The Legitimist Party ( es, Partido Legitimista, PL) was a conservative Nicaraguan political party, the first in its country. The power base of the Legitimist Party was in
Granada
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. The Legitimists were opposed to the
Democrats.
After several years of civil war between the Legitimists and the
Democrats, a provisional government was established in June 1857 which had as its joint leaders the legitimist
Tomás Martínez
Tomás Martínez Guerrero (21 December 1820 – 12 March 1873) was the President of Nicaragua between 15 November 1857 and 1 March 1867. From 24 June 1857 to 19 October or 15 November 1857, he acted jointly as the 2nd President in a dual Junta ...
and the democrat
Máximo Jerez.
The Nicaraguan
Conservative Party
The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right.
Political parties called The Conservative P ...
defines itself as a continuation of the Legitimist Party and traces its history back to PLs foundation in 1823.
References
Sources
InfoPublications , International IDEA
1838 establishments in Nicaragua
1857 disestablishments in Nicaragua
Conservative parties in Nicaragua
Defunct political parties in Nicaragua
Political parties disestablished in 1857
Political parties established in 1838
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