PAN

Reference works place it on the right of the Mexican spectrum and describe it as Christian democratic. Jorge Romero Herrera has led it since 2024. It holds 72 of 500 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 of 128 in the Senate, and is named in the race for the largest party in the 2027 Mexican legislative election.

History

The party was founded in 1939 by Manuel Gómez Morín, emerging from Catholic student activism and intellectual circles that opposed the state's growing power and socialist education policy. In 2000 Vicente Fox won the presidency for PAN, the first opposition victory in 71 years, and Felipe Calderón followed from 2006 to 2012; Calderón, the son of a PAN founder, later left to create his own party. PAN lost the presidency in 2012, 2018 and 2024. After the 2024 elections it holds 72 Chamber seats, 22 Senate seats and 4 of 32 governorships.

Positions

Wikipedia places PAN on the right of the Mexican spectrum, advocating free enterprise, small government and privatization, and describes it as Christian democratic and centre-right to right-wing. The party opposes abortion and has been cautious on LGBT rights, though Wikipedia notes a gradual move toward greater acceptance of same-sex marriage and protections against discrimination.

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