The Radical Party of Chile (), is a classical radical political party in Chile. The party has also been referred to as liberal, social-liberal, and social-democratic.
The party is a member of Socialist International and participant in the Permanent Conference of Political Parties of Latin America and the Caribbean.
History The party was founded as the Social Democrat Radical Party () 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.
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.
Executive board The current party executive assumed in August 2018. Position NamePresidentLeonardo Cubillos RamírezFirst Vice PresidentAlberto Robles MPSecond Vice PresidentMarcela HernandoThird Vice PresidentFernando Meza MPVice President for WomenJacqueline CastilloSecretary-GeneralMauricio AndrewsUnder-secretary GeneralLeonardo CubillosSecretary for Control and OrganisationOscar ArayaTreasurer Mario PerezSecretary for RegionsEduardo VivancoElectoral SecretaryRosa FuenzalidaInternational SecretaryRicardo NavarreteSecretary for CommunicationsRobert Guevara
Leaders of the PR (1994–present) Leader Titles in office Took office Left officeNotesAnselmo 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) None7 June 2002 25 October 2002Acting leader after Sule's deathPatricio TomboliniUnder-Secretary for Transport 25 October 2002 7 January 2003Second directly elected leader. Resigned after a Corruption scandal (Caso Coimas) as the First Deputy Leader.Orlando Cantuarias (acting) None 7 January 2003 3 April 2004Acting 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 2004Appointed as Acting leader by the PRSD National CommitteeEnrique Silva Cimma Senator appointed by the Comptroller General of Chile 19 April 2004 28 February 2005Appointed as Leader by the PRSD National CommitteeJosé Antonio Gómez Urrutia Senator for Antofagasta 28 February 2005 30 December 2009Third directly elected leader. Resigned after the 2009 Chilean parliamentary electionFernando Meza (acting)MP for Toltén valley 30 December 2009 21 January 2010Acting leader after Gomez's resignation as the First Deputy Leader.José Antonio Gómez UrrutiaSenator for Antofagasta 21 January 2010 15 March 2014Appointed as Leader by the PRSD National CommitteeRicardo Navarrete (acting)None 15 March 2014 16 May 2014Acting 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 4 August 2014Acting leader after Navarrete's resignation as the Second Deputy Leader.Ernesto VelascoNone 4 August 2014http://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 IncumbentFourth 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 ChileDateCandidatePartyRound IRound IIResult%%1999Ricardo LagosPPD48.051.32005Michelle BacheletPS46.053.52009Eduardo Frei Ruiz-TaglePDC29.648.42013Michelle BacheletPS46.762.22017Alejandro GuillierIndependent22.745.42021Yasna ProvostePDC11.6 2025Jeannette JaraPCCh26.8541.84
See also Liberalism and radicalism in Chile List of political parties in Chile
References
Attribution
External links Official website