Progressive Party (Brazil, 1993)

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Progressive Party Partido Progressista

Abbreviation	PP
President	Alvaro Dias
Founded	May 27, 1993
Dissolved	September 24, 1995
Preceded by	Social Labour Party Renovator Labour Party
Merged into	Brazilian Progressive Party
Ideology	Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
Politics of Brazil Political parties Elections

The Progressive Party (Portuguese: 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 Paraná, having been a candidate for the government of Paraná in 1994, coming in 2nd place, being defeated by Jaime Lerner

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v t e Political parties in Brazil
Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies (513 seats)	Liberal Party (97) Workers' Party (68) Brazil Union (59) Progressives (50) Brazilian Democratic Movement (43) Social Democratic Party (43) Republicans (41) Democratic Labour Party (18) Brazilian Socialist Party (15) We Can (15) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (14) Socialism and Liberty Party (13) Communist Party of Brazil (7) Forward (7) Green Party (6) Citizenship (4) Democratic Renewal Party (5) Solidarity (4) New Party (3) Sustainability Network (1)
Parties represented in the Federal Senate (81 seats)	Social Democratic Party (15) Liberal Party (12) Brazilian Democratic Movement (11) Workers' Party (8) Brazil Union (7) Progressives (6) Brazilian Socialist Party (4) Republicans (4) We Can (4) Democratic Labour Party (3) Brazilian Social Democracy Party (2) New Party (1)
Other registered parties	Act Brazilian Communist Party Brazilian Labour Renewal Party Brazilian Woman's Party Christian Democracy National Mobilization Popular Unity United Socialist Workers' Party Workers' Cause Party
Unregistered active parties	Libertarians Pirate Party Revolutionary Communist Party
Defunct parties	Alliance for Brazil Brazilian Black Front Brazilian Integralist Action Brazilian Labour Party (1945) Brazilian Labour Party (1981) Catholic Electoral League Christian Democratic Party Conservative Party Conservative Republican Party Democratic Party Democratic Social Party Democrats Evolutionist Liberal Party of Ceará Federal Republican Party Fluminense Republican Party Free Fatherland Party Gaúcho United Front Humanist Party of Solidarity Liberal Party (1831) Liberal Party (1985) Liberator Party Mineiro Republican Party Movement for the Unity of the Communists National Democratic Union National Renewal Alliance Orienting Labour Party Party of Popular Representation Party of the Christian Democracy of Brazil Party of the Nation's Retirees Party of the Reconstruction of the National Order Patriot Paulista Republican Party Progressive League Progressive Republican Party Progressive Party Proletarian Liberation Party Reform Progressive Party Renovator Labour Party Republican Party Republican Party of the Social Order Retirees' National Party of Brazil Rio-grandense Republican Party Social Christian Party Social Democratic Party (1945) Social Democratic Party (1987) Social Labour Party Social Liberal Party Social Progressive Party Socialist Republican Party of Ceará Syndicalist Popular Party Workers' General Party

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