Progressive Liberal Party (Guatemala)

The Progressive Liberal Party was a political party in Guatemala.^[8] 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 Economic liberalism[1][2] Liberalism[3] Nationalism[1] Anti-communism[1][4][5][6] Fascism[7] Federalism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
Politics of Guatemala Political parties Elections

The party, led by Jorge Ubico won the 1931 general election unopposed.^[9][10]

Electoral history

Presidential elections

Election	Candidate	Votes	%	Result
1922	Jorge Ubico		5%	Lost N
1926	Jorge Ubico	36,940	11.39%	Lost N
1931	Jorge Ubico	305,841	100%	Elected Y

Legislative Assembly elections

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

Presidents of Guatemala

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