National Union Movement
Movimiento de Unión Nacional
Founded27 November 1983
Dissolved29 April 1987
Split fromNational Party
Merged intoNational Renewal
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
NewspaperRenovación
IdeologyConservatism[citation needed]
Classical liberalism[citation needed]
Neoliberalism[citation needed]
Political positionCentre-right[1]
National affiliationNational Democratic Agreement (1984–85)

The National Union Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Unión Nacional, MUN) was a Chilean political party that supported the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet, founded on 27 November 1983[2] by Andrés Allamand, Francisco Bulnes Sanfuentes, Pedro Ibáñez Ojeda and other former members and supporters of the National Party, the Radical Democracy and Christian Democrats expelled from the party.[3] Many members of the National Union Movement occupied public offices and important positions during that regime. The referent defined itself as independent, conservative and liberal.[4]

One of the leaders of the National Union Movement, Andrés Allamand, was elected secretary general of the party in 1983, holding the post until the following year, when he was elected party chairman, a post that he held until 1986.[5] In August 1985, the MUN was one of the signatories of the National Agreement for the Transition to Full Democracy.[6]

It joined with other movements that supported the military dictatorship a coalition known as the Group of Eight (Grupo de los Ocho), which later evolved to the National Democratic Agreement.[7]

On 9 January 1987, the MUN made an appeal to the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) of Jaime Guzmán and the National Labour Front (FNT), led by former Interior Minister Sergio Onofre Jarpa, to form a single right-wing party. Following this, on 8 February proceedings were initiated to form National Renewal (RN), made its definitive legalization concluded on 29 April 1987.[2]

References

  1. ^ "El desembarco de la derecha" (PDF). Análisis (in Spanish). 10 March 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ^ a b Jaime Etchepare. "La derecha chilena, principales vertientes ideológicas, partidismo y evolución electoral" (PDF). ArchivoChile (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  3. ^ Tomás Moulian. "La reorganización de los partidos de la derecha entre 1983 y 1988" (PDF) (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  4. ^ Mayarí Castillo Gallardo (2009). Identidades políticas. Trayectorias y cambios en el caso chileno (in Spanish). FLACSO. ISBN 9786077629153. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  5. ^ Emilio Filippi (2006). La clase política chilena (in Spanish). Pehuén. ISBN 9789561604117. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
  6. ^ Salvatore Bizzarro (20 April 2005). Historical Dictionary of Chile. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810865426. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
  7. ^ Friedmann, Reinhard (1988). La Política Chilena de la A a la Z (in Spanish). Santiago, Chile: Melquíades.
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