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Brazil Progressive Renewal Party
Progressive Renewal Party
The Progressive Renewal Party (Partido Progressista Renovador--PPR)
was organized by the fusion of the PDS (Democratic Social Party)
and the Christian Democratic Party (Partido Democrático Cristão--PDC)
in April 1993. After the Workers' Party, the PPR has the most consistent
ideology. It generally supports the interests of business and rural
landlords. It has a radical position in favor of privatization,
economic modernization, and reduction of the state's role in the
economy. In 1994 the PPR elected three governors, two senators,
and fifty-three federal deputies. The PPR contributed one minister
(health)
to Cardoso's
cabinet, but the party does not automatically support government
positions in Congress. In 1995 Paulo Maluf remained the main leader
of the PPR, which attempted to form a bloc with the Progressive
Party. In mid-September 1995, Maluf merged the PPR with the Progressive
Party to form the Brazilian Progressive Party (Partido Progressista
Brasileiro--PPB).
Data as of April 1997
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