The Neuquén People's Movement is a provincial political party

Political party

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 in the province of Neuquén

Neuquén Province

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, Argentina

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The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag

Elías Sapag

Elías Canaán Sapag was a Lebanese-born Argentine politician, long-serving senator for Neuquén Province, founder of the Neuquén People's Movement and head of the locally influential Sapag family....

, Felipe Sapag

Felipe Sapag

Felipe Sapag was an Argentine politician, governor of Neuquén Province on five occasions and a leading figure in the Neuquén People's Movement and the locally influential Sapag family.-Life and times:...

 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 Senate

Argentine Senate

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 - Horacio Lores

Horacio Lores

Horacio Lores is an Argentine politician of the Neuquino People's Movement . He sits in the Argentine Senate representing Neuquén Province.Lores qualified as a doctor in 1964 from the University of Buenos Aires, specialising in public health...

, as well as the governor of Neuquén, Jorge Sapag

Jorge Sapag

Jorge Augusto Sapag is a politician and lawyer, a member of the Neuquino People's Movement and governor of Neuquén Province since 2007....

, son of Elías Sapag. Luz Sapag

Luz Sapag

Luz María Sapag was an Argentine politician, Mayor of the city of San Martín de los Andes and formerly a Senator representing the Neuquén Province under the aegis of the Neuquino People's Movement....

, Elías' daughter, is Mayor of San Martín de los Andes

San Martín de los Andes

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 and a former senator.

Jorge Sobisch

Jorge Sobisch

Jorge Omar Sobisch is an Argentine centre-right politician, formerly governor of Neuquén Province. He leads the Neuquén People's Movement and was a candidate for President of Argentina in 2007.-Biography:...

, son of Carlos Sobisch, was a candidate for the presidency of Argentina

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 at the 2007 elections, having been a high profile governor of Neuquén. Sobisch resigned the presidency of the MPN in December 2007. http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/ultimas/20-96457-2007-12-20.html http://www.neuquenonline.com/leer.asp?id=1827 The party has seen internal rivalry between the Sapag and Sobisch families, along a left-right political split.