NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Authentic Radical Liberal Party

Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico


Leader	Julio César Franco

Founded	1978
Headquarters	Asunción

Official ideology/ political position	centre-right, liberalism
International affiliation	Liberal International

Website	www.plra.org.py

The Authentic Radical Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Radical Auténtico or PLRA) is a liberal party in Paraguay. The party is a member of Liberal International. At the last legislative elections, 27 April 2003, the party won 25.7 % of the popular vote and 21 out of 80 seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Paraguay and 24.3 %, leading to 12 out of 45 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential elections of the same day, Julio César Ramón Franco Gómez, won 24.0 % of the popular vote. The liberales, as they are known, are the leading opposition to the dominant Colorado Party. They have taken this position since the end of the Alfredo Stroesner dictatorship in 1989. They are the political successors of the Liberal Party. 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The centre-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote political parties or organizations (such as think tanks) that stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. ... Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world. ... Liberal International is a political international for international liberal parties. ... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of Paraguay Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in Paraguay ... The Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de Diputados) is the lower house of Paraguays bicameral legislature, the National Congress. ... Julio CÃ©sar Franco (born on April 17, 1951) was the Vice President of Paraguay from 2000 to 2002. ... The Colorado Party (Spanish: Partido Colorado) is a political party in Paraguay. ... Alfredo Stroessner Alfredo Stroessner Matiauda (born November 3, 1912) is a politician and general from Paraguay who served as President and dictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989. ... The Paraguayan Liberal Party was a Liberal party in Paraguay. ...

Categories: Liberal parties | Political parties in Paraguay | Paraguay stubs | Liberal party stubs | South America political party stubs Liberalism is an ideology, philosophical view, and political tradition which holds that liberty is the primary political value. ... Contributions to liberal theory is a partial list of individual contributions on a worldwide scale. ... This article discusses liberalism as a major political current in specific regions and countries. ... This is an overview of parties that adhere more or less (explicitly) to the ideas of political liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. ... Liberal democracy is a form of government. ... This article is part of or related to the Liberalism series Categories: Politics stubs | Liberal related stubs | Liberalism by country | Paraguayan political parties ...

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