Christian People's Party (Peru)

Christian People's Party
Partido Popular Cristiano
AbbreviationPPC
PresidentCarlos Neuhaus[1]
Secretary-GeneralClaudia Chirinos
Matilde Lozada
Javier Bedoya Denegri
FounderLuis Bedoya Reyes
FoundedDecember 18, 1966
Split fromChristian Democrat Party
Headquarters1484 Alfonso Ugarte Ave, Lima
Membership (2020)278,672 [2]
IdeologyChristian democracy
Christian humanism
Social conservatism
Subsidiarity
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Regional affiliationChristian Democrat Organization of America
Union of Latin American Parties[3]
International affiliationChristian Democrat International
International Democrat Union
Colors  Green
Seats in the Congress
0 / 130
Governorships
0 / 25
Regional Councillors
0 / 274
Province Mayorships
0 / 196
District Mayorships
0 / 1,874
Website
ppc.pe

The Christian People's Party (Spanish: Partido Popular Cristiano, PPC) is a centre-right and conservative political party based on the principles of Christian democracy. It was founded in 1966 by Christian Democratic Party dissidents, led by Luis Bedoya Reyes, at the time mayor of Lima.

Participating for the first time in elections in 1978, the PPC managed to solidify its presence in coastal urban areas throughout the 1980s, but it was not enough to win the Peruvian presidency, as Luis Bedoya Reyes placed third in both the 1980 and 1985 general elections. The 1990s saw the party experience an internal crisis while Fujimorism would dominate right-wing politics throughout the decade.

In 2000, the PPC's party registration was revoked by the National Jury of Elections under orders of the Fujimori administration. Recovering its registration in the aftermath of Fujimori's downfall, it became the dominant party of the National Unity coalition, placing third in both the 2001 and 2006 general elections under the candidacy of Lourdes Flores.

Following a series of political failures amid a more severe internal crisis throughout the 2010s, the PPC failed to overcome the electoral threshold at the 2021 general election, and lost its party registration for a second time at the National Jury of Elections.[4][5] The party is currently in the process of regaining its registration to participate in future election cycles.[6]

  1. ^ Redacción EC (2023-08-27). "Designan a Carlos Neuhaus como nuevo presidente del Partido Popular Cristiano (PPC)". El Comercio (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ^ "Infogob | Observatorio para la Gobernabilidad". Infogob. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  3. ^ "Partidos Miembros" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  4. ^ Ortiz Martínez, Sebastián (2021-04-13). "Una década de crisis en el PPC que se cierra con la pérdida de su inscripción". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  5. ^ Barboza Quiróz, Karem (2021-09-11). "Quince partidos políticos perdieron su inscripción: el difícil camino para volver a registrarse". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-27.
  6. ^ Redacción Willax TV (2023-06-14). "David Vera, dirigente del PPC: "Lourdes Flores está haciendo un trabajo monumental para la reinscripción"". Willax Televisión (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-06-27.

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