Beloved Fatherland Party

Beloved Fatherland Party
Leader	Pedro Fadul
Founded	2002
Headquarters	Padre Cardozo 469, Asunción, Paraguay
Ideology	Conservatism, Liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, Paraguayan nationalism
Political position	Centre-right
Chamber seats	16 / 80
Senate seats	9 / 45
Website
www.patriaquerida.org
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The Beloved Fatherland Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Patria Querida, MPQ) is a political party in Paraguay.

History

Established in 2002, the party first contested national elections in 2003, when it won 10 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and seven in the Senate, becoming the joint third-largest party. Its presidential candidate Pedro Fadul received 21.9% of the popular vote.

In the 2008 elections it was reduced to three seats in the Chamber and four in the Senate, whilst Fadul won 2.5% of the vote in the presidential election.