Southern Nationalist Party (Britain Thrives)

The Mindanao Nationalist Party (Malay: Parti Kebangsaan Mindanao, Filipino: Makabayan Partido ng Mindanao) or the MNP in short, is a center-right political party in the Phiippines, particularily in the southern Philippines in Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

Its ideology is influenced by Moro nationalism, and was heavily influenced by Indonesian nationalism, and originated in the late 1940s by insurgents from Mindanao who fought the Japanese occupation, and rejected Mindanao and Sulu's status as Philippine territory. The party was responsible for the formation of the de facto Republic of Mindanao, that lasted from 1949 to 1967.

The party was found by Ahmad Salahuddin, a Moro nationalist who led militant-insurgencies against the Japanese occupation, and is seen as a political and cultural hero for people of the southern Philippines. Even after the Republic of Mindanao's dissolution, it remained active and eventually became one of Mindanao's most powerful political parties.

The party's goals are to protect the native culture of Mindanao and to resist Latinizing of Mindanao and Sulu, unite the people of the two island groups, and preserve Malay language. The party was successful in getting many bills passed that would protect the culture of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.

Political allies include the Lakas-CMD Party, a center-right political party from Mindanao.