The Fluminense Republican Party (, PRF) was a Brazilian political party founded in 1888 to represent the republican ideals of the agrarian elite of
Rio de Janeiro
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. Its principal representative was the
Florianist Nilo Peçanha
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,
President of the Republic
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Designation
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from 1909 to 1910. The moderate wing, led by governor and senator José Thomaz da Porciúncula, and linked to the São Paulo directorate was hostile to Florianism and did not support him.
In common with all of the parties of the
República Velha
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, the PRF was abolished shortly after the inauguration of the
Estado Novo by Decree-Law No. 37, 2 December 1937.
Political parties of the First Brazilian Republic
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Political parties established in 1888
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Political parties disestablished in 1937
1888 establishments in Brazil
1937 disestablishments in Brazil
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