National Democratic Front (in
Spanish: ''Frente Democrático Nacional'') was a
political coalition
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in
Peru
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that was founded in 1944 in
Arequipa
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by Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente in order to launch the presidencial campaign of
José Luis Bustamante y Rivero for the
1945 general election.
The coalition was largely conformed by the
Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA), proscribed at the time to participate electorally. The party ran under the banner of the ''People’s Party'' within the coalition, alongside the
Peruvian Communist Party and an array of intellectuals rallying around Bustamante.
Upon
Manuel Odría’s successful
coup d’état in October 1948 against Bustamante’s presidency, the coalition ceased to exist.
References
{{Peruvian political parties
Defunct political parties in Peru
Political parties established in 1945