New Progressive Party Partido Nuevo Progresista | |
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President | Jenniffer Gonzalez |
Secretary | Hiram Torres Montalvo |
Founded | August 20, 1967 |
Split from | Republican Statehood Party |
Headquarters | San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Membership (2020) | 297,998[1] |
Ideology | |
Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[10] |
Colors | Blue, white |
Seats in the Senate | 19 / 28 |
Seats in the House of Representatives | 36 / 53 |
Municipalities | 37 / 78 |
Seats in the U.S. House | 0 / 1 |
Website | |
https://pnppr.com/ | |
The New Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Nuevo Progresista, PNP) is a political party in Puerto Rico that advocates for statehood.[3][4] The PNP is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength and currently holds the seat of the governor and a majority in both legislative houses.
The party is primarily contrasted by two other political parties: the Popular Democratic Party (PPD), which advocates maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government, and the smaller Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP), which advocates for the independence of Puerto Rico.[a][b]
In national/mainland politics, members are split, with some party members affiliating with the Republican Party and some with the Democratic Party,[12] although the PNP tends to be seen as slightly more conservative than the PPD overall.[6]
The party traces its history back to 1967. In that year, the Partido Estadista Republicano instructed its members to not participate in a referendum on statehood held that year. Unhappy with the mandate, several dissidents left the Statehood Party and founded the PNP afterwards.[12]
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