National Unity (Peru)
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National Unity (Spanish: Unidad Nacional) is a Peruvian right-wing political party.
National Unity was founded in 2000 by Lourdes Flores Nano and is considered Peru's third largest party. The party participated in the 2001 presidential election, on 8 April 2001, when its candidate, Lourdes Flores Nano, won 24.3% of the vote. At the legislative elections held on the same day, the party won 13.8% of the popular vote and 17 out of 120 seats in the Congress of the Republic.
The Party itself is a loose alliance of other political parties, most significantly the Christian People's Party (Partido Popular Cristiano), National Solidarity (Solidaridad Nacional) and National Renewal (Renovación Nacional).
National Solidarity's leader Luis Castañeda Lossio ran for mayor of Lima in 2002 under National Unity's banner, defeating the incumbent Alberto Andrade, from Somos Perú and a former Christian People's Party member himself.
The Party participated in the 2006 national election on 9 April, and was again headed by Lourdes Flores Nano. As of April 12 2006 it is unclear if National Unity would have won the elections.