National Action Party

The National Action Party (PAN) is a Mexican political party founded in 1939. Traditionally associated with the center-right, it became a major national opposition force and has governed Mexico.

Manuel Gómez Morín: A Mexican lawyer and politician who founded the National Action Party in 1939 and served as its first president. He organized the party as a durable political alternative to the ruling revolutionary establishment.
Vicente Fox: A Mexican politician who served as president from 2000 to 2006, the first PAN candidate to win the presidency. His victory brought PAN to the presidency and ended the PRI's uninterrupted rule.
Party system: The set of political parties in a country and the patterns of competition and cooperation among them. PAN's history is part of Mexico's shift from dominant-party rule to multiparty competition.
Party of the Democratic Revolution: A Mexican left-wing political party founded in 1989 from a coalition of dissidents and leftist groups. Its left-wing origins contrast with PAN's traditional center-right positioning.
Lázaro Cárdenas: A Mexican president from 1934 to 1940 whose land reform and nationalization policies reshaped the postrevolutionary state. His presidency formed part of the political context against which PAN emerged.
Mexican general election, 2000: The Mexican federal election in which Vicente Fox won the presidency and the PRI lost its national governing monopoly. It marked PAN's breakthrough from opposition party to national governing party.
National Electoral Institute: Mexico's autonomous public institution responsible for organizing federal elections and overseeing key electoral processes. Electoral administration reforms helped make contests involving PAN more competitive.
National Regeneration Movement: A Mexican political party founded in 2011 by supporters of Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Its newer governing movement competes with PAN from a different political and electoral tradition.
Catholic social teaching: A body of Catholic doctrine on social, economic, and political life, developed through papal statements and other church teaching. Its emphasis on social responsibility influenced early PAN ideology.
Mexican democratic transition: The gradual shift in Mexico from dominant-party rule toward competitive multiparty elections and alternation in power. PAN's electoral gains helped make national competition and alternation possible.

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