National Democratic Reconciliation Party
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The National Democratic Reconciliation Party (Spanish: Partido Reconciliacion Democratica Nacional, PRDN or REDENCION) was a moderate conservative party in Guatemala.
History[]
The PRDN was founded in March 1950 by General Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes.[1] Ydígoras finished as the runner-up in the November 1950 presidential elections with 19% of the vote. He finished as runner-up again in the 1957 elections, but the results were annulled due to fraud. In the fresh elections the following year, Ydígoras received the largest vote share (41%) and was confirmed as President by a vote in Congress, in which the PRDN-led coalition had won a majority of seats. The PRDN retained its Congressional majority in the 1959 and 1961 elections.
Ydígoras was removed from office by a , after which the party was disbanded.
References[]
- ^ Rodríguez de Ita, Guadalupe (2003) La participación política en la primavera guatemalteca: una aproximación a la historia de los partidos durante el periodo 1944-1954, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, p274
- Defunct political parties in Guatemala
- Political parties established in 1950
- 1950 establishments in Guatemala
- Political parties disestablished in 1963
- 1963 disestablishments in Guatemala