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Partido Popular Democrático

Popular Democratic Party
Partido Popular Democrático
President David Bernier
Vice President Brenda López de Arrarás
Senate Minority Leader Eduardo Bhatia
Senate Minority Whip Jose Luis Dalmau
Founded July 22, 1938; 78 years ago (1938-07-22)
Split from Liberal Party
Headquarters Puerta de Tierra, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Ideology Social liberalism
Pro-Commonwealth
Political position Center
National affiliation Democratic Party
International affiliation None
Colors      Red
Slogan "Unidad, trabajo, prosperidad"
"Unity, work, prosperity"
Anthem "Jalda Arriba" (Johnny Rodriguez)
Seats in the Senate
7 / 30
Seats in the House of Representatives
16 / 51
Municipalities
45 / 78
Website
ppdpr.net

The Popular Democratic PartySpanish: 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. The party was founded in 1938 by dissidents from the Puerto Rican Liberal Party and the Unionist Party and originally promoted policies on the center-left. In recent years, however, the party leaders have described the party as being centrist.

The PPD played a significant role in the history of Puerto Rico. In the early 1950s, the party held a majority in the delegation convened to draft the Constitution of Puerto Rico. Once the constitution was ratified, the document was proclaimed by the party's leader and co-founder, Luis Muñoz Marín—who, in doing so, became the first Puerto Rican governor elected by the people of Puerto Rico. The party afterward ruled all branches of the Puerto Rican government for 36 of the past 64 years, establishing many of the institutions that permeate Puerto Rican society today.

Today, the party is one of the two major parties in Puerto Rico with significant political strength. It holds more than half of the seats of mayors in the municipalities of Puerto Rico and minorities in the Senate and the House. Its last governor was Alejandro García Padilla who governed the island from 2013–2017 under a government trifecta.


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