The Nationalist Party (Partido Nacionalista, PN) was a Panamanian small radical nationalist [1] , personalistic political party.
The Nationalist Party was created in 1961[2] by Aquilino Boyd prior to the 1964 elections after he had lost control of the Third Nationalist Party. [3]
Aquilino Edgardo Boyd de la Guardia, a member of one of the old ruling families and oligarch, he served as foreign minister of Panama (1956-58), permanent representative to the United Nations (1962-76), member of National Assembly for five terms (1948-52, 1956-60, 1960-64, 1964-68, 1968-69), President of the National Assembly (1949). [4] He was one of leaders of the National Patriotic Coalition, in 1959 founded the Third Nationalist Party. [5]
In 1964 PN allied with the National Opposition Union UNO) and its candidate Marco Aurelio Robles. [6]
The PN was abolished by the Electoral Tribunal in 1964. [7]
Aquilino Boyd was one of the first wave of civilian politicians to make peace with the military dictatorship (1968-1989) and who in his capacity as a diplomat and foreign minister played a key role in the negotiations that led to the 1977 Panama Canal Treaties. [8] He served as foreign minister of Panama (1976-77), permanent representative to the United Nations (1985-89, 1997-99), ambassador to the United States (1982-85) and to the United Kingdom (1994-97). [9] In 1979 he became one of leaders of the Liberal Party. He was the COLINA nominee for Second Vice-President of the Panama in 1989. [10]