People's National Movement
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People's National Movement
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| Leader | Dr. Keith Rowley |
| Chairperson | Franklin Khan |
| Founded | 22 June 1955 |
| Headquarters | Balisier House 1 Tranquility Street Port of Spain |
| Newspaper | MAGNUM |
| Ideology |
Social liberalism Civic nationalism Trinbago nationalism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
| Colors | Red |
| House of Representatives |
23 / 41
(7 September 2015–Present) |
| Regional municipalities |
81 / 137
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| Regional corporations |
7 / 14
(28 November 2016–Present) |
| Tobago House of Assembly |
10 / 12
(23 January 2017-Present) |
| Election symbol | |
| Balisier flower | |
| Website | |
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http://www.pnmtt.org http://www.visionpnm.com/ |
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The People's National Movement (PNM) is the present-day governing political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Founded in 1955 by Eric Williams, it won the 1956 General Elections and went on to hold power for an unbroken 30 years. After the death of Williams in 1981 George Chambers led the party. The party was defeated in the 1986 General Elections, losing 33–3 to the National Alliance for Reconstruction (NAR). Under the leadership of Patrick Manning, the party returned to power in 1991 following the 1990 attempted coup by the Jamaat al-Muslimeen, but lost power in 1995 to the United National Congress (UNC). The PNM lost again to the UNC in the 2000 General Elections, but a split in the UNC forced new elections in 2001. These elections resulted in an 18–18 tie between the PNM and the UNC, and President Arthur N. R. Robinson appointed Manning as Prime Minister. Manning was unable to elect a Speaker of the House of Representatives, but won an outright majority in new elections held in 2002 and again in 2007, before losing power in 2010. It returned to power in 2015 under their leader, Keith Rowley winning 23 of the 41 seats in the 2015 General Elections.
The party symbol is the balisier flower (Heliconia bihai) and the Party's political headquarters is known as the "Balisier House" located in Port of Spain .
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