National Renewal Alliance

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National Renewal Alliance Aliança Renovadora Nacional
President	Ernesto Geisel (last)
Founded	April 4, 1966 (1966-04-04)
Dissolved	December 20, 1979 (1979-12-20)
Merger of	National Democratic Union Social Progressive Party Popular Representation Party Social Democratic Party (factions) National Labour Party (factions) Christian Democratic Party (factions)
Succeeded by	Democratic Social Party
Headquarters	Brasília, Federal District, Brazil
Ideology	Authoritarianism[1] Brazilian nationalism National conservatism Militarism Anti-communism
Political position	Far-right[2][3]
Colours	Dark blue
Party flag
Politics of Brazil Political parties Elections

The National Renewal Alliance (Portuguese: Aliança Renovadora Nacional, ARENA) was a far-right political party that existed in Brazil between 1966 and 1979. It was the official party of the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil from 1964 to 1985.

ARENA was part of a two-party system enforced by the dictatorship instituted in 1966, where only it and the Brazilian Democratic Movement (MDB) — the "consented opposition" — were allowed. In 1979, a multi-party system was reintroduced to Brazil,^[4] both MDB and ARENA were officially dissolved, and the Democratic Social Party (PDS) was founded as a continuation of ARENA. Soon thereafter, PDS had a split which saw the creation of the Liberal Front Party (PFL), current Brazil Union (UNIÃO), while PDS merged with the PDC in 1993 became the Reform Progressive Party (PPR), which became the current Progressives (PP) in 1995.^[5]