Peruvian Democratic Movement

Peruvian Democratic Movement
Movimiento Democrático Peruano
LeaderManuel Prado Ugarteche
FounderManuel Cisneros Sánchez
Founded1956
Dissolved1981
HeadquartersLima, Peru
IdeologyConservative liberalism
Populism
Political positionCentre-right

Peruvian Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP), originally named Pradist Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Pradista, MDP), was a political party in Peru in 1956. The founder of the party was Manuel Cisneros Sánchez. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was the leader of the party, and was elected president in 1956. Later, MDP took the name Movimiento Democrático Peruano. It governed Peru between 1956 and 1962. In the 1962 election, the party supported the candidacy of American Popular Revolutionary Alliance candidate Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ "Partidos políticos: Movimiento Democrático Peruano-MDP". Centro de Documentación e Investigación.
  2. ^ Domínguez, Nicanor (21 June 2021). "¿Qué pasa con las elecciones en el Perú?". Notcias SER.
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