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Dominican Revolutionary Party
The Dominican Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Dominicano, or PRD) is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic. It has a moderate right-wing, social democratic in name position.
The party was founded in 1939 by Dominican exiles in Havana, Cuba. It was then established in the Dominican Republic in 1961.
It won the national presidential elections in 1963 (Juan Bosch), 1978 (Antonio Guzmán), 1982 (Salvador Jorge Blanco ) and 2000 (Hipólito Mejía).
The Dominican Revolutionary Party currently holds 29 out of 32 seats in the Senate of the Dominican Republic and 70 out of the 150 deputies in the Chamber of Deputies.
The party's distinctive color is white.
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