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Abbreviation | PNP |
Leader | Mark Golding |
President | Mark Golding |
Chairperson | Angela Brown-Burke |
Secretary | Dayton R. Campbell |
Founders | Norman Manley |
Founded | 1938 |
Headquarters | Kingston, Jamaica |
Youth wing | People's National Party Youth Organization |
Ideology | Social democracy Republicanism[1] |
Political position | Centre-left[2][3] |
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International affiliation | Socialist International (observer)[4] |
House of Representatives | 14 / 63 |
Senate | 8 / 21 |
Local Government | 115 / 228 |
Parish Councils | 6 / 13 |
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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.