Beloved Fatherland Party
Beloved Fatherland Party Partido Patria Querida | |
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Leader | Pedro Fadul |
Founded | 2001 |
Registered | 4 March 2004 |
Headquarters | Padre Cardozo 469, Asunción, Paraguay |
Ideology | Conservative liberalism Civic nationalism |
Political position | Centre to centre-right |
Chamber of Deputies | 3 / 80 |
Senate | 3 / 45 |
Website | |
www.patriaquerida.org | |
The Beloved Fatherland Party (Spanish: Partido Patria Querida, PPQ) is a political party in Paraguay.
History
Established in 2001, the party first contested national elections in 2003,[1] 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.
References
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p428 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3