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Political party in Argentina
Neuquén People's Movement Movimiento Popular Neuquino
PresidentJorge Sobisch
Founded4 June 1961
HeadquartersNeuquén, Argentina
IdeologyRegionalism
Peronism
Third Way
Political positionCentre-left
International affiliationNone
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
3 / 257
Seats in the Senate1 / 72

The Neuquén People's Movement (Template:Lang-es) is a provincial political party in the province of Neuquén, Argentina.

The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag, Felipe Sapag and his brothers, Peronists who had been discriminated against by the military government. It began on 4 June 1961 and has held the Neuquén governorship and many of the local and national legislative positions since then.

At the legislative elections of 23 October 2005 the party won two of the 127 elected national deputies (out of 257). It has one of the three Neuquén senators in the Argentine SenateHoracio Lores, as well as the governor of Neuquén, Jorge Sapag, son of Elías Sapag. Luz Sapag, Elías' daughter, is Mayor of San Martín de los Andes and a former senator.

Jorge Sobisch, son of Carlos Sobisch, was a candidate for the presidency of Argentina at the 2007 elections, having been a high profile governor of Neuquén. Sobisch resigned the presidency of the MPN in December 2007. The party has seen internal rivalry between the Sapag and Sobisch families, along a left-right political split.

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