People's Monarchist Party (Portugal)
People's Monarchist Party Partido Popular Monárquico | |
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| Abbreviation | PPM |
| Leader | Gonçalo da Câmara Pereira |
| Founder | Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles Francisco Rolão Preto |
| Founded | 23 May 1974 |
| Headquarters | Travessa Pimenteira, 1300-460, Lisbon |
| Youth wing | Monarchical Youth (JM; dissolved in 2024) |
| Ideology | Constitutional monarchism Portuguese nationalism Conservatism Christian democracy Euroscepticism Agrarianism Historically (before 1988): Localism Green conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| National affiliation | AD (1979–1983) Basta! (2019) AD (2024–2025) |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Party |
| International affiliation | International Monarchist Conference |
| Colours | Blue |
| Assembly of the Republic | 0 / 230 |
| European Parliament | 0 / 21 |
| Regional parliaments | 1 / 57
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| Local government (Mayors) | 0 / 308
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| Local government (Parishes) | 1 / 3,216
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| Election symbol | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| partidopopularmonarquico.pt | |
The People's Monarchist Party (Portuguese: Partido Popular Monárquico, pronounced [pɐɾˈtiðu pupuˈlaɾ muˈnaɾkiku]) is a political party in Portugal. It was founded in 1974 in an effort to unify Monarchist political forces opposed to the Estado Novo and supportive of the Carnation Revolution's restoration of democracy.
The party seeks the restoration of the Portuguese monarchy, however, since 2008, argue that the leading claimants to the Portuguese throne, the House of Braganza, are illegitimate, instead supporting the House of Loulé. The People's Monarchist Party is a member of the International Monarchist Conference and the European Christian Political Party.