National Pro Patria Party

The National Party of the Fatherland[9] (Spanish: Spanish: Partido Nacional Pro-Patria), usually named National Pro Patria Party, was a Salvadoran nationalist and authoritarian political party founded in 1931 by General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez to support his policies and rule, and establish a one party system, effectively banning all political parties except for Pro Patria, eliminating all competition in election and membership recruiting.

National Party of the Fatherland
Partido Nacional Pro-Patria
LeaderMaximiliano Hernández Martínez
Founded1931 (1931)
Dissolved1944 (1944)
Preceded byNational Republican Party
HeadquartersSan Salvador, El Salvador
IdeologyFascism[1][2]
Anti-communism[3][4][5]
Conservatism[6]
Agrarian oligarchy[7][8]
Political positionFar-right
Slogan"Paz, Orden, Justicia, y Probidad"
(English: "Peace, Order, Justice, and Probity")

Electoral history

Presidential elections
Election Party candidate Votes % Result
1935 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez 329,555[10] 100% Elected Y
1939 210,810[10] 100% Elected Y
1944 100% Elected Y

Legislative Assembly elections
Election Party leader Votes % Position Seats +/– Outcome
1932 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez Election canceled
1936 1st
42 / 42
 42 Sole legal party
1939 210,810 100% 1st
42 / 42
 Sole legal party
1944 1st
42 / 42
 Sole legal party

PNPP Presidents of El Salvador
No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

 Elected Term of office
Took office Left office Time in office
1
(–)		 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
(1882–1966)		 — 4 December 1931 28 August 1934 2 years, 267 days
2
(–)		 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
(1879–1962)		 — 28 August 1934 1 March 1935 185 days
3
(30)		 Maximiliano Hernández Martínez
(1882–1966)		 1935
1939
1944		 1 March 1935 9 May 1944 9 years, 69 days
4
(–)		 Andrés Ignacio Menéndez
(1879–1962)		 — 9 May 1944 20 October 1944 164 days

References
  1. Carmelo Francisco esmeralda Astilla (1976). "The Martinez Era: Salvadoran-American Relations, 1931-1944". Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.
  2. Dunkerley, James (1998). British documents on foreign affairs : reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. University Publications of America. ISBN 978-1-55655-673-9. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  3. Luna, David (2000). University of El Salvador (ed.). Analisis de una dictadura fascista latinoamericana. Maximiliano Hernandez Martinez, 1931-1944.
  4. Wood, Andrew G. (2014). Oxford University Press (ed.). Agustin Lara: A Cultural Biography. p. 99. ISBN 9780199892464.
  5. Leonard, Thomas M.; Bratzel, John F. (2007). Rowman & Littlefield (ed.). Latin America During World War II. p. 9. ISBN 9780742537415.
  6. Middlebrook, Kevin J. (2000). Johns Hopkins University Press (ed.). Conservative Parties, the Right, and Democracy in Latin America. p. 175. ISBN 9780801863851.
  7. Peñate, Oscar Martínez (2003). El Salvador Sociologia General. p. 88. ISBN 9789992380031.
  8. Dimas, Roldán (2013). Xlibris Corporation (ed.). El Ultimo Latido de una Madre. p. 44. ISBN 9781483699448.
  9. Lauria-Santiago, Aldo; Binford, Leigh (2004). University of Pittsburgh Press (ed.). Landscapes of Struggle: Politics, Society, and Community in El Salvador. p. 60. ISBN 9780822972549.
  10. "Elections and Events 1935–1969". Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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