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People's National Party

For other uses, see Peoples National Party (disambiguation).

People's National Party
AbbreviationPNP
LeaderMark Golding
PresidentMark Golding
ChairpersonAngela Brown-Burke
SecretaryDayton R. Campbell
FoundersNorman Manley
Founded1938
HeadquartersKingston, Jamaica
Youth wingPeople's National Party Youth Organization
IdeologySocial democracy
Republicanism[1]
Political positionCentre-left[2][3]
Regional affiliation
International affiliationSocialist International (observer)[4]
House of Representatives
14 / 63
Senate
8 / 21
Local Government
115 / 228
Parish Councils
6 / 13
Website
pnp.org.jm
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The People's National Party (PNP) is a social-democratic[5][6][7] political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969.[8][9][10] It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives,[11] as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.[12]

The party is a member of COPPPAL and a full member of Socialist International.[4] From 1957 to 1962, the party was a member of the West Indies Federal Labour Party in the Federal Parliament of the West Indies Federation.

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  2. ^ Jean Grugel (1 January 1995). Politics and Development in the Caribbean Basin: Central America and the Caribbean in the New World Order. Indiana University Press. p. 117. ISBN 0-253-20954-4.
  3. ^ Europa Publications (2 September 2003). Political Chronology of the Americas. Routledge. pp. 140–. ISBN 978-1-135-35653-8.
  4. ^ a b "Member Parties of the Socialist International". Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  5. ^ Freedom House (1 November 2011). Freedom in the World 2011: The Annual Survey of Political Rights and Civil Liberties. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 342–. ISBN 978-1-4422-0994-7.
  6. ^ M. Keith Booker (2005). Encyclopedia of Literature and Politics: A-G. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-313-32939-5.
  7. ^ John Girling (26 November 2010). America and the Third World: Revolution and Intervention. Routledge. pp. 196–. ISBN 978-1-136-85882-6.
  8. ^ "People's National Party | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
  9. ^ "Caribbean Elections | People's National Party". Archived from the original on 27 November 2021. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Norman Washington Manley – Jamaica Information Service".
  11. ^ Parliament of Jamaica
  12. ^ "Constitution of the People's National Party". Retrieved 28 January 2013.

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