National Democratic Front (Peru)

National Democratic Front Frente Democrático Nacional
Abbreviation	FREDENA
Leader	José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
Founded	3 June 1944
Dissolved	27 October 1948
Ideology	Reformism Christian democracy Social democracy
Political position	Centre-left to feft-wing
Politics of Peru Political parties Elections

National Democratic Front (in Spanish: Frente Democrático Nacional) was a political coalition in Peru that was founded in 1944 in Arequipa 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.[1]

The coalition was largely conformed by the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA), proscribed at the time to participate electorally.[2] 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.[3]

Upon Manuel Odría’s successful coup d’état in October 1948 against Bustamante’s presidency, the coalition ceased to exist.[4]

References

1. Las Joyas de Arequipa (26 March 2020). "José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, el intelectual arequipeño más brillante del Siglo XX". Arequipa Misti Press (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
2. Iriarte, José Antonio (12 February 2024). "El APRA y su lucha por la libertad, por José Antonio Torres Iriarte". El Reporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
3. Portocarrero, Gonzalo. "Frente Democrático Nacional: Una promesa frustada" (PDF). Repositorio PUCP (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2024.
4. "Manuel Arturo Odría: El dictador afortunado". El Comercio (in European Spanish). 20 November 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2024. 120 years after his birth, an X-ray of Manuel Odría, one of the most controversial characters in our history.