National Democratic Reconciliation Party
{{Short description|Disbanded moderate-conservative party in Guatemala}}
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The National Democratic Reconciliation Party ({{langx|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.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 1959 and 1961 elections.
Ydígoras was removed from office by a 1963 coup, after which the party was disbanded.{{Cite web |last=Geyer |first=George Anne |date=2007-09-25 |title=U.S. Backed Guatemala Coup (1963) After Vote of Kennedy Aides |url=https://nacla.org/article/miami-herald-us-backed-guatemela-coup-1963-after-vote-kennedy-aides |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=Miami Herald |language=en}}
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Category:Banned political parties
Category:Defunct political parties in Guatemala
Category:Political parties established in 1950
Category:1950 establishments in Guatemala