National Party of Honduras

National Party of Honduras
Partido Nacional de Honduras
AbbreviationPNH
PresidentFátima Juárez[1]
Secretary-GeneralMario Pineda
Founded27 February 1902; 121 years ago
HeadquartersComayagüela
Youth wingNationalist Youth (Juventud Nacionalista)
IdeologyConservatism
Social market economy[2]
Christian democracy[2]
Political positionCentre-right[6] to right-wing[9]
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International (observer)
Regional affiliationUnion of Latin American Parties
Christian Democrat Organization of America
Colours  Blue
Anthem
"Estandartes Azules"[10]
"Blue Guidons"
National Congress
44 / 128
Election symbol
Seal of the National Party of Honduras
Party flag
Website
www.partidonacional.hn

The National Party of Honduras (PNH; Spanish: Partido Nacional de Honduras) is a conservative political party in Honduras founded on 27 February 1902, by Manuel Bonilla Chirinos. Historically it has been one of the two most influential parties in the country. The party's platform is based on Christian humanist doctrine,[2] and its five main principles are common wealth, dignity of the human person, equality, solidarity and subsidiarity.

Since the foundation of the National Party, Honduras has had 13 PNH presidents. Manuel Bonilla was the first (1903–1907), and the most recent is the president, Juan Orlando Hernández who served from 2014 to 2022. The party was the ruling directive of the National Congress from 2009 to 2022 and currently holds mayoralties of most of the country's municipalities.[11]

  1. ^ "Fátima Juárez, Nueva Presidenta del Partido Nacional". La Prensa (in Spanish). 24 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Declaration of Principles" (PDF). www.tse.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Honduras: Background and U.S. Relations". Congressional Research Service. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2021. Honduras's traditional two-party political system, dominated by the Liberal (Partido Liberal, PL) and National (Partido Nacional, PN) Parties, has fractured over the past decade. Both traditional parties are considered to be ideologically center-right, and political competition between them generally has been focused more on using the public sector for patronage than on implementing programmatic agendas.
  4. ^ "Factbox: Proposals of main parties in Honduras presidential election". Reuters. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2021 – via www.reuters.com.
  5. ^ "Honduras election: Army given more powers to quash unrest". BBC News. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. ^ [3][4][5]
  7. ^ Schepers, Emile (20 December 2017). "Honduras still in turmoil after election results; right-wing consolidates coup". People's World. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Postcard from Honduras: On the Eve of the Election". The New Yorker. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. ^ [7][8]
  10. ^ "Declaration of Principles" (PDF). www.tse.hn (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 February 2022. El Himno del Partido es el denominado ESTANDARTES AZULES y debe ejecutarse en todos los actos políticos oficiales del partido.
  11. ^ "Tribunal Supremo Electoral". siede.tse.hn. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2016.