National Democratic Party (El Salvador)
National Democratic Party Partido Nacional Democrático | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PND |
| Founder | Alfonso Quiñónez Molina |
| Founded | Mid-1918 |
| Dissolved | 6 September 1927 |
| Headquarters | San Salvador, El Salvador |
The National Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Democrático, abbreviated PND) was a Salvadoran political party that existed from 1918 to 1927. The party held power from 1918 to 1927 in a time period of El Salvador known as the Meléndez–Quiñónez dynasty. El Salvador was called a "coffee republic" during the reign of the PND due to the country's heavy reliance on coffee exports. The party ruled as the country's sole political party.
Its paramilitary wing from 1918 to 1923 was the Red League. President Pío Romero Bosque dissolved the party on 6 September 1927 as a part of his efforts to democratize El Salvador.