Peruvian Democratic Movement
Political party in Peru
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.
Sources and credits
This article is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Peruvian Democratic Movement”, written by its contributors and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Fathomly has changed the layout, removed citation markers, navigation and maintenance notices, and adjusted punctuation. This adapted version is shared under the same license. For references, see the original article.
Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- Movimiento Democrático Peruano emblema.png by Aspíllaga, Public domain
Fathomly is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Wikimedia Foundation. Spotted a problem? Tell us.
01Social Base
The members of the Prado Democratic Movement came from powerful economic sectors such as the large landowners of northern Peru, banking, industry, and companies linked to transnational groups. Some of its leaders also held diplomatic posts. For example, Manuel Cisneros Sánchez was ambassador to Spain and Javier Ortiz de Zevallos to Panama . The latter was also a member of the Constituent Assembly, First Vice President, and senator, in all cases representing the Peruvian Democratic Movement. The support of Carlos Miró Quesada was also important. He was not a member of the party, but he did support Prado's presidential candidacy through the newspaper El Comercio and was a leading figure of conservatism and anti-APRA sentiment at the time.