Liberal Party of Chile (2013)
Liberal Party of Chile Partido Liberal de Chile | |
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Santiago de Chile | |
Membership (2023) | 8,626[1] |
Ideology | Liberalism[2][3][4][5] |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
National affiliation | Unity for Chile Democratic Socialism New Social Pact (2021) Constituent Unity (2020 to 2021) Broad Front (2016 to 2020) |
International affiliation | Liberal International |
Colours | Magenta |
Chamber of Deputies | 4 / 155 |
Senate | 0 / 43 |
Website | |
www.losliberales.cl | |
The Liberal Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Liberal de Chile) is a social-liberal political party in Chile, founded 26 January 2013 in Santiago, Chile. The main figure of the party is the deputy Vlado Mirosevic.
Ideology
The Liberal Party of Chile is a social-liberal party.[citation needed] It promotes egalitarian liberalism[citation needed] and progressivism[citation needed] (with particular reference to the social liberalism in Europe).
Chilean social liberalism
In Chile, the word
Platform
The Liberal Party of Chile supports same-sex marriage,[6] the legalisation of marijuana,[7] the legalisation of abortion[8] and the legalisation of euthanasia.[9] Further, they support decentralization,[10] which also opposes the heritage of Pinochet who implemented centralism in the country. Finally, the party supports changing the Chilean constitution implemented by Pinochet in 1980.[11]
History
Chilean social-liberal tradition
The Liberal Party of Chile is inspired by the tradition of Chilean liberals from before the rise of Pinochet and Chilean neoliberalism. They supported a federal state, hated tyranny and concentration of power and wanted the secular state to promote social rights such as public education. The Liberal Party of Chile is inspired by these ideas in, for example, their support for free education for all. Among the figures of the liberal party of the 20th century were Ramón Freire, José Miguel Infante, Francisco Bilbao, Pedro León Gallo Goyenechea, Domingo Santa María and José Manuel Balmaceda.
Chilean political context
In Chile the
Birth of Liberal Party of Chile
The Liberal Party of Chile originated in the
After a break with the original founders, on 26 January 2013 the party was officially formed as the Liberal Party of Chile (Partido Liberal de Chile), a name change from the existing ChilePrimero.[14] The majority of the founders were young, a part of the middle class and not previously members of other parties. They were inspired by the ideals of the Chilean liberalism from the 19th century[15] and especially by the values of secularism, democratic reforms and freedom of initiative.
On 15 June 2013 the party announced the formation of an
Presidential candidates
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Liberal Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).
- 2013: Marco Enríquez-Ominami(lost)
- 2017: Beatriz Sánchez(lost)
- 2021: Yasna Provoste(lost)
Electoral results
Parliamentary elections
Parliamentary election results for deputies in District 1 (Arica, Camarones, General Lagos and Putre)
Election | Deputies | ||
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Votes | % of the votes | Seats | |
2013 | 14,237 | 21,25 | Vlado Mirosevic |
2017 | 24,273 | 32,43 | Vlado Mirosevic |
Parliamentary election results for deputies in District 26 (Ancud, Calbuco, Castro, Chaitén, Chonchi, Cochamó, Curaco de Vélez, Dalcahue, Futaleufú, Hualaihué, Maullín, Palena, Puerto Montt, Puqueldón, Queilén, Quellón, Quemchi and Quinchao)
Election | Deputies | ||
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Votes | % of the votes | Seats | |
2017 | 6,200 | 3,87 | Alejandro Bernales |
Leaders
- President: Patricio Morales (2021–present)
- Vice president (Valparaíso): Juan Carlos García (2021–present)
- Vice president: Alejandra Cortés (2021–present)
- Vice president: Guillermo Moreno (2021–present)
- Secretary General: Nicole Troncoso (2021–present)
Authorities
Deputies
Name | Region | District | Period |
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Vlado Mirosevic | Region of Arica and Parinacota
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1 | 2014–2018 / 2018-2022 |
Alejandro Bernales | Region of Los Lagos
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26 | 2018-2022 |
References
- ^ https://www.servel.cl/centro-de-datos/estadisticas-de-datos-abiertos-4zg/estadisticas-de-partidos-politicos/total-de-afiliados-a-partidos-politicos/
- ^ https://liberaleschile.cl/historia/
- ^ https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/partidos_politicos/wiki/Partido_Liberal_de_Chile/
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130131173017/http://www.losliberales.cl/?page_id=85/
- ^ https://liberaleschile.cl/manifiesto/
- ^ "Grupo de diputados ingresa proyecto de matrimonio igualitario". facebook.com/teletrece (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Diputados piden renuncia del director del Senda por dar 'giro conservador' en debate de la marihuana". www.latercera.com. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Vlado Mirosevic: "En materia de aborto, Chile está hoy al nivel de Angola" - Zero 97.7". facebook.com/Zero977. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Vlado Mirosevic sobre eutanasia: "Hay una especie de censura que es de la jerarquía de la Iglesia Católica" - CNN Chile". www.cnnchile.com. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Campos, Paula. "Vlado Mirosevic: "Mejor el financiamiento público de las campañas que el lobby de las empresas"". Diario y Radio Uchile. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "Vlado Mirosevic: "La asamblea constituyente es el único mecanismo legítimo para devolver el poder a la ciudadanía"". El Mostrador. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ Yaitul Stormansan, Jorge (December 2011). "LOS AÑOS DEL CAPITALISMO RENOVADO: LA INFLUENCIA DE MILTON FRIEDMAN EN CHILE. LA INSTAURACIÓN DEL MODELO ECONÓMICO". Espacio Regional.
- ^ "2015 – Los Tiempos de la Politización | en Chile". desarrollohumano.cl. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ^ "ChilePrimero se reconvierte – Revista Qué Pasa". Revista Qué Pasa (in European Spanish). 13 December 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ Mirosevic, Vlado (2015). Liberales Plebeyos. 978-956-01-0215-7: Ril editores. pp. 37–69.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "ME-O llamó a no comprar "fruta podrida" que ofrece "dupolio" tras proclamación de Partido Liberal". facebook.com/RadioBioBio. 15 June 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2015.