The Progressive National Party (in
Spanish: ''Partido Progresista Nacional'', PPN) was a
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nian
conservative
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, personalistic
political party
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.
The Progressive National Party was created by Carlos Sucre Calvo in 1959. The PPN left the
National Patriotic Coalition and registered as separate political parties.
Carlos Sucre Calvo was a faction leader in the
National Patriotic Coalition during
José Antonio Remón Cantera's tenure, and later served as education minister in
Ernesto de la Guardia (1958–1959) cabinet
and
Marco Aurelio Robles' (1966–1967 and 1968) cabinet.
In 1960, PPN allied with the Popular Alliance (AP) and its candidate Víctor Florencio Goytía. In 1964, PPN allied with the National Opposition Union (UNO) and its candidate
Marco Aurelio Robles. In 1964, PPN allied with the People's Alliance (ADP) and its candidate David Samudio Ávila.
[Elections in the Americas : a data handbook / ed. by Dieter Nohlen, Vol. 1. xford .a. Oxford Univ. Press, 2005. Pp. 533.]
The PPN was abolished after a military coup in 1968.
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