National Democratic Front (in Spanish

Spanish language

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: Frente Democrático Nacional) was a political party

Political party

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 in Peru

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 that was founded in 1945 in Arequipa

Arequipa

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 by Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente. Future president Fernando Belaúnde Terry

Fernando Belaúnde Terry

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 was also present during the party's foundation. The party later formed an alliance with APRA and the Peruvian Communist Party

Peruvian Communist Party

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, an alliance which led to the triumph of Dr. José Luis Bustamante y Rivero becoming president the same year.