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Leader: | Pedro Eugenio Aramburu (1962–1970) |
Union of the Argentine People | |
Native Name: | Unión del Pueblo Argentino |
Abbreviation: | UdelPA |
Founder: | Pedro Eugenio Aramburu |
Foundation: | 1st: 2 January 1962 2nd: 24 August 1972 |
Dissolution: | 1st: 28 June 1966 (prohibited) 2nd: 1987 |
Successor: | Popular Federalist Alliance |
Headquarters: | Buenos Aires |
Ideology: | Conservatism Militarism Anti-Peronism |
Position: | Right-wing |
Colors: | Blue |
Country: | Argentina |
The Union of the Argentine People was an Argentine Right-wing political party founded in 1962 by Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, aiming to establish an antiperonist centrist alternative. Led by him and in a coalition with the Democratic Progressive Party, it could reach the third place in 1963 Presidential election, getting 17.81% of the votes. The party was dissolved by the 1966 Coup, which declared the abolition of all political parties. Though the party had a rebirth in 1972, the assassination of Aramburu and the lack of a strong leadership forced them to merge in a coalition with the Popular Federalist Alliance, led by ex-Navy Captain Francisco Manrique.