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The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, or PLD) is one of the main political parties of the Dominican Republic, and has a liberal position. A political party is an organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... This is a list about liberalism and political parties around the world. ...

The party has been elected into office twice now with Leonel Fernández as President of the Dominican Republic in the 1996 and 2004 elections, the latter one being held on 16 May 2004. At the last legislative elections, 16 may 2002, the party won 29.1 % of the popular vote and 41 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 2 out of 31 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential election of 16 may 2004, Leonel Antonio Fernández Reyna, won 57.1 % of the vote. Leonel lo que es es un Guasa Guasa. ... This page contains a list of presidents of the Dominican Republic. ... May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... It has been designated the: International Year of Rice (by the United Nations) International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO) 2004 World Health Day topic was Road Safety (by World Health Organization) Year of the Monkey (by the Chinese calendar) See the world in... A legislature is a governmental deliberative body with the power to adopt laws. ... Politics of the Dominican Republic Categories: Election related stubs | Elections in the Dominican Republic ... The Dominican Republic held a presidential election on Sunday, 16 May 2004. ... Pres. ...

Founded by Juan Bosch in 1973, the PLD originally was a leftist party. Today the party is seen gravitating towards a center-right platform agreeing with many of it's neoliberal policies. The party's logo is a yellow five-pointed star on a purple background. Juan Bosch y Gaviño Juan Emilio Bosch y Gaviño (30 June 1909, La Vega – 1 November 2001, Santo Domingo) was the first democratically elected president of the Dominican Republic after the assassination of dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo in 1961. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1973 calendar). ...

See also

• Liberalism
• Contributions to liberal theory
• Liberalism worldwide
• List of liberal parties
• Liberal democracy

This article discusses liberalism as a major political ideology as it developed and stands currently. ... This is an (partial) overview of individuals that contributed to the development of liberal theory on a worldwide scale and therefore are strongly associated with the liberal tradition and instrumental in the exposition of political liberalism as a philosophy. ... 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. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

External links

• Dominican Liberation Party official site