Peruvian Democratic Movement

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Peruvian Democratic Movement Movimiento Democrático Peruano

Leader	Manuel Prado Ugarteche
Founder	Manuel Cisneros Sánchez
Founded	1956
Dissolved	1981
Headquarters	Lima, Peru
Ideology	Conservative liberalism Populism
Political position	Centre-right
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Politics of Peru


Constitution
Executive President of Peru Keiko Fujimori Vice Presidents of Peru Luis Galarreta (1st) Miki Torres (2nd) Prime Minister of Peru Luis Galarreta Cabinet Ministries
Legislature Congress of the Republic President of the Senate Miki Torres 1st Vice President of the Senate Alejandro Muñante 2nd Vice President of the Senate Nilza Chacón 3rd Vice President of the Senate Edgar Mancha President of the Chamber of Deputies Óscar de Jesús Reto Otero 1st Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Analí Márquez 2nd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Harvey Colchado 3rd Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies José Yataco
Judiciary Supreme Court of Justice of the Republic Chief Justice Janet Tello Gilardi Ministry of Justice and Human Rights Minister: Ernesto Álvarez Miranda Superior Courts of Justice Courts of First Instance Courts of Peace
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Administrative divisions First level 24 departments, 1 constitutional province and 1 special regime province (25 regional governments and 1 Metropolitan Municipality) Second level 196 provinces (Provincial municipalities) Third level 1874 districts (District municipalities) Fourth level 2859 populated centres Judicial 34 Judicial districts of Peru
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Peruvian Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Peruano, MDP), originally named Pradist Democratic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento Democrático Pradista, MDP), was a political party in Peru in 1956. The founder of the party was Manuel Cisneros Sánchez. Manuel Prado y Ugarteche was the leader of the party, and was elected president in 1956. Later, MDP took the name Movimiento Democrático Peruano. It governed Peru between 1956 and 1962. In the 1962 election, the party supported the candidacy of American Popular Revolutionary Alliance candidate Víctor Raúl Haya de la Torre.^[1]^[2]