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Coalition for Change
Coalición por el Cambio
Leader Sebastián Piñera Founded May 6, 2009 Headquarters Santiago de Chile Ideology Conservatism,
Neoconservatism,
Liberalism,
Liberal conservatismPolitical position Centre-right International affiliation International Democrat Union Chamber of Deputies 58 / 120Senate 17 / 38Local government 144 / 345Website Coalición por el Cambio Politics of Chile
Political parties
ElectionsThe Coalition for Change is a presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition that groups the supporters of President Sebastián Piñera for the 2009-2010 Chilean election. It is made up of the coalition parties: Alliance for Chile (Alianza por Chile), Independent Democrat Union (Unión Demócrata Independiente), National Renewal (Renovación Nacional), ChileFirst (ChilePrimero), the movements Grand North (Norte Grande), and Christian Humanism (Humanista Cristiano). This coalition aims to leave behind divisions that have polarized Chilean society, and aims to work together for the future of Chile by creating a democracy representative of the diverse creeds with respect, tolerance and friendship.[1]
Contents
History
After his separation from the Concert of Parties for Democracy (Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia) and having founded the political movement ChileFirst, Senator Fernando Flores integrated the independent platform next to Carlos Cantero, who renounced from National Renewal to found the Movement Grand North; Carlos Bianchi; and Adolfo Zaldívar, ex Christian-democrat with close ties to the Regionalist Party of the Independents (Partido Regionalista de los Independientes).
This group of senators was key in proposing the coalition of right-wing Alliance for Chile, as in the destitution of the Minister Yasna Provoste[2] for embezzlement and in the naming of Jovino Novoa (UDI) as the president of the Chilean Senate.[3]
After having joined the list "Clean Chile. Happy Vote" (Chile Limpio. Vote Feliz, formerly Por Un Chile Limpio), a separation was generated between the founding members of ChileFirst in respect to the position the party would take before the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2009. Meanwhile, Jorge Schaulsohn and Fernando Flores supported the candidate of the Alliance for Chile Sebastián Piñera, Esteban Valenzuela, also a member of parliament, rejected the union with the center-right and renounced ChileFirst in order to support Marco Enríquez-Ominami.[4] The support for Sebastián Piñera by the part of ChilePrimero was made official on May 6, 2009, the same day the Coalition for Change itself became official, joining the Alliance for Chile, ChileFirst and other minor political movements.
For the 2009-2010 presidential elections, the candidate for the Coalition for Change, Sebastián Piñera, won the first round with more than 44% of the votes. During the run-off election, Sebastián Piñera won with 51.61% of the Chilean vote, with which he succeeded in retaining the presidency for the period of 2010-2014. Pinera took the presidential oath on March 11, 2010.
Leaders[1]
- Francisco Alaniz, Corparaucanía
- Cristina Bitar, Humanismo Cristiano
- Roberto Mayorga, Humanismo Cristiano
- Juan Antonio Coloma, Unión Demócrata Independiente
- Carlos Larraín, Renovación Nacional
- Carlos Cantero, Norte Grande
- Fernando Flores, ChilePrimero
- Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile
References
- ^ a b (Spanish) El Maule Nace la Coalición por el Cambio
- ^ (Spanish) La Tercera Yasna Provoste: Auge y caída de una ministra
- ^ (Spanish) La Nacion, Duro emplazamiento de Escalona por Jovino Novoa
- ^ (Spanish) La Nacion Valenzuela dejó Chile Primero por apoyo a Piñera
External links
Political parties in Chile 
Parties represented in the
Chamber of Deputies (120 seats)Independent Democrat Union (38)1 · Christian Democrat Party of Chile (19)2 · Party for Democracy (18)2 · National Renewal (18)1 · Socialist Party of Chile (11)2 · Social Democrat Radical Party (5)2 · Communist Party of Chile (3)3 · Regionalist Party of the Independents (Formers ANI and PAR) (3)5 · Independents List B (3)1 · Independents (out of pact) (2) · Independents List A (1)2Parties represented in the
Senate (38 seats)Christian Democrat Party of Chile2 (9) · National Renewal (8)1 · Independent Democrat Union (8)1 · Socialist Party of Chile (5)2 · Party for Democracy (4)2 · Independents (out of pact) (2) · Broad Social Movement (1)5Parties not represented in the
National CongressHumanist Party4 · Ecologist Party4 · Pirate Party of Chile · Northern Humanist Party · Elderly Party · ChileFirst1 · Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) · Identidad Rodriguista3 · Christian Left Party of Chile3Political Coalitions Coalition for Change · Concert of Parties for Democracy · Juntos PODEMOS Más · Clean Chile Vote Happy · New Majority for ChileNotes:12345Numbers denote party membership of Political Coalitions, 1 is for Coalition for Change, 2 is for Concert of Parties for Democracy, 3 is for Juntos Podemos Más, 4 is for New Majority for Chile, and 5 is for Clean Chile Vote Happy.Portal:Politics · List of political parties · Politics of Chile Categories:- Coalitions of parties in Chile
- Conservatism in Chile
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