National Democratic Front (in
Spanish: ''Frente Democrático Nacional'') was a
political coalition in
Peru that was founded in 1944 in
Arequipa
Arequipa (; Aymara and qu, Ariqipa) is a city and capital of province and the eponymous department of Peru. It is the seat of the Constitutional Court of Peru and often dubbed the "legal capital of Peru". It is the second most populated city ...
by
ultraconservative Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente.
Future president
Fernando Belaúnde Terry was also present during the party's foundation. The initial coalition comprised
APRA APRA or Apra may refer to:
Places
*Apra, Punjab, a census town city in Jalandhar District of Punjab, India
* Apra Harbor, the main port of Guam
Acronyms
* American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana), a Peruvi ...
, the far-right
Reformist Democratic Party and the
fascist
Fascism is a far-right, Authoritarianism, authoritarian, ultranationalism, ultra-nationalist political Political ideology, ideology and Political movement, movement,: "extreme militaristic nationalism, contempt for electoral democracy and pol ...
Revolutionary Union party, ultimately excluding the
Peruvian Communist Party.
The alliance led to the triumph of ultraconservative
José Luis Bustamante y Rivero becoming president the same year.
References
Defunct political parties in Peru
Political parties established in 1945
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing
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