- Beloved Fatherland Movement
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Beloved Fatherland Movement
Movimiento Patria QueridaLeader Pedro Fadul Founded 2002 Headquarters Padre Cardozo 469, Asunción, Paraguay Ideology Conservatism,
Liberal conservatism,
Christian democracy,
Paraguayan nationalismPolitical position Centre-right Chamber seats 16 / 80Senate seats 9 / 45Website www.patriaquerida.org Politics of Paraguay
Political parties
ElectionsThe 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
- ^ Nohlen, D (2005) Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II, p428 ISBN 9780199283583
Political parties in Paraguay 
Current parties Authentic Radical Liberal Party · Beloved Fatherland Movement · Colorado Party · Democratic Progressive Party · Departmental Alliance Boquerón · Left regroupment · National Union of Ethical Citizens · Paraguayan Communist Party · Paraguayan Humanist Party · Patriotic Alliance for Change (Revolutionary Febrerista Party · National Encounter Party · Party for a Country of Solidarity · Christian Democratic Party · Movement for Socialism · Broad Front · Progressive Democratic Party) · Popular Democratic Movement · Popular Movement Tekojoja · Revolutionary Socialist Party · Tetã Pyahu Movement · United Left (Partido Patria Libre · Workers' Party · Socialist Revolutionary Nucleus · April 19 Indigenous Movement · Paraguayan Socialist Party)Defunct parties Citizen's Force Movement · Liberal Party · National Christian Union · National Renewal Movement · Paraguayan Communist Party (Marxist-Leninist) · Radical Liberal Party · Unified Radical Liberal Party · United National Liberation FrontCategories:- Political parties in Paraguay
- Political parties established in 2002
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