September 2019.