Republican Proposal
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Republican Proposal (Spanish: Propuesta Republicana) is a right-wing political party in Argentina. It is usually referred to by its abbreviation, PRO. PRO was formed as an electoral alliance in 2005, but was transformed into a national party in 2010. It is the major component of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition, and its leader is former Argentine president Mauricio Macri.
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Republican Proposal Propuesta Republicana | |
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Abbreviation | PRO |
Leader | Mauricio Macri |
President | Patricia Bullrich |
Secretary General | Eduardo Macchiavelli |
Chamber Leader | Cristian Ritondo |
Senate Leader | Humberto Schiavoni |
Founded | 23 October 2005 (2005-10-23) (alliance) 3 June 2010 (2010-06-03) (party) |
Merger of | Commitment to Change and Recreate for Growth |
Headquarters | Balcarce 412, Buenos Aires |
Think tank | Pensar Foundation[1] |
Student wing | PRO Universities[2] |
Youth wing | PRO Youth[3] |
Membership (2017) | 115,481 (2016)[4][5] |
Ideology | Conservatism Developmentalism Economic liberalism |
Political position | Centre-right to far-right |
National affiliation | Juntos por el Cambio[6] |
International affiliation | International Democracy Union[7] |
Regional affiliation | Union of Latin American Parties[8] |
Colors | Yellow |
Seats in the Chamber | 40 / 257 |
Seats in the Senate | 6 / 72 |
Province Governors | 3 / 24 |
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PRO has governed the Buenos Aires since 2007 and formed Cambiemos with the Radical Civic Union and the Civic Coalition ARI with which they won the 2015 general election.[9]
Macri aligned the country with gradualist neoliberalism and re-opened Argentina to international markets by lifting currency controls, restructuring sovereign debt, and pressing free-market solutions.[10][11]