Revolutionary Democratic Front
Revolutionary Democratic Front Frente Democrático Revolucionario | |
|---|---|
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| Leader | Guillermo Ungo |
| Founded | April 18, 1980 |
| Dissolved | October 5, 1987 |
| Merger of | |
| Succeeded by | Democratic Convergence (El Salvador) |
| Youth wing | Young Communists of El Salvador |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Far-left |
The Revolutionary Democratic Front (Spanish: Frente Democrático Revolucionario, FDR) was a coalition of mass organizations in El Salvador. It was aligned with the FMLN guerrilla movement in the Salvadoran Civil War. The FDR was formed in 1980, through the merger of the Salvadoran Democratic Front and the Revolutionary Mass Coordination, itself an alliance of the People's Revolutionary Bloc, the People's Liberation Movement, the February 28 Popular Leagues, the Unified Popular Action Front, and the Union of Democratic Nationalists.[1] In 1987, the constituent organizations rebranded as the Democratic Convergence Party[2] and participated in politics legally for the first time in the 1991 election, receiving 12.16% of the vote.[3]
References
- ^ "FDR: Un nuevo frente para un nuevo El Salvador" [RDF: A new front for a new El Salvador] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ "Guerra civil en El Salvador y esfuerzos para alcanzar la paz" [Civil war in El Salvador and efforts to achieve peace] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 August 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
- ^ Nohlen, Dieter (2005). Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume I. p. 284. ISBN 978-0-19-928357-6.
