The Third Nationalist Party (in

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: ''Tercer Partido Nacionalista'', TPN) was a

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nian

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, radical

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. The Third Nationalist Party was founded in 1959 by Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia (a member of the old ruling families and oligarch) and Gilberto Arias Guardia (son of the former President

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and nephew of the former President

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). In the 1950s,

Aquilino Boyd Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia (March30, 1921September4, 2004) was a Panamanian politician, diplomat and lawyer. Aquilino Boyd was born in 1921 in Panama. He married Dora Brin. He studied in La Salle, Panama City, Holy Cross College, US, Un ...

was a prominent National Patriotic Coalition (CPN) leader. He served as Foreign Minister of

(1956–58). In 1958,

left the CPN in a disagreement with then President Ernesto de la Guardia.

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supported the Ernesto de la Guardia administration in 1956-1960 and served as Minister of Finance and Treasury (1957–1958).

led the agitation against the

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, and delivered the TPN to the National Liberal Party (PLN) coalition in on the basis of

Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón Roberto Francisco Chiari Remón (March 2, 1905 – March 1, 1981) was the President of Panama in 1949 and from 1960 to 1964. He belonged to the Liberal Party. Before being president He was president of the Chamber of Commerce. He worked in ...

's nationalist stance. Shortly after the 1960 election

lost control of the TPN to Gilberto Arias Guardia. Boyd withdrew his faction and created the Nationalist Party (PN), which joined the PLN coalition (1964). Gilberto Arias returned the TPN to the CPN coalition for, and is supporting Juan de Arco Galindo (1964). In 1968 TPN allied with the National Union (UN) and its candidate

. All political parties including the TPN were banned by

Omar Torrijos Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – July 31, 1981) was the Panamanian military leader of Panama, as well as the Commander of the Panamanian National Guard from 1968 to his death in 1981. Torrijos was never officially ...

after the military coup of 1968. In 1981 the TPN joined the National Patriotic Coalition, National Liberation Movement and factions that had earlier split off from National Liberal Party and Republican Party to form the opposition National Liberal Republican Movement (MOLIRENA). Abraham Pretto, a leader of TPN, was of the Vice-President of MOLIRENA. Tribunal Electoral

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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in Panama Nationalist parties in North America Panamanian nationalism Political parties established in 1959