The Republican Party was a political party in Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

. The PR was founded by former President of Brazil

President of Brazil

The president of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the Brazilian Armed Forces...

 Artur Bernardes in 1945 and operated almost solely in Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

. The successor of the Mineiro Republican Party, which dominated politics in Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais

Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the...

 during the República Velha. The party won 3.67% of the vote in the 1945 elections

Brazilian legislative election, 1945

Parliamentary elections were held in Brazil on December 2, 1945 to elect a National Constituent Assembly, which subsequently transformed itself into the Brazilian Congress. These were the first legislative elections since the 1933 Constituent Assembly elections, and the first following the fall of...

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Like all parties of that area, it was abolished by the military regime in 1965.