A popular movement is a type of group action also called a

social movement A social movement is a loosely organized effort by a large group of people to achieve a particular goal, typically a social or political one. This may be to carry out a social change, or to resist or undo one. It is a type of group action and may ...

. People's Movement or Popular Movement may also refer to a number of political parties: *

Algerian Popular Movement The Algerian Popular Movement (french: Mouvement Populaire Algérien; ber, Amussu Agdudan Azzayri; ar, الحركة الشعبية الجزائرية) is a social democratic Berber political party in Algeria. The party, which had been previously ...

(', founded 2013) *

People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola The People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola ( pt, Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola, abbr. MPLA), for some years called the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola – Labour Party (), is an Angolan left-wing, social de ...

(', MPLA, founded 1956) *

Barbuda People's Movement The Barbuda People's Movement is a centre-left Barbudan nationalist political party in Antigua and Barbuda. History The party first contested a general election in 1989, in which they won a single seat.Nohlen, D (2005) ''Elections in the Americ ...

, Antigua and Barbuda (founded 1989) * Argentina: **

Catamarca Popular Movement The Catamarca Popular Movement () is a provincial political party from the Argentine Province of Catamarca, founded in 1971 by the Ob/Gyn physician Ignacio Joaquín Avalos (1933-2007). From his extensive knowledge of his province and its inhabitan ...

(', founded 1971) **

Fueguian People's Movement The Fueguian People's Movement (; MOPOF) is a provincial political party in the Tierra del Fuego Province of Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern ...

(', founded 1985) **

Neuquén People's Movement The Neuquén People's Movement ( es, Movimiento Popular Neuquino, MPN) is a Peronist provincial political party in Neuquén, Argentina. The party was founded by, amongst others, Carlos Sobisch, Elías Sapag, Felipe Sapag and his brothers, Peron ...

(', founded 1961) *

People's Electoral Movement (Aruba) The People's Electoral Movement ( nl, Electorale Volksbeweging, pap, Movimiento Electoral di Pueblo, MEP) is a social democratic political party in Aruba. following the 2001 general election for the Parliament of Aruba the party won 52.4% of ...

(', MEP, founded 1971) *

People's Progressive Movement (Barbados) The People's Progressive Movement was a political party in Barbados. It first contested national elections in 1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U ...

(1956-1966) *

Cameroon People's Democratic Movement The Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM; french: Rassemblement démocratique du Peuple Camerounais, RDPC) is the ruling political party in Cameroon. Previously known as the Cameroonian National Union, which had dominated Cameroon politic ...

(CPDM, French: ', RDPC, renamed 1985) *

People's Progressive Movement (Cayman Islands) The People's Progressive Movement is a political party in the Cayman Islands currently headed by Roy McTaggart. History The People's Progressive Movement was founded in 2002. The founding members of the Party, which included Parliamentarians ...

(founded 2002) *

People's Movement against the EU The People's Movement against the EU ( da, Folkebevægelsen mod EU) is a political association in Denmark against the European Union. It was founded in 1972 as a cross-party campaign platform for a 'no' vote in Denmark's referendum on EEC members ...

, Denmark (', founded 1972) * People's Movement for Justice and Welfare, Denmark (', founded 2006) *

Democratic People's Movement The Democratic People's Movement ( es, link=no, Movimiento Popular Democrático, MPD) was the electoral wing of the Marxist-Leninist Communist Party of Ecuador (affiliated with the ICMLPO-U&S) and a political party in Ecuador since 1978. At th ...

, Ecuador (', MPD, founded 1978 *

Patriotic People's Movement (Finland) Patriotic People's Movement ( fi, Isänmaallinen kansanliike, IKL, sv, Fosterländska folkrörelsen) was a Finnish nationalist and anti-communist political party. IKL was the successor of the previously banned Lapua Movement. It existed from 19 ...

(', IKL, 1932-1944) * France: **

Popular Republican Movement The Popular Republican Movement (french: Mouvement Républicain Populaire, MRP) was a Christian-democratic political party in France during the Fourth Republic. Its base was the Catholic vote and its leaders included Georges Bidault, Robert Sc ...

(', MRP, 1944-1967) **

Union for a Popular Movement The Union for a Popular Movement (french: link=no, Union pour un mouvement populaire, ; UMP, ) was a centre-right political party in France that was one of the two major contemporary political parties in France along with the centre-left Social ...

(', UMP, 2002-2015) *

People's Labour Movement The People's Labour Movement (abbreviated PLM; initially as Democratic Labour Party (DLP)) was a political party in Grenada founded by Francis Alexis. It was one of the oldest political parties of Grenada. It became defunct after the 2008 electi ...

, Grenada *

Popular Movement in Iraq The Popular Movement in Iraq ( ar, الحراك الشعبي في العراق) or the ''Sunni Popular Movement'', or just ''Popular Movement,'' or ''Hirak'' is a Sunni political movement in Iraq. The spokesperson for the movement is Sheikh Moha ...

('' / '', founded 2011) *

Popular Movement (Italy) The Popular Movement (''Movimento Popolare'') was an Italian political organization within the Christian Democracy (DC) party. It was founded in 1975 by Roberto Formigoni and other members of the Catholic group Communion and Liberation. It cease ...

(', 1975-1994) *

People's Movement (Ireland) , image = Peoplemovement-logo.jpg , formation = , type = NGO , motto = "''Ar son an fhlaithis, an daonlathais agus na córa sóisialta''" ("''For sovereignty, democracy and social justice''") , headquarters = 25 Shan ...

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People's Movement of Kosovo The People's Movement of Kosovo () was a political party in Kosovo active after the Kosovo War, having originally been founded as a political movement of Albanian nationalists in 1982. Despite participating in several elections in autonomous Kosov ...

(', LPK, 1982-2013) *

People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan People's Movement of Kyrgyzstan is an electoral alliance formed on September 22, 2004 in Kyrgyzstan. President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was chosen as the movement's Chairman at the alliance's November 5 founding congress. It was created to contest the Fe ...

(2004-2005) *

People's Movement (Lebanon) The People's Movement of Lebanon (PML, ar, حركة الشعب ''Harakat Al-Shaeb'', Arabic acronym HSB) is a democratic leftist political party with no seats in the Lebanese Parliament. The party's founder, Najah Wakim, won parliamentary represe ...

('' / '', founded 2000) *

People's Progressive Movement (Malawi) The People's Progressive Movement (PPM) is a political party in Malawi. At the elections of 20 May 2004, its candidate for president Aleke Banda won 2.5% and the party was part of the Mgwirizano Coalition, that won 27 out of 194 seats. Aleke B ...

Malaysian People's Movement Party The Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia ( en, Malaysian People's Movement Party, commonly abbreviated as GERAKAN or less commonly as PGRM) is a liberal political party in Malaysia. Formed in 1968, Gerakan gained prominence in the 1969 general electio ...

, Malaysia (', founded 1968) *

Popular Movement (Morocco) The Popular Movement ( ar, الحركة الشعبية; zgh, ⴰⵍⵃⴰⵔⴰⴽⴰ ⴰⵛⵛⴰⵄⴱⵉⵢⴰ; french: Mouvement populaire) is a royalist and traditionalist rural-focused political party in Morocco. It is a member of Liberal ...

(Arabic: '' / '', French: ', founded 1957) * two multi-party movements in Nepal: **

People's Movement I (1990) The 1990 People's Movement ( ne, २०४६ जनआन्दोलन, 2046 Jana Andolan) was a multiparty movement in Nepal that brought an end to absolute monarchy and the beginning of constitutional monarchy. It also eliminated the Panch ...

('' / '') **

2006 democracy movement in Nepal The 2006 Democracy Movement ( ne, text=लोकतन्त्र आन्दोलन, translit=Loktantra Āndolan) is a name given to the political agitations against the direct and undemocratic rule of King Gyanendra of Nepal. The movement ...

, also known as ''People's Movement II'' or ''Jana Andolan II'' *

People's Movement (New Zealand) The People's Movement was a political party in New Zealand. It was active in the late 1930s and early 1940s, and was individualist in outlook. It campaigned for a reduction in the size of government, a reform of the civil service, a limit on the po ...

(1930s-1940s) *

People's Democratic Movement The People's Democratic Movement is a political party in Papua New Guinea. It was founded by Paias Wingti in 1985, after his faction left the Pangu Party. Wingti served as prime minister from 1985 to 1988 and from 1992 to 1994. He was later repla ...

, Papua New Guinea (founded 1985) *

People's Movement Party The People's Movement Party ( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary nominally centre-right Christian democratic, national-conservative political party in Romania. History The PMP was created as a political founda ...

, Romania (', MP, founded 2013) *

People's Movement for the State People's Movement for the State ( sr-cyrl, Народни покрет за државу, Narodni pokret za državu, abbr. NPZD) is an announced political movement in Serbia. It was initiated by Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia and f ...

, political movement in Serbia * Trinidad and Tobago: **

People's National Movement The People's National Movement (PNM) is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Trinidad and Tobago. The party has dominated national and local politics for much of Trinidad and Tobago's history, contesting all elections sinc ...

(founded 1955) ***

Tobago Council of the People's National Movement The Tobago Council of the People's National Movement (PNM), also known as the Tobago Council of the PNM, PNM Tobago or PNM Tobago Council is the longest-serving and oldest active political party in Tobago. The party is the autonomous branch of t ...

(founded 1998) **

People's Popular Movement The People's Popular Movement was a political party in Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinida ...

(1986) *

People's Movement (Tunisia) The People's Movement or Echaab Movement ( ar, حركة الشعب, Harakat Echaab; french: Mouvement du peuple) is a political party in Tunisia. It is a secularist, social democratic, Nasserist and Arab nationalist party founded in April 2011 ...

, founded 2011 *

People's Movement of Ukraine The People's Movement of Ukraine ( uk, Народний Рух України, Narodnyi Rukh Ukrayiny) is a Ukrainian political party and first opposition party in Soviet Ukraine. Often it is simply referred to as the Movement ( uk, Рух, Rukh ...

('' / '', founded 1990) * Popular Movement (Uzbekistan), or Unity (', founded 1989)

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