Beloved Fatherland Party

Beloved Fatherland Party
Partido Patria Querida
Leader Pedro Fadul
Founded 2002
Headquarters Padre Cardozo 469, Asunción, Paraguay
Ideology Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy
Paraguayan nationalism
Political position Centre-right
International affiliation Christian Democrat Organization of America (observer)
Website
www.patriaquerida.org

The Beloved Fatherland Party (Spanish: Partido Patria Querida, PPQ) is a political party in Paraguay.

History

Established in 2002, 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

  1. ↑ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p428 ISBN 978-0-19-928358-3
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