Nationalist Liberal Party

Nationalist Liberal Party
Partido Liberal Nacionalista
AbbreviationPLN
PresidentAnastasio Somoza García (first)
Anastasio Somoza Debayle (last)
FounderAnastasio Somoza García
Founded1928 (1928)
DissolvedJuly 20, 1979 (1979-07-20)
Preceded byLiberal Party
HeadquartersManagua
IdeologyNominal:
Liberalism
De facto:
Authoritarianism
National conservatism
Personalism
Somocismo
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
Colors   Red and Blue
Party flag

The Nationalist Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Nacionalista, PLN) was a political party in Nicaragua.

When Anastasio Somoza García took power in 1936, the party aligned itself with the United States and other caudillos in Latin America, like Rafael Trujillo, Oswaldo López Arellano, and Fulgencio Batista.

From 1936 to 1979, the office of President of Nicaragua was held by members of the Nationalist Liberal Party. When the first phase of the Nicaraguan Revolution was won by the FSLN, the PLN was dissolved by the new government. Many Somoza loyalists later supported or joined Contras rebel groups.