National Democratic Front (Peru)
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National Democratic Front Frente Democrático Nacional | |
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| Abbreviation | FREDENA |
| Leader | José Luis Bustamante y Rivero |
| Founded | 3 June 1944 |
| Dissolved | 27 October 1948 |
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National Democratic Front (in Spanish: Frente Democrático Nacional) was a political coalition in Peru that was founded in 1944 in Arequipa by ultraconservative Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente[1] in order to launch the presidencial campaign of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero for the 1945 general election.[2]
The initial coalition comprised APRA, the far-right Reformist Democratic Party and the fascist Revolutionary Union party, ultimately excluding the Peruvian Communist Party.[1][3] The party ran under the banner of the People's Party within the coalition, with an array of intellectuals rallying around Bustamante.[4]
Upon Manuel Odría's successful coup d'état in October 1948 against Bustamante's presidency, the coalition ceased to exist.[5]
