Socialist Party of Peru

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Partido Socialista del Perú
Socialist Party of Peru
 
 
Leader Javier Diez Canseco
 
Founded 1930
Headquarters Lima, Perú
 
Ideology Socialism, Democratic socialism
International affiliation none
 
Website
[1] Official Website

Socialist Party of Peru (in Spanish: Partido Socialista del Perú) is a political party in Peru. It was founded in 1930 by Luciano Castillo y Colonna, through a split in the Peruvian Communist Party.

Today the party is led by Luis Mateo Muñoz. Its presidential candidate for the 2006 national election was Javier Diez Canseco. At the legislative elections held on 9 April 2006, the party won 1.2% of the popular vote but no seats in the Congress of the Republic.

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