Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)

The Popular Democratic Party —Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático (PPD)— is a political party that advocates for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government. Founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party, its founders defined the party as center-left in the ideological spectrum. In recent years however, its leaders describe the party as being centrist. The party was originally led by Luis Muñoz Marín, the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people of Puerto Rico, and is today led by David Bernier, an odontologist turned public servant.

Popular Democratic Party (Puerto Rico)

The Popular Democratic Party —Spanish: Partido Popular Democrático (PPD)— is a political party that advocates for maintaining the current political status of Puerto Rico as that of an unincorporated territory of the United States with self-government. Founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party, its founders defined the party as center-left in the ideological spectrum. In recent years however, its leaders describe the party as being centrist. The party was originally led by Luis Muñoz Marín, the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people of Puerto Rico, and is today led by David Bernier, an odontologist turned public servant.