Democratic Revolutionary Party (Partido Revolucionario Democrático)
Leader	Martín Torrijos
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Founded	March 11, 1979
Headquarters	Mexico Avenue and 27th street Azteca Building
Political ideology	social democratic
International affiliation	Socialist International
Website	http://www.prd.com.pa (Under construction)

The Democratic Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Democrático, or PRD) is a Panamanian political party. It was founded in 1979 by Omar Torrijos Herrera, and is generally described as a party of the centre-left of the political spectrum. Image File history File links Prd_flag. ... Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino (born 18 July 1963, in Panama City) is a Panamanian politician and the current President of Panama. ... March 11 is the 70th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (71st in Leap year). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... Omar Efraín Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 – August 1, 1981) was a Panamanian army officer and the leader of Panama from 1968 to 1981. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ...

This party was associated since its creation with the military regime that ruled Panama since the military coup of 1968. With the death of Omar Torrijos, the situation in the country deteriorated under the rule of Manuel Noriega until the US military invasion in December 20, 1989. Omar Torrijos Omar Torrijos Herrera (February 13, 1929 - August 1, 1981) was a Panamanian army officer and military ruler of Panama from 1968 to 1981. ... Manuel Antonio Noriega Moreno (born February 11, 1938) was a Panamanian general and the de facto military leader of Panama from 1983 to 1989. ... December 20 is the 354th day of the year (355th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Since democracy was restored, the PRD has shown a great deal of organization skills and is the biggest political party of the country. The party has to carry the stigma of being the party created by the military regime, but has become a really democratic party by making primaries for all its candidates, a strategy not followed at first by its opponents, but that helped a great deal on the party's biggest electoral victory on 2004. Since then, its opponents are following these primary strategies too. The Republic of Panama held a general election on Sunday, 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly. ...

In May 2004, Panama's presidential election was won by Martín Torrijos of Patria Nueva – an electoral alliance between the PRD and the smaller People's Party (PP). At the last legislative elections, 2 May 2004, the party won itself 37.8 % of the popular vote and 41 out of 78 seats. Torrijos won the same day at the presidential elections 47.4 % of the vote and was elected. 2004 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Deaths in May • 28 Gerald Anthony • 27 Umberto Agnelli • 22 Richard Biggs • 20 Len Murray • 17 Tony Randall • 17 Ezzedine Salim • 9 Alan King • 9 Akhmad Kadyrov • 8(?) Nick Berg • 7 Waldemar Milewicz Other recent deaths Ongoing... The Republic of Panama held a general election on Sunday, 2 May 2004, electing both a new President of the Republic and a new Legislative Assembly. ... Martín Erasto Torrijos Espino (born 18 July 1963, in Panama City) is a Panamanian politician and the current President of Panama. ... The Peoples Party (Partido Popular, formerly known as the Christian Democrati Party of Panama) was founded in the early 1960s. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Elections in Panama gives information on election and election results in Panama. ...

The PRD also won the first post-invasion democratic elections in 1994, when the winner was Ernesto Pérez Balladares Ernesto Perez Balladares Gonzalez Revilla (born June 29, 1946 in Panama City, Panama) was the President of Panama between 1994 and 1999. ...