National Democratic Party (Argentina)

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National Democratic Party
Partido Demócrata Nacional
AbbreviationPDN
PresidentVicente Solano Lima (last)
FounderRobustiano Patrón Costas
Founded1931 (1931)
Dissolved1958 (1958)
Preceded byNational Autonomist Party
Succeeded byConservative People's Party
Mendoza Democratic Party
Democratic Party of the City of Buenos Aires
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyConservatism[1]
Political positionCenter-right
Originally:
Right-wing
National affiliationConcordance (1931–43)
Colours    Blue and white
Party flag
Single Color Flag - 0434B1.svg

The National Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Nacional, PDN) was a conservative political party in Argentina created in 1931. It was generally known simply as Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador).[2]

Along with the and the Independent Socialist Party (PSI) it was a part of the Concordancia, a coalition government that ruled between 1932 and 1943, a period of Argentine history known as the "Infamous Decade", characterised by massive voter fraud.

Among its leading figures were Robustiano Patrón Costas, Julio Argentino Pascual Roca, Manuel Fresco and Rodolfo Moreno. Ramón S. Castillo, Vice-President to Roberto María Ortiz, who went to serve as acting President between 1940 and 1942, and later as President until June 4, 1943, was a member of this party.

After the "Revolución Libertadora" (1955–1958), the military uprising which overthrew Juan Perón, the PDN fragmented into various parties such as the Conservative People's Party (PCP), the Democratic Party and the Centrist Democratic Party.

References[]

  1. ^ "Evocaron al doctor Emilio Hardoy en el Partido Demócrata". La Nación. 30 July 2002.
  2. ^ Walter, Richard J. (1984). "Politics, Parties, and Elections in Argentina's Province of Buenos Aires, 1912-42". The Hispanic American Historical Review. 64 (4): 707–735. JSTOR 2514751.

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