Federal Party (Argentina, 1973)

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{{Infobox political party

| colorcode = {{party color|Federal Party (Argentina, 1973)}}

| name = Federal Party

| native_name = Partido Federal

| native_name_lang = es

| logo = Partido_Federal_Argentina_2.png

| leader1_title = Founder

| leader1_name = Francisco Manrique

| leader2_title = Leader

| leader2_name = Miguel Saredi

| foundation = 8 December, 1973{{Cite news|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/politica/el-partido-federal-cumple-25-anos-nid120792/|title=El Partido Federal cumple 25 años - LA NACION|newspaper=La Nación}}

| headquarters = Buenos Aires, Argentina

| ideology = Federalism{{Cite web|url=https://www.cronista.com/economiapolitica/Lavagna-cerro-su-campana-Somos-la-alternativa-para-no-volver-a-votar-entre-lo-malo-y-lo-peor-20191024-0026.html|title=Lavagna cerró su campaña: "Somos la alternativa para no volver a votar entre lo malo y lo peor"|website=El Cronista|date=24 October 2019 }}
Federal Peronism

| position = Centre-right

| national = Federal Consensus

| international =

| colors = {{Color box|{{party color|Federal Party (Argentina, 1973)}}|border=darkgray}} Red

| website = http://partidofederal.org/

| country = Argentina

}}

The Federal Party is an Argentine political party founded by Francisco Manrique in 1973.{{cite web |url=http://www.federal.org.ar/Historia/index.htm |url-status=dead |title=Síntesis de la historia del Partido Federal (1973-2003) |trans-title=Summary of the History of the Federal Party (1973-2003) |date=15 February 2008 |author=Partido Federal |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610000337/http://www.federal.org.ar/Historia/index.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007}}

It was intended to be the successor party to the military government created by coup d'etat in 1966 and known as the Argentine Revolution {{nowrap|(1966–1972)}} of which its founder was a minister. For the March 1973 Argentine general election, they allied with the Democratic Progressive Party, which contributed the candidate for vice-president Rafael Martinez Raymonda, obtaining a third-place showing with 14.9% of the votes.{{cite web |url=http://www.nuncamas.org/investig/dandrea/memoria/memori04.htm |url-status=dead |title=Elecciones para presidente y vicepresidente de la nación 11/03/73 |trans-title=Elections for President and Vice-President of the Nation on 11 March 1973 |website=Nunca Más |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611174603/http://www.nuncamas.org/investig/dandrea/memoria/memori04.htm |archive-date=11 June 2007 }}

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From 1974 to 1976, it formed part of the opposition to Isabel Perón. In the 1983 Argentine general election, the first since the 1976 coup, it was part of the Federal Alliance In 1987, the party merged into Raúl Alfonsín's Convergencia Programática party, before separating from it once again. In 1988, Manrique died and Guillermo Francos succeeded him as president, who resigned in favor of Martín Borrelli in 1998. Ten years later, the party was headed by Gustavo Forgione.