Peruvian Democratic Movement | |
Native Name: | Movimiento Democrático Peruano |
Leader: | Manuel Prado Ugarteche |
Founder: | Manuel Cisneros Sánchez |
Foundation: | 1956 |
Dissolution: | 1981 |
Headquarters: | Lima, Peru |
Ideology: | Conservative liberalism Populism |
Position: | Centre-right |
Country: | Peru |
Peruvian Democratic Movement (Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP), originally named Pradist Democratic Movement (Spanish; Castilian: Movimiento Democrático Pradista, MDP), was a political party in Peru in 1956. The initiator of the party was Manuel Cisneros Sánchez. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was the leader of the party. Later, MDP took the name Movimiento Democrático Peruano. It governed Peru between 1956 and 1962.