The Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista, PN) was a Panamanian small radical nationalist , personalistic political party. The Nationalist Party was created in 1961 by Aquilino Boyd prior to the 1964 elections after he had lost control of the

Third Nationalist Party The Third Nationalist Party (in Spanish: ''Tercer Partido Nacionalista'', TPN) was a Panamanian conservative, radical nationalist political party. The Third Nationalist Party was founded in 1959 by Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia (a member of ...

. Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia, a member of one of the old ruling families and oligarch, he served as foreign minister of

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(1956–58), permanent representative to the

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(1962–76), member of National Assembly for five terms (1948–52, 1956–60, 1960–64, 1964–68, 1968–69), President of the National Assembly (1949). He was one of leaders of the

National Patriotic Coalition The National Patriotic Coalition (in Spanish: ''Coalición Patriótica Nacional'', CPN) was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party. It was founded in advance of the election of 1952 to support the presidential aspirations of Colonel ...

, in 1959 founded the

. In 1964 PN allied with the

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UNO) and its candidate

Marco Aurelio Robles Marco Aurelio Robles Méndez (8 November 1905, in Aguadulce – 14 April 1990, in Miami) was President of Panama from October 1, 1964 to September 30, 1968. He studied at the University of Panama and at the Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * ...

. The PN was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in 1964. Aquilino Boyd was one of the first wave of civilian politicians to make peace with the military dictatorship (1968–1989) and who in his capacity as a diplomat and foreign minister played a key role in the negotiations that led to the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties. He served as foreign minister of

(1976–77), permanent representative to the

(1985–89, 1997–99), ambassador to the

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(1982–85) and to the

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(1994–97). In 1979 he became one of leaders of the

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. He was the COLINA nominee for Second Vice-President of the

in 1989. The May 7, 1989 Panamanian Elections. International Delegation Report. 1989. Pp. 36. (http://www.cartercenter.org/documents/electionreports/democracy/FinalReportPanama1989.pdf)

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{{Reflist Political parties established in 1964 Defunct political parties in Panama Panamanian nationalism Banned political parties