President: | Alberto Espina |
Secretary-General: | Cecilia Pérez Jara |
Senate Leader: | Francisco Chahuán |
Founded: | 1989 |
Headquarters: | Avenue Antonio Varas 454, |
Youth wing: | JPN |
Ideology: | Nationalism, Conservatism, Capitalism |
Political position: | Center-Right |
Official colours: | Red & Blue |
Senate: | 8 / 72 |
Chamber of Deputies: | 21 / 176 |
The National Party of Chile (Span: Partido Nacional de Chile, or PN) is a secular conservative Chilean political party that is currently a member of the Alliance for Chile. Described as a center-right party committed to free-market capitalism, national unity, a robust professional military subservient to the executive branch, and strong government control of taxation and industrial policy, it has often been referred to as a "corporatist" party. It held the Presidency under Arturo Alessandri Besa from 1994-1998, and saw its membership in Congress decline during the 2000's as a result of the rising influence of the more centrist Christian Democrats and the moderation of the Gremialist Union over time.