Unión Popular
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Popular Union
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| President of the National Board of Directors | Luis Fernández |
| Political leader | Eduardo Duhalde |
| Founded | December 17, 1955 |
| Headquarters | Belgrano 690 General Rodríguez, Argentina |
| Ideology |
Christian democracy Peronism Centrism |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Justicialist Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International (aligned) |
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Unión Popular (English: Popular Union) is a political party in Argentina rooted in Peronism and a current of Justicialist Party. Established by Juan Atilio Bramuglia as both a contingency for Peronists displaced by the 1955 military coup against the populist President Juan Perón, it became a "neo-Peronist" alternative to the exiled leader's line, and subsequently, an alternative to the successive dominant factions in the Justicialist Party. The UP re-emerged as a political force during the 2011 elections, when it was adopted as a vehicle by Eduardo Duhalde ahead of the Federal Peronist primaries on August 14.
The Popular Union was established as a result of the violent overthrow of President Juan Perón on September 19, 1955. Its founder was Juan Atilio Bramuglia. Bramuglia was a labor lawyer and chief counsel for the Unión Ferroviaria, the most powerful in the CGT umbrella labor union in the 1930s and 1940s. Following a nationalist military coup in June 1943, he joined other CGT leaders in alliance that sought a role within the new government. The principal ally in the government would be the new Labor Secretary, Colonel Juan Perón. This support helped make Perón the "power behind the throne" by 1944, and resulted in his election as President in 1946. Bramuglia would be appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, though ultimately, opposition to him by the influential First Lady, Eva Perón, led to his resignation in 1949.
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