The Constitutional Party (Spanish: Partido Constitucional) was a political party in Peru. The party was founded in 1886 by Andrés Avelino Cáceres, a national hero from the War of the Pacific. The party was an expression of the nationalist and military oligarchy, in addition to the biggest landowners and the Catholic Church.

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Constitutional Party
Partido Constitucional
Historical leadersAndrés Avelino Cáceres,
Remigio Morales Bermúdez
Founded1886 (1886)
Dissolved1896 (1896)
HeadquartersLima
IdeologyNationalism
Cácerism
Conservatism
Political positionRight-wing
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The Constitutional Party formed an agreement with the Civilista Party to arrest the Democratic Party's advancement, causing a civil war in 1895.[1] However, after the end of civil war in 1896, the party was ousted from power and dissolved.[2]

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