PRI
Government & Politics abbreviation · World Government
| Stands for | Institutional Revolutionary Party |
|---|---|
| Categories | Government & Politics |
PRI stands for Institutional Revolutionary Party, a world government abbreviation.
Mexican party, Partido Revolucionario Institucional, that held the presidency without interruption from 1929 to 2000 and again from 2012 to 2018.
Example: The PRI candidate finished a distant third in the governor's race.
Usage notes
Founded in 1929 as the National Revolutionary Party, it took its current name in 1946. Its decades of dominance, which writer Mario Vargas Llosa called "the perfect dictatorship", ended when the PAN won the presidency in 2000. Its support has declined sharply since 2018.
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