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Radical Party of Chile
Partido Radical de Chile
LeaderCarlos Maldonado
Secretary-GeneralMauricio Andrews
Chief of DeputiesAlexis Sepúlveda
Founded18 August 1994; 29 years ago (1994-08-18) (as Social Democrat Radical Party)
Merger ofRadical Party and Social Democracy Party
HeadquartersMiraflores 495 Santiago
Youth wingJuventud Radical
Membership (2023)26,327 (10th)[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre[2][3] to centre-left[4]
National affiliationEverything for Chile
Democratic Socialism
New Social Pact (2021)
Constituent Unity (2020 to 2021)
Regional affiliationCOPPPAL
International affiliationSocialist International[5]
Colours  Red
Chamber of Deputies
4 / 155
Senate
0 / 50
Regional Councils
12 / 278
Mayors
9 / 345
Communal Councils
171 / 2,252
Website
partidoradical.cl

The Radical Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Radical de Chile), is a classical radical[6] political party in Chile. This party has been referred to as a liberal,[7] a social-liberal,[8][6] and a social-democrat.[9]

The party was founded as the Social Democrat Radical Party (Partido Radical Socialdemócrata)[10][11] on 18 August 1994 out of a union between the Radical Party and the Social Democracy Party, both of which had received poor results in the parliamentary elections. The party re-adopted its historic name in 2018.[12]

The party supported Ricardo Lagos in the 1999–2000 presidential elections, who won 48.0% in the first round and was elected with 51.3% in the second round. At the 2001 legislative elections, the party won as part of the Concertación six out of 120 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and no seats in the Senate. This changed at the 2005 legislative elections to seven and one, respectively. In 2009, it won five congress seats and one senate seat.

The party is a member of Socialist International and participant in the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Executive board

The current party executive assumed in August 2018.

Position Name
President Carlos Maldonado
First Vice President Alberto Robles MP
Second Vice President Marcela Hernando
Third Vice President Fernando Meza MP
Vice President for Women Jacqueline Castillo
Secretary-General Mauricio Andrews
Under-secretary General Leonardo Cubillos
Secretary for Control and Organisation Oscar Araya
Treasurer Mario Perez
Secretary for Regions Eduardo Vivanco
Electoral Secretary Rosa Fuenzalida
International Secretary Ricardo Navarrete
Secretary for Communications Robert Guevara

Leaders of the PR (1994–present)

Leader Titles in office Took office Left office Notes
Anselmo Sule Senator for O'Higgins (until 1998) 18 August 1994 7 June 2002
(died in office)		 First directly elected leader of the PRSD.
Orlando Cantuarias (acting) None 7 June 2002 25 October 2002 Acting leader after Sule's death
Patricio Tombolini Under-Secretary for Transport 25 October 2002 7 January 2003[13] Second directly elected leader. Resigned after a Corruption scandal (Caso Coimas) as the First Deputy Leader.
Orlando Cantuarias (acting) None 7 January 2003[13] 3 April 2004[14] Acting leader after Tombolini's resignation as the First Deputy Leader.
Augusto Parra (acting) Senator appointed by the President of Chile as a former chancellor of the University of Concepción 3 April 2004 19 April 2004[15] Appointed as Acting leader by the PRSD National Committee
Enrique Silva Cimma Senator appointed by the Comptroller General of Chile 19 April 2004[15] 28 February 2005 Appointed as Leader by the PRSD National Committee
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia Senator for Antofagasta 28 February 2005 30 December 2009[16][17] Third directly elected leader. Resigned after the 2009 Chilean parliamentary election
Fernando Meza (acting) MP for Toltén valley 30 December 2009[16][17] 21 January 2010[18] Acting leader after Gomez's resignation as the First Deputy Leader.
José Antonio Gómez Urrutia Senator for Antofagasta 21 January 2010[18] 15 March 2014[19] Appointed as Leader by the PRSD National Committee
Ricardo Navarrete (acting) None 15 March 2014[19] 16 May 2014[20] Acting leader after Gomez's resignation as the First Deputy Leader. He resigned to be Chilean ambassador in Colombia.
Iván Mesías Lehu (acting) None 16 May 2014[20] 4 August 2014 Acting leader after Navarrete's resignation as the Second Deputy Leader.
Ernesto Velasco None 4 August 2014[21] Incumbent Fourth directly elected leader of the party.

Election results

Due to its membership in the Concert of Parties for Democracy, the party has endorsed the candidates of other parties on several occasions. Presidential elections in Chile are held using a two-round system, the results of which are displayed below.

Presidential elections

Elections for President of Chile
Date Candidate Party Round I Round II Result
% %
1999 Ricardo Lagos PPD 48.0 51.3 Victory
2005 Michelle Bachelet PS 46.0 53.5 Victory
2009 Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle PDC 29.6 48.4 Defeat
2013 Michelle Bachelet PS 46.7 62.2 Victory
2017 Alejandro Guillier Independent 22.7 45.4 Defeat
2021 Yasna Provoste PDC 11.6 Defeat

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.servel.cl/centro-de-datos/estadisticas-de-datos-abiertos-4zg/estadisticas-de-partidos-politicos/total-de-afiliados-a-partidos-politicos/
  2. ^ Bizzarro, Salvatore (2005). Historical Dictionary of Chile (Third ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 559.
  3. ^ Lamb, Peter; Docherty, James C. (2006). Historical Dictionary of Socialism (Second ed.). Scarecrow Press. p. 314.
  4. ^ Meyer, Peter J. (2010), Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U. S. Relations, Congressional Research Service, p. 17
  5. ^ "Partidos miembros de la Internacional Socialista" [Member parties of the Socialist International] (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ^ a b Fuentes, Daniela Andrea; Jara, María Ovalle; Carpim, Karim Pavez; Pollmann, Sofía (2002). "Análisis del Discurso del Partido Radical Socialdemócrata" [Analysis of the Radical Social Democratic Party Speech] (PDF) (in Spanish).
  7. ^ John L. Rector Ph.D., ed. (2019). The History of Chile, 2nd Edition. ABC-CLIO. p. 23.
  8. ^ Snow, Peter G. "Radicalismo Chileno: Historia y Doctrina del Partido Radical". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23.
  9. ^ Aggio, Alberto (2008). "La Cultura Política del Radicalismo Chileno en clave de la Revolución pasiva" [The Political Culture of Chilean Radicalism in the Key of the Passive Revolution]. Política y culturas políticas en América Latina (in Spanish) (70): 141–168. ISSN 1134-2277. JSTOR 41320072.
  10. ^ Pribble, Jennifer (2013), Patterns of Legislative Politics: Roll-Call Voting in Latin America and the United States, Cambridge University Press, p. xv
  11. ^ Siavelis, Peter (2006). "Chapter 1: Accommodating Informal Institutions and Democracy in Chile". In Helmke, Gretchen; Levitsky, Steven (eds.). Informal Institutions and Democracy: Lessons from Latin America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 44. ISBN 9780801883514. OCLC 62282010.
  12. ^ "Extracto" (PDF). 2018-08-24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  13. ^ a b "Tombolini renunció a la presidencia del PRSD". EMOL. 7 January 2003. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  14. ^ "Renuncia presidente del PRSD por traspié en Consejo Nacional". Nacion.cl. 4 April 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  15. ^ a b "Silva Cimma quedó en la presidencia del PRSD". La Nación. 20 May 2004. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  16. ^ a b "Tras dura crítica de Frei, Gómez renuncia a presidencia del Partido Radical". EMOL. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  17. ^ a b "José Antonio Gómez renunció a la presidencia del Partido Radical". EMOL. 30 December 2009. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  18. ^ a b "Meza oficializa renuncia y Gómez reasumirá presidencia del PRSD". EMOL. 21 January 2010. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  19. ^ a b Partido Radical Socialdemócrata. "Ricardo Navarrete asume presidencia del PRSD". Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
  20. ^ a b "Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile - Presidenta Bachelet designa nuevo Embajador en Colombia".
  21. ^ http://impresa.elmercurio.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2014-08-05&dtB=05-08-2014%200:00:00&PaginaId=2&bodyid=3 Ernesto Velasco asume presidencia del PRSD
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