National Autonomist Party

National Autonomist Party
Partido Autonomista Nacional
AbbreviationPAN
Historical leadersJulio Argentino Roca (first)
Victorino de la Plaza (last)
FounderNicolás Avellaneda, Adolfo Alsina
Founded15 March 1874
Dissolved1916 (de facto)
31 July 1931 (de jure)
Merger ofPartido Autonomista (1862)
National Party
Succeeded byDemocratic Party
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyLiberalism
Conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Secularism
Positivism
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
ColorsLight blue and white

The National Autonomist Party (Spanish: Partido Autonomista Nacional; PAN) was the ruling political party of Argentina from 1874 to 1916.

In 1880, Julio Argentino Roca assumed the presidency under the motto "peace and administration".