It was founded by Rear Admiral Alberto Teisaire, who was later elected as Vice President of Argentina.
[1] The Independent Party was one of three political parties backing Perón's 1946 candidacy, alongside the Labour Party and the Junta Renovadora Radical Civic Union (a faction of the Radical Civic Union).
The three political parties delegated their joint coordination to a "National Board of Political Coordination", presided by Juan Atilio Bramuglia.
It was initially decided the three parties would coexist as part of the governing coalition, with the Labour Party (to which Perón belonged) as senior coalition partner.
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