National Democratic Front (Peru)
{{Infobox political party
| country = Peru
| colorcode = #DC143C
| name = National Democratic Front
| native_name = Frente Democrático Nacional
| abbreviation = FREDENA
| logo =
| leader = José Luis Bustamante y Rivero
| foundation = 3 June 1944
| dissolution = 27 October 1948
| position = Centre-left to left-wing
| ideology = Reformism
Christian democracy
Social democracy
}}
{{Politics of Peru}}
National Democratic Front (in Spanish: Frente Democrático Nacional) was a political coalition in Peru that was founded in 1944 in Arequipa by Manuel J. Bustamante de la Fuente in order to launch the presidencial campaign of José Luis Bustamante y Rivero for the 1945 general election.{{Cite web|title=José Luis Bustamante y Rivero, el intelectual arequipeño más brillante del Siglo XX|url=https://arequipamistipress.com/2020/03/26/jose-luis-bustamante-y-rivero-el-intelectual-arequipeno-mas-brillante-del-siglo-xx/|date=26 March 2020|access-date=20 August 2024|website=Arequipa Misti Press|language=es|last=Las Joyas de Arequipa}}
The coalition was largely conformed by the Peruvian Aprista Party (APRA), proscribed at the time to participate electorally.{{Cite web|title=El APRA y su lucha por la libertad, por José Antonio Torres Iriarte|url=https://elreporte.pe/2024/02/12/el-apra-y-su-lucha-por-la-libertad-por-jose-antonio-torres-iriarte|date=12 February 2024|access-date=20 August 2024|website=El Reporte|language=es|first=José Antonio|last=Iriarte}} The party ran under the banner of the People’s Party within the coalition, alongside the Peruvian Communist Party and an array of intellectuals rallying around Bustamante.{{Cite web|title=Frente Democrático Nacional: Una promesa frustada|url=https://repositorio.pucp.edu.pe/index/bitstream/handle/123456789/200262/69.%20Frente%20Democr%C3%A1tico%20Nacional%2c%20%20una%20promesa%20frustada.%2030%20d%C3%ADas.pdf?sequence=1|date=|access-date=20 August 2024|website=Repositorio PUCP|language=es|first=Gonzalo|last=Portocarrero}}
Upon Manuel Odría’s successful coup d’état in October 1948 against Bustamante’s presidency, the coalition ceased to exist.{{cite news|title=Manuel Arturo Odría: El dictador afortunado|url=https://elcomercio.pe/eldominical/articulos-historicos/manuel-arturo-odria-dictador-afortunado-149426-noticia/|access-date=20 August 2024|work=El Comercio|date=20 November 2016|language=es-ES|quote=120 years after his birth, an X-ray of Manuel Odría, one of the most controversial characters in our history.}}