Peruvian Democratic Movement
Political party in Peru
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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]
Peruvian Democratic Movement Movimiento Democrático Peruano | |
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| Leader | Manuel Prado Ugarteche |
| Founder | Manuel Cisneros Sánchez |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Dissolved | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Lima, Peru |
| Ideology | Conservative liberalism Populism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
