People's National Party
People's National
Party Piipl’s Nashinal Paati | |
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| Abbreviation | PNP |
| Leader | Mark Golding |
| President | Mark Golding |
| Chairperson | Angela Brown-Burke |
| Secretary | Dayton Campbell |
| Founders | Norman Manley |
| Founded | 1938 |
| Headquarters | Kingston, Jamaica |
| Youth wing | People's National Party Youth Organization |
| Ideology | Social democracy Republicanism Historically: Democratic socialism Left-wing populism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL West Indies Federal Labour Party (1957–1962) |
| International affiliation | Socialist International |
| House of Representatives | 14 / 63 |
| Senate | 8 / 21 |
| Local Government | 115 / 228 |
| Parish Councils | 6 / 13 |
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| Website | |
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The People's National Party (PNP) (PNP; Jamaican Patois: Piipl’s Nashinal Paati) is a social democratic political party in Jamaica, founded in 1938 by Norman Washington Manley who served as party president until his death in 1969. It holds 14 of the 63 seats in the House of Representatives, as 96 of the 227 local government divisions. The party is democratic socialist by constitution.
The party is a member of COPPPAL and a full member of Socialist International. 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.