The National Patriotic Coalition (in Spanish: Coalición Patriótica Nacional, CPN) was a Panamanian conservative nationalist political party. It was founded in advance of the election of 1952 to support the presidential aspirations of Colonel José Antonio Remón Cantera, head of the National Police.Its six original members were the Renewal Party (PREN), Liberal Party “del Matadero” (PL), National Revolutionary Party (PNR), Authentic Revolutionary Party (PRA), (PUP) and (FJP).In 1953 the CPN, a coalition of several parties, was reorganized as a single party. It was the government party during José Antonio Remón Cantera's presidency and continued to be one of the principal parties until the late 1960s.