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RRS
Party record / ptRRS
PortugalPolitical movementDissolved

Republican and Socialist Resistance

Resistência Republicana e Socialista

SocialismRepublicanismDemocratizationLeft-wing
Overview

A Portuguese political movement in opposition to the Estado Novo dictatorship led by Mário Soares.

The group was founded by Mário Soares in 1953 after his expulsion from the Portuguese Communist Party in 1951, along with other members expelled from the Communist Party and the Socialist Union, including Manuel Mendes, Fernando Piteira Santos, Gustavo Soromenho and Francisco Ramos da Costa. Among its prominent members were also Victor Cunha Rego and the brothers Ernesto Carvalho dos Santos and Teófilo Carvalho dos Santos.

Leadership

Leader: Mário Soares

Sources & maintenance
  1. https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistência_Republicana_e_Socialista
Record ID: ptRRSLast edited August 2026