The Progressive Liberal Party was a political party in Guatemala.[6] It had a nationalistic and liberal ideology. It was founded in 1922, and dissolved in 1944.
Progressive Liberal Party Partido Liberal Progresista | |
---|---|
Leader | Jorge Ubico Castañeda (1922–1944) Federico Ponce Vaides (1944) |
Founded | 1922 |
Legalised | 1925 |
Dissolved | 1944 |
Split from | Liberal Party |
Headquarters | Guatemala City |
Ideology | Ubicoism Liberalism[1][2] Nationalism[1] Anti-communism[1][3][4][5] |
Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
The party, led by Jorge Ubico won the 1931 general election unopposed.[7][8]
Election | Candidate | Votes | % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1922 | Jorge Ubico | 5% |
Lost | |
1926 | Jorge Ubico | 36,940 | 11.39% |
Lost |
1931 | Jorge Ubico | 305,841 | 100% |
Elected |
Election | Votes | % | Position | Seats | +/– | Status in legislature |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1923 | 0% | 2nd | 0 / 69
|
0 | Opposition | |
1925 | 506 | 12.73% | 2nd | 0 / 69
|
0 | Opposition |
1926 | 36,940 | 11.39% | 2nd | 5 / 69
|
5 | Opposition |
1927 | 0% | 2nd | 0 / 69
|
5 | Opposition | |
1929 | 15.28% | 2nd | 6 / 69
|
6 | Opposition | |
1931 | 305,841 | 100% | 1st | 69 / 69
|
63 | Government |
1935 | 100% | 1st | 69 / 69
|
0 | Government | |
1944 | 44,571 | 91.84% | 1st | 5 / 5
|
64 | Government |
No. | President | Term start | Term end | Term length | Vice President | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 (21) |
Jorge Ubico (1878–1946) |
14 February 1931 | 1 July 1944 | 13 years, 138 days | Vacant | ||
2 (–) |
Juan Federico Ponce Vaides (1889–1956) |
1 July 1944 | 20 October 1944 | 111 days | Vacant |
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