Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño (English: Puerto Rican Statehood Party) [1948 - 1952] was a political party in Puerto Rico that existed from 1948 to 1952.[1] The party resulted when Partido Unión Republicana Progresista ceased to exist in 1948, renaming itself as "Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño."[2] Its president was Celestino Iriarte.[3] Partido Estadista Puertorriqueño dissolved in 1952 when, once again, it changed names "to return to its roots" and renamed itself as Partido Estadista Republicano,[4] the party founded by Jose Celso Barbosa in 1899.[5]
