Social Democrat Party (Chile)

The Social Democrat Party (Spanish: Partido Social Demócrata, PSD) was a political party of Chile founded in 11 September 1967 by the Senator Luis Fernando Luengo and the Deputy Patricio Hurtado Pereira.[1]

Social Democrat Party

Partido Social Demócrata
Founded11 September 1967
Dissolved11 August 1972
Split fromNational Democratic Party
Merged intoRadical Party
HeadquartersSantiago, Chile
IdeologyDemocratic socialism
Political positionLeft-wing
National affiliationPopular Unity

History

Luis Fernando Luengo was a member of the National Democratic Party and Patricio Hurtado, had renounced his membership in the Christian Democratic Party to create the Movement of National Rebellion (Spanish: Movimiento de Rebeldía Nacional, MORENA) in 1964. The party was one deputy and one senator. For the 1969 elections the party elected one senator but had no deputies. In the presidential elections of 1970 the party supported Salvador Allende and in 11 August 1972 the party was dissolved and its members moved to the Radical Party.[2]

Among its leaders were Lautaro Ojeda, Plácido Contreras, Juan Tuma, Eugenio Tuma, Humberto Martones Morales, Enrique Martones Morales, Gabriel Luengo, Hernán Giles, Manuel Yáñez, the doctor Óscar Jiménez Pinochet, Uberlinda Lagos Reyes, Luis Urra Muena, Francisco González and Manuel González.

References
  1. "Solicitan la inscripción del Partido Social Demócrata de Chile en el Protocolo de los Partidos Políticos" (PDF). Diario Oficial de la República de Chile (in Spanish). 5 October 1967. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
  2. "Fusión del Partido Social Demócrata de Chile al Partido Radical" (PDF). Diario Oficial de la República de Chile (in Spanish). 14 August 1972. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
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