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| Chairman | {{{chairman}}} |
| President | Lito Atienza(atienza Wing) and Mar Roxas(Roxas Wing |
| Titular head | {{{leader}}} |
| Secretary General | {{{spokesperson}}} |
| Founded | November 24, 1945 |
| Political Ideology | Liberalism |
| Political Position | Centre-left |
| International Affiliation | Liberal International |
| Color(s) | Red, White, Blue, Yellow |
| Website | Liberal Party |
| See also | Politics of the Philippines |
The Liberal Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas) is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded on November 24, 1945 by a breakaway from the Nacionalista Party. As such it is the second-oldest political party in the Philippines in terms of establishment, and the oldest active political party in the Philippines. The party has been led by people like Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal and Benigno Aquino, Jr.. It occupies five seats in the Senate of the Philippines including Benigno Aquino III (won in the 2007 elections), Majority Floor Leader Francis Pangilinan of Metro Manila (won in 2001; re-elected in 2007) and former Armed Forces Chief General and two-time Senator Rodolfo Biazon of Metro Manila and former Trade Secretary Manuel 'Mar' Roxas II of Capiz (won in 2004 elections). There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 34 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was, at the time of the 2004 elections, a member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. The party is a member of Liberal International and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. The Liberal Party's ideology is very similar that of the U.S. Democratic Party and the Liberal Party of Canada.
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Current party officials
- DENR Secretary Lito Atienza, President(Atienza Wing) (present)
- Senator Manuel A. Roxas II, President(Roxas Wing) (present)
- Jovito Salonga, Chairman Emeritus (1982-present)
- Senator Francis Pangilinan, Chairman (2005-present)
- Senator Benigno Aquino III, Vice-Chairman (2005-present)
Past party presidents
- President Manuel Roxas (1946-1948)
- President Elpidio Quirino (1948-1950)
- Speaker Eugenio Perez (1950-1957)
- Senate President Ferdinand Marcos (1961-1964)
- President Diosdado Macapagal (1964-1965)
- Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal (1965-1969)
- Senator Gerardo M. Roxas (1969-1982)
- Senate President Jovito Salonga (1982-1993)
- Senator Wigberto Tañada (1993-1994)
- Representative Raul Daza (1994-1999)
- Representative Florencio Abad (1999-2004)
- Senate President Franklin Drilon (2004-2007)
Most notable members
- Manuel Roxas (5th Philippine President)
- Elpidio Quirino (6th Philippine President)
- Ferdinand Marcos (10th Philippine President; defected from the Liberal Party to the rival Nacionalista Party in 1965)
- Diosdado Macapagal (9th Philippine President)
- Corazon Aquino (11th Philippine President); Liberal Party is under the UNIDO political coalition in the 1986 elections
- Benigno Aquino, Jr. (Philippine Senator and Martyr)
See also
- Contributions to liberal theory
- Liberal democracy
- Liberalism
- Liberalism in the Philippines
- Liberalism worldwide
- List of liberal parties
- Nacionalista Party
References
External links
- Liberal Party official site
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