The National Democratic Reconciliation Party ( es, 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 General José Miguel Ramón Ydígoras Fuentes (17 October 1895 – 27 October 1982) was the conservative President of Guatemala from 1958 to March 1963. He was also the main challenger to Jacobo Árbenz during the 1950 presidential election. He ...

.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 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

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and 1961 elections. Ydígoras was removed from office by a 1963 coup, after which the party was disbanded.

References

{{Authority control Defunct political parties in Guatemala Political parties established in 1950 1950 establishments in Guatemala Political parties disestablished in 1963 1963 disestablishments in Guatemala