{{Infobox political party | name = National Convergence Front | native_name = Frente de Convergencia Nacional | logo = Simbolo FCN Nación.png | logo_size = 150px | colorcode = {{party color|National Convergence Front}} | leader = | president = Jimmy Morales | general_secretary = Javier Alfonso Hernández Franco | foundation = 7 January 2008 | dissolved = 8 January 2024<ref>{{cite web |title= ¡Quedan fuera! TSE cancela 11 partidos políticos |url=https://www.soy502.com/articulo/oficial-tse-notifico-cancelacion-estos-partidos-101567 |website=Soy502 |access-date= 8 January 2024 |language=es |date= 8 January 2024}}</ref> | ideology = Conservatism<ref>{{Cite news |author1=Deborah Bonello |author2=Anna-Cat Brigida |title=Runoff expected in Guatemala race as ex-president waits in a military jail |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=6 September 2015 |url=https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-guatemala-election-president-20150906-story.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-06/guatemalans-prepare-for-polls/6752944 |title=Comedian Jimmy Morales frontrunner in Guatemalan election as former president Otto Perez sits in jail |work=ABC News |date=6 September 2015}}</ref><br>Nationalism<ref>{{Cite news |title=Celebrity outsider leads in Guatemalan election, second place open |work=DPA International |date=8 September 2015 |url=http://www.dpa-international.com/news/international/celebrity-outsider-takes-lead-in-guatemala-elections-a-46523439.html }}{{dead link|date=February 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br/>Christian right<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/09/guatemala-abortion-punishment-bans-same-sex-marriage|title = Guatemala increases punishment for abortions and bans same-sex marriage|work = The Guardian|date = 9 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/09/world/americas/guatemala-abortion-prison.html|title = Guatemalan Women Face Up to 10 Years in Prison Under New Abortion Law|work = The New York Times|date = 9 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220309-guatemala-congress-ramps-up-prison-sentence-for-abortion-bans-gay-marriage|title = Guatemala Congress ramps up prison sentence for abortion, bans gay marriage|work = France24|date = 9 March 2022}}</ref> | position = Right-wing<ref>{{Cite news |author=Orlando Perez |title=What happens now in Guatemala? |work=LatinAmericaGoesGlobal |date=8 September 2015 |url=http://latinamericagoesglobal.org/2015/09/what-happens-now-in-guatemala/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2015/09/150907_perfil_jimmy_morales_guatemala_lb |title=Jimmy Morales, el comediante conservador que podría ser presidente de Guatemala |work=BBC Mundo |date=7 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/decision-libre-2015/jimmy-morales-el-comediante-que-quiere-ser-un-presidente-serio |author=Henry Morales |title=Jimmy Morales, el comediante que quiere ser un presidente serio |newspaper=Prensa Libre |date=4 September 2015}}</ref> to far-right<ref name="wola">{{Cite web|url=https://www.wola.org/es/analisis/congreso-guatemala-proyecto-ley-de-aministia/|title=En desafío a las sentencias judiciales, los líderes del Congreso guatemaltecos impulsan un proyecto de ley de amnistía|date=October 2, 2019|work=Washington Office on Latin America|language=spanish}}</ref> | headquarters = | website = [http://www.fcnnacion.com/ www.fcnnacion.com] | country = Guatemala | colors = {{Color box|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}|border=darkgray}} Blue <!--| seats1_title = Seats in Congress | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|160|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}--> }}
The '''National Convergence Front''' ({{langx|es|Frente de Convergencia Nacional}}, FCN–Nación) was a right-wing political party in Guatemala.<ref>[http://www.dw.com/es/guatemala-ente-electoral-ordena-cancelar-el-partido-del-presidente-morales/a-44213657 Guatemala: ente electoral ordena cancelar el partido del presidente Morales]</ref>
==History== The party was established on 7 January 2008. It was initiated by a group of retired army officers, including veterans of Guatemalan Civil War, affiliated with the Military Veterans Association of Guatemala ''AVEMILGUA''.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Steven Dudley |title=Guatemala Votes for Military-backed Candidate |work=InSightCrime |date=7 September 2015 |url=http://www.insightcrime.org/news-analysis/guatemala-elections-military-backed-candidate-jimmy-morales}}</ref> FCN did not nominate a presidential candidate in the 2011 general elections, but contested the Congressional elections, receiving 0.5% of the vote and failing to win a seat.<ref>[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/g/guatemala/guatemala20112.txt Republic of Guatemala: Legislative elections of 11 September 2011] Adam Carr</ref> In March 2013, the party chose the popular comic TV actor Jimmy Morales as its General Secretary.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/nombran-comediante-jimmy-morales-como-secretario-general-fcn |title=Nombran al comediante Jimmy Morales como secretario general de FCN |work=Emisoras Unidas |date=10 March 2013 |access-date=15 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313183318/http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/nombran-comediante-jimmy-morales-como-secretario-general-fcn |archive-date=13 March 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
Morales was the party's presidential candidate in the 2015 elections, which he won after receiving the largest vote share in the first round (24%) and then beating former first lady Sandra Torres in the run-off with 67% of the vote. In the Congressional elections the FCN received the fifth-highest vote share (9%), winning 11 of the 158 seats.<ref>[http://www.prensalibre.com/guatemala/congresistas-sealados-son-reelectos Congresistas señalados son reelectos] Prensa Libre, 8 September 2015</ref>
FCN's head of the national list was Édgar Justino Ovalle Maldonado who is considered to be Jimmy Morales' "right-hand man". He commanded counter-insurgency operations in the Ixil Community in the early 1980s during which several massacres against the Ixil Mayas took place.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://cmiguate.org/la-mano-derecha-de-jimmy-un-oficial-de-operaciones-contrainsurgentes/ |title=La mano derecha de Jimmy: un oficial de operaciones contrainsurgentes |date=4 September 2015 |publisher=Centro de Medios Independientes (CMI)}}</ref> The violence against the Ixil was acknowledged as a genocide by the Supreme Court of Guatemala, but is denied by Jimmy Morales.<ref name="Tico">{{Cite news |url=http://www.ticotimes.net/2015/06/10/in-guatemala-anti-establishment-presidential-candidate-benefits-from-corruption-scandals |author=Louisa Reynolds |title=In Guatemala, anti-establishment presidential candidate benefits from corruption scandals |newspaper=The Tico Times |date=10 June 2015}}</ref>
==Election results== ===President=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center ! rowspan=2 | Election ! colspan=2 | Candidate ! colspan=2 | First round ! colspan=2 | Second round ! rowspan=2 | Status |- ! President ! Vice President ! Votes ! % ! Votes ! % |- |2011||colspan=7|''Did not participate'' |- |2015||Jimmy Morales||Jafeth Cabrera||1,152,394||23.99%||2,751,058||67.44%||{{yes|Won}} |- |2019||Estuardo Galdámez||Betty Marroquín Silva||180,983||4.12%||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||{{no2|Lost}} |- |2023||Sammy Morales||Miguel Moir||21,971||0.53%||{{N/A}}||{{N/A}}||{{no2|Lost}} |}
===Congress=== {| class=wikitable style=text-align:center !Election !Votes !% !Seats !+/– !Status |- |2011||23,272||0.53 (#14)||{{Composition bar|0|158|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}||New||{{No|Extra-parliamentary}} |- |2015||403,086||8.84 (#5)||{{Composition bar|11|158|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}||{{increase}} 11||{{yes2|Government}} |- |2019||211,453||5.23 (#5)||{{Composition bar|8|160|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}||{{decrease}} 3||{{partial2|External support}} |- |2023||28,827||0.69 (#23)||{{Composition bar|0|160|{{party color|National Convergence Front}}}}||{{decrease}} 8||{{No|Extra-parliamentary}} |}
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==External links== *{{official website|http://www.fcnnacion.com/}} {{in lang|es}} {{Guatemalan political parties}}
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