Liberalism and radicalism in Chile

This article gives an overview of liberal and radical parties in Chile. It is limited to liberal and radical parties with substantial support, mainly proved by having had a representation in parliament. The sign ⇒ means a reference to another party in that scheme. For inclusion in this scheme it isn't necessary so that parties labeled themselves as a liberal party.

1 Introduction
2 The timeline
3 Liberal leaders
4 Reference
5 See also

[edit] Introduction

Liberalism was organized as the traditional opposition to conservatism in Chile. In the 1860s radical liberals formed the radical current. Traditional liberalism disappeared in the 1960s into conservatism and radicalism developed into social democracy, leaving liberalism unrepresented. Originally the Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Social-Democráta, member SI) was a left of center liberal party, but nowadays it is a social democratic party.

[edit] The timeline

[edit] Liberal Party

1846: The Liberal Party (Partido Liberal) is formed
1861: A radical faction formed the ⇒ Radical Party
1876: A faction formed the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party
1886: A faction formed the ⇒ Doctrinary Liberal Party
1892: The Liberal Party and the ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party re-united, but a left-wing faction formed a second ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party.
1920: Dissidents seceded as the ⇒ Unionist Liberal
1931: Another faction formed the ⇒ United Liberal Party
1933: The ⇒ Liberal Democratic Party and the ⇒ Doctrinary Liberal Party merged into the Liberal Party
1966: The party merged into the new National Party (Partido Nacional)

[edit] Radical Party

1861: A radical faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Radical Party (Partido Radical)
1887: The socialist Democratic Party seceded from the party
1946: A moderate faction formed the ⇒ Radical Democratic Party
1949: The ⇒ Radical Democrat Party rejoined the party
1969: In reaction to social democratic tendencies a moderate faction seceded as ⇒ Radical Democracy
1971: A moderate faction of the party formed the ⇒ Left Radical Party
1993: The party, abandoning definitively its liberal profile, is renamed Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Social Demócrata)

[edit] Liberal Democratic Party (1987)

1876: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal Democratic Party (Partido Liberal Democrático)
1892: The party rejoined the⇒ Liberal Party

[edit] Doctrinary Liberal Party

1886: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Doctrinary Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Doctrinario)
1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

[edit] Liberal Democratic Party (1892)

1892: A left-wing faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Liberal Democratic Party (Partido Liberal Democrático)
1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

[edit] Unionist Liberal

1920: Dissidents from the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the Unionist Liberal (Liberal Unionista)
1927: The party didn't survive the 1927 dictatorship

[edit] United Liberal Party

1931: A faction of the ⇒ Liberal Party formed the United Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Unido)
1933: The party rejoined the ⇒ Liberal Party

[edit] Radical Democratic Party

1946: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Radical Party formed the Radical Democratic Party (Partido Radical Democrático)
1949: The Radical Democratic Party rejoined the ⇒ Radical Party

[edit] Radical Democracy

1969: In reaction to social democratic tendencies in the ⇒ Radical Party a moderate faction seceded as Radical Democracy (Democracia Radical)
1973: The party didn't survive the 1973 dictatorship

[edit] Left Radical Party

1971: A moderate faction of the ⇒ Radical Party formed the Left Radical Party (Partido Izquierda Radical)
1973: The party didn't survive the 1973 dictatorship

[edit] Liberal leaders

Partido Liberal: Arturo Alessandri Palma

[edit] Reference

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