FORJA Concertation Party

The FORJA Concertation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Concertación FORJA) is a political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2008 as a split from the Radical Civic Union. The party now forms part of the Frente de Todos, the ruling coalition supporting President Alberto Fernández.[4] At the time of its foundation and until the alliance's dissolution, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.[5]

FORJA Concertation Party

Partido de la Concertación FORJA
PresidentGustavo López[1]
Founded1 September 2008 (2008-09-01)
Split fromRadical Civic Union
Preceded byPlural Consensus
HeadquartersAv. Estado de Israel 4622, Buenos Aires[2]
IdeologyK Radicalism[3]
Social democracy
Political positionCentre-left
National affiliationFrente de Todos[4]
ColoursRed
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies
1 / 257
Seats in the Senate
0 / 72
Website
https://forja.org/

The party takes its name from the historical organization FORJA (Spanish: Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina), which existed from 1935 to 1945. Like the historical Forja, the Concertation Party is of Radical origins but is ideologically and politically closer to Peronism.[6]

The party counts with minor representation in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies: Mabel Caparrós, representative from Tierra del Fuego, was elected in 2019.[7] In 2019 it also elected its first-ever provincial governor: Gustavo Melella, also of Tierra del Fuego.[3]

See also

References
  1. "Gustavo López: "Melella significó para el fueguino una esperanza"". Crítica Sur (in Spanish). 18 June 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "Sede porteña del Forja". Página/12 (in Spanish). 4 December 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. Arias, Mariela (17 June 2019). "Tierra del Fuego: Melella se impuso a Bertone en primera vuelta". La Nación (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  4. "Forja quiere seguir el modelo uruguayo". Página Política (in Spanish). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. "Romano dejó la UCR para sumarse a la Concertación Forja". Télam (in Spanish). 7 July 2015. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  6. Mardones, Claudio. "Forja, el primer movimiento que unió a radicales y peronistas". Caras y Caretas (in Spanish).
  7. "Caparrós será la única diputada de FORJA del país". Radio Universidad (in Spanish). 5 December 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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