Beloved Fatherland Movement

Beloved Fatherland Movement
Movimiento 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
Chamber seats
16 / 80
Senate seats
9 / 45
Website
www.patriaquerida.org
Politics of Paraguay
Political parties
Elections

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,[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 9780199283583