List of political parties in Portugal
Centre

List of political parties in Portugal

Section Title: Centre
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Name	Abbr.	Leader	History	Founded

Liberal Democratic Party Partido Liberal Democrata	PLD	Francisco Oliveira	A liberal-centrist party. Founded in 2007 as the Merit and Society Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Mérito e Sociedade) by the college professor Eduardo Correia.	2007

Democratic Republican Party Partido Democrático Republicano	PDR	António Marinho e Pinto	Founded by the former leader of the Portuguese Bar Association, António Marinho e Pinto. He ran as the Earth Party candidate for the 2014 European elections but left the party soon after to form his own party.	2014

Together for the People Juntos Pelo Povo	JPP	Filipe Sousa	Formed as an independent movement for the local elections of 2013 in the municipally of Santa Cruz in Madeira. Transformed into a political party in 2015 in order to contest the regional elections in Madeira.	2015

We, the Citizens! Nós, Cidadãos!	NC	Mendo Castro Henriques	A minor party founded as a result of the anti-austerity movement.	2015

United Party of Retirees and Pensioners Partido Unido dos Reformados e Pensionistas	PURP	António Mateus Dias	This party's goal is to defend the rights of retirees and pensioners, aiming to position itself as the political voice of the members of this age group.	2015

Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal	IL	Carlos Guimarães Pinto	A liberal party, it is part of the ALDE in the European Parliament.	2017

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The Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) is a Portuguese political party, founded in 2014.

final_sentence: The Democratic Republican Party (Portuguese: Partido Democrático Republicano, PDR) is a Portuguese political party, founded in 2014.