The French Agrarian and Peasant Party (french: Parti agraire et paysan français, PAPF) was a French political party founded in 1927 during the
French Third Republic
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. The PAPF was founded on a
corporatist
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,
right-wing populist
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and
agrarian program. However, the PAPF divided into a left-wing and right-wing, with the party's "left" founding the
Republican, Social and Agrarian Party led by the PAPF's sole deputy in 1932, Louis Guillon (
Vosges
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). The right-wing, which remained known as the PAPF, was led by
Pierre Mathé (
Côte-d'Or
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(CNI), which exists to this day (though much weaker than in the past).
See also
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Liberalism and radicalism in France
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Sinistrisme
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Defunct political parties in France
Political parties of the French Third Republic
Right-wing parties in France
Defunct agrarian political parties
Political parties established in 1927
1927 establishments in France