Progressive Party | |
Native Name: | Partido Progressista |
President: | Alvaro Dias |
Foundation: | May 27, 1993 |
Ideology: | Conservatism |
Country: | Brazil |
Abbreviation: | PP |
Dissolved: | September 24, 1995 |
Predecessor: | Social Labour Party Renovator Labour Party |
Merged: | Brazilian Progressive Party |
Position: | Centre-right |
The Progressive Party (pt|Partido Progressista, PP) was a political party in Brazil founded in 1993 by the Social Labour Party and the Reform Labour Party.
In 1995 the party merged with the Reform Progressive Party into Brazilian Progressive Party.
This new party re-changed its name to the Progressive Party in 2003.
Its first national president was Alvaro Dias, former governor and now senator for Podemos in the state of ParanĂ¡, having been a candidate for the government of ParanĂ¡ in 1994, coming in 2nd place, being defeated by Jaime Lerner