Christian People's Party

It was founded in 1966 by Christian Democratic Party (DC) dissidents, led by Luis Bedoya Reyes, at the time mayor of Lima.

Participating for the first time in elections in 1978, the PPC managed to solidify its presence in coastal urban areas throughout the 1980s, but it was not enough to win the Peruvian presidency, as Luis Bedoya Reyes placed third in both the 1980 and 1985 general elections. The 1990s saw the party experience an internal crisis while Fujimorism would dominate right-wing politics throughout the decade.

In 2000, the PPC's party registration was revoked by the National Jury of Elections under orders of the Fujimori administration. Recovering its registration in the aftermath of Fujimori's downfall, it became the dominant party of the National Unity coalition, placing third in both the 2001 and 2006 general elections under the candidacy of Lourdes Flores.

Following a series of political failures amid a more severe internal crisis throughout the 2010s, the PPC failed to overcome the electoral threshold at the 2021 general election, and lost its party registration for a second time at the National Jury of Elections.

The party attained its re-registration on 11 May 2024, and its projected to participate in the National Unity coalition for the 2026 general election with Roberto Chiabra as the coalition's presumptive presidential nominee.

PPC is a centre-right and conservative political party based on the principles of Christian democracy.

President: Carlos Neuhaus Tudela (since 14 September 2023)