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Union of the Argentine People

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Union of the Argentine People
Unión del Pueblo Argentino
AbbreviationUdelPA
LeaderPedro Eugenio Aramburu (1962–1970)
FounderPedro Eugenio Aramburu
Founded1st: 2 January 1962
2nd: 24 August 1972
Dissolved1st: 28 June 1966 (prohibited)
2nd: 1987
Succeeded byPopular Federalist Alliance
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyConservatism
Militarism
Anti-Peronism
Political positionRight-wing
ColorsBlue

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.