Liberal Party (Philippines)

Liberal Party Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas
President	Francis Pangilinan
Chairman	Leni Robredo
Secretary-General	Jose Christopher "Kit" Belmonte
Founder	Manuel Roxas
Founded	January 19, 1946; 72 years ago (1946-01-19)
Split from	Nacionalista Party (opposition)
Headquarters	Expo Centro, Araneta Center, EDSA Cubao, Quezon City
Youth wing	Liberal Youth (LY)
Ideology	Liberalism[1][2] Social liberalism[3] Populism[2][4][5]
Political position	Centre[6] to center-left[1][7]
National affiliation	Coalition for Change (House factions)[8]
International affiliation	Liberal International, Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats
Colors	Yellow, Red, and Blue
Slogan	Ituloy ang Daang Matuwid
Seats in the Senate	6 / 24
Seats in the House of Representatives	46 / 297
Provincial governorships	39 / 81
Provincial vice governorships	38 / 81
Provincial board members	300 / 1,006
Website
www.liberal.ph
Politics of Philippines Political parties Elections

The Liberal Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas) is a liberal^[9]political party in the Philippines, founded by then senators Senate President Manuel Roxas, Senate President Pro-Tempore Elpidio Quirino, and former 9th Senatorial District Senator José Avelino, on January 19, 1946 by a breakaway Liberal wing from the old Nacionalista Party. It was the ruling party from 2010 to 2016 after the election victory of Benigno Aquino III as the President of the Philippines. Today, the Liberals are the opposition and maintain at least six seats in the Senate, and at least 27 of seats in the House of Representatives. Around 50% of governors, 50% of vice governors, and 33% of board members are also Liberals.

The Liberal Party is the second oldest extant political party in the Philippines in terms of date of establishment, and the oldest continually-active political party in the Philippines. The party has been led by respected liberal thinkers and pro-development politicians like Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal, Gerry Roxas, Benigno Aquino, Jr., Jovito Salonga, Raul Daza, Florencio B. Abad Jr., Franklin Drilon, Mar Roxas, and Benigno Aquino III. Two of its members, Corazon Aquino and Leila de Lima, have received the prestigious Prize for Freedom, the highest international award for liberal and democratic politicians since 1985.

Contents

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  1 History
  
  
  
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    1.1 1946-1972: Third republic
    
  
  
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    1.2 1972-1986: Martial law era
    
  
  
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    1.3 1986-2010: Post-EDSA
    
  
  
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    1.4 2010-2016: The Benigno Aquino III administration
    
  
  
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    1.5 2016-present
    
  
  
  
  


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  2 Ideology
  


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  3 Current party officials
  


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  4 Presidents
  


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  5 Electoral performance
  
  
  
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    5.1 President
    
  
  
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    5.2 Vice president
    
  
  
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    5.3 Senate
    
  
  
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    5.4 House of Representatives
    
  
  
  
  


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  6 Notable members
  
  
  
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    6.1 Philippine presidents
    
  
  
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    6.2 Others
    
  
  
  
  


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  7 Coalition
  


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  8 References
  


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  9 External links
  

History

Liberal Party logo during the term of President Noynoy Aquino, 2010-2016

1946-1972: Third republic

The Liberal Party was founded on January 19, 1946 by Manuel Roxas,^[10][1] the first President of the Third Philippine Republic.^[10] It was formed by Roxas from what was once the "Liberal Wing" of the old Nacionalista Party.^[10] Two more Presidents of the Philippines elected into office came from the LP: Elpidio Quirino and the redoubtable Diosdado Macapagal.^[11][12] Two other presidents came from the ranks of the LP, as former members of the party who later chose to follow a different path by joining the Nacionalistas: Ramon Magsaysay and Ferdinand Marcos.^[13]

1972-1986: Martial law era

During the days leading to his declaration of martial law, Marcos would find his old party as a potent roadblock to his quest for one-man rule. Led by Ninoy Aquino, Gerry Roxas and Jovito Salonga, the LP would time and again hound President Marcos on issues like human rights and the curtailment of freedoms. Not even Marcos' declaration of martial law silenced the LP, and the party continued to fight the dictatorship despite the costs. Many of its leaders and members would be prosecuted and even killed during this time.^[1][10]

1986-2010: Post-EDSA

In recent times, the LP was instrumental in ending more than half a century of US military presence in the Philippines with its campaign in the Philippine Senate of 1991 to reject a new RP-US Bases Treaty. This ironically cost the party dearly, losing for it the elections of 1992. Despite the loss, in 2000 it again showed its mettle by standing against the corruption of the Joseph Estrada government, actively supporting the Resign-Impeach-Oust initiatives that led to People Power II.^[1][10]

In 2006, the Philippines' ruling political party, Lakas-CMD, with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo serving as its supremo, was influential in "hijacking" the Liberal Party by way of overthrowing the party presidency of Sen. Franklin Drilon at a rump party meeting at the Manila Hotel. With the marching orders and blessing of Lakas, LP members sympathetic to the Arroyo government used the meeting on March 2 to install Manila Mayor Lito Atienza as the party president, thus triggering an LP leadership struggle and party schism. Days later, the Supreme Court proclaimed Drilon the true president of the party, leaving the Atienza wing expelled.^[1][10]

2010-2016: The Benigno Aquino III administration

The Liberal Party regained new influence in 2010 when it nominated as its next presidential candidate then-Senator Benigno Aquino III,^[10] the son of former President Corazon Aquino, after the latter's death that subsequently showed a massive outpouring of sympathy for the Aquino family. Even though the party had earlier nominated Sen. Manuel "Mar" Roxas II to be its presidential candidate for the 2010 Philippine general election, Roxas chose to give way to Aquino and ran for vice president instead. During the fierce campaign battle that followed, the party was able to field new members breaking away from the then-ruling party Lakas Kampi CMD to become the largest minority party in Congress.^[1][10][7]

2016-present

In 2016 presidential elections, Liberal Party nominated Mar Roxas, former DOTC and DILG secretary and Leni Robredo, a Representative from Naga City and widow of former DILG secretary Jessie Robredo. The latter won and the former lost. Most of their members either switched allegiance to PDP-Laban, joined a supermajority alliance but retained LP membership (with some defected later),^[14][15][16] joined minority, or created an opposition bloc called "Magnificent 7".

Ideology

Presently, the self-described values of the party are "freedom, justice and solidarity (bayanihan)."^[17]

The party's ideology during its early years was noted by some political observers to be similar to or intelligible from the Nacionalista Party,^[18] until the term of Ferdinand Marcos, where it became more liberal.^[19]

Current party officials

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  Chairman Emeritus: Former President Benigno Aquino III (2016–present)


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  Chairperson: Vice-President Maria Leonor G. Robredo (2016–present)^[20]
  


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  Vice Chair: Senator Franklin Drilon (2017–present)^[20]
  


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  President: Senator Francis Pangilinan (2016–present)^[21]
  


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  Vice President for Internal Affairs: Representative Teddy Baguilat (Lone District of Ifugao) (2017–present)^[22]
  


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  Vice President for External Affairs: Former Representative Lorenzo Tañada III (Quezon) (2017–present)^[22]
  


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  Secretary-General: Representative Jose Christopher "Kit" Belmonte (Quezon City) (2016–present)


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  Treasurer: Representative Josephine Ramirez-Sato (Occidental Mindoro) (2017–present)^[20]
  

Presidents

Term in Office	Name
January 19, 1946 – April 15, 1948	Manuel Roxas[10]
January 19, 1946 – May 8, 1949	José Avelino
April 17, 1948 – December 30, 1950	Elpidio Quirino
December 30, 1950 – December 30, 1957	Eugenio Pérez
December 30, 1957 – December 30, 1961	Diosdado Macapagal
December 30, 1961 – December 30, 1965	Diosdado Macapagal
May 1964 – May 10, 1969	Cornelio T. Villareal
May 10, 1969 – April 19, 1982	Gerardo Roxas
April 20, 1982 – June 1, 1993	Jovito Salonga
June 2, 1993 – October 17, 1994	Wigberto Tañada
October 18, 1994 – September 19, 1999	Raul A. Daza
September 20, 1999 – August 9, 2004	Florencio Abad
October 1, 2012 – 2016	Joseph Emilio Abaya
2016 – present	Francis Pangilinan

Electoral performance

President

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
1946	Manuel Roxas	1,333,392	54.94%	Won
1949	Elpidio Quirino (Quirino wing)	1,803,808	50.93%	Won
1949	José Avelino (Avelino wing)	419,890	11.85%	Lost
1953	Elpidio Quirino	1,313,991	31.08%	Lost
1957	José Yulo	1,386,829	27.62%	Lost
1961	Diosdado Macapagal	3,554,840	55.00%	Won
1965	Diosdado Macapagal	3,187,752	42.88%	Lost
1969	Sergio Osmeña, Jr.	3,143,122	38.51%	Lost
1981	N/A	N/A	N/A	Boycotted
1986	N/A	N/A	N/A	Supported Corazon Aquino who became president
1992	Jovito Salonga	2,302,123	10.16%	Lost
1998	Alfredo Lim	2,344,362	8.71%	Lost
2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	Supported Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who won
2010	Benigno Aquino III	15,208,678	42.08%	Won
2016	Mar Roxas	9,978,175	23.45%	Lost

Vice president

Election	Candidate	Number of votes	Share of votes	Outcome of election
1946	Elpidio Quirino	1,161,725	52.36%	Won
1949	Fernando Lopez (Quirino wing)	1,341,284	52.19%	Won
1949	Vicente J. Francisco (Avelino wing)	44,510	1.73%	Lost
1953	José Yulo	1,483,802	37.10%	Lost
1957	Diosdado Macapagal	2,189,197	46.55%	Won
1961	Emmanuel Pelaez	2,394,400	37.57%	Won
1965	Gerardo Roxas	3,504,826	48.12%	Lost
1969	Genaro Magsaysay	2,968,526	37.54%	Lost
1986	Eva Estrada-Kalaw (Kalaw wing)	662,185	3.31%	Lost; main wing supported Salvador Laurel who became vice president
1992	N/A	N/A	N/A	Supported Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. who lost
1998	Sergio Osmeña III	2,351,462	9.20%	Lost
2004	N/A	N/A	N/A	Supported Noli de Castro who won
2010	Mar Roxas	13,918,490	39.58%	Lost
2016	Leni Robredo	14,418,817	35.11%	Won

Senate

Election	Number of votes	Share of votes	Seats won	Seats after	Outcome of election
1946	8,626,965	47.7%	8 / 16	9 / 24	Coalition
1947	12,241,929	54.5%	7 / 8	15 / 24	Won
1949	12,782,449	52.5%	7 / 8	18 / 24	Won
1951	8,764,190	39.9%	0 / 9	12 / 24	Won
1953	8,861,244	36.0%	0 / 8	7 / 24	Lost
1955	7,395,988	28.9%	0 / 9	0 / 24	Lost
1957	8,934,218	31.8%	2 / 8	2 / 24	Lost
1959	10,850,799	31.7%	2 / 8	4 / 24	Lost
1961	14,988,931	37.9%	4 / 8	8 / 24	Lost
1963	22,794,310	49.8%	4 / 8	10 / 24	Won
1965	23,158,197	46.9%	2 / 8	10 / 24	Lost
1967	18,127,926	37.1%	1 / 8	7 / 24	Lost
1969	21,060,474	39.1%	2 / 8	5 / 24	Lost
1971	33,469,677	57.4%	5 / 8	8 / 24	Lost
1987	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Won under the LABAN coalition
1992*	19,158,013	6.9%	1 / 24	1 / 24	Lost
1995	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	Did not participate
1998	5,429,123	2.6%	0 / 12	0 / 24	Lost
2001	19,131,732	7.9%	1 / 13	1 / 24	Independent-led coalition
2004	30,008,158	12.0%	2 / 12	4 / 24	Liberal Party-led coalition
2007	28,843,415	10.7%	2 / 12	4 / 24	Nacionalista Party-led coalition
2010	78,227,817	26.34%	3 / 12	4 / 24	PMP-led coalition
2013	33,369,204	11.32%	1 / 12	4 / 24	Liberal Party-led coalition
2016	100,512,795	31.30%	5 / 12	6 / 24	Split; PDP-Laban-led coalition, lost[23]

*in coalition with PDP-Laban

House of Representatives

Election	Number of votes	Share of votes	Seats	Outcome of election
1946	1,129,971	47.06%	49 / 98	Won
1949	1,834,173	53.00%	66 / 100	Won
1953	1,624,571	39.81%	59 / 102	Won
1957	1,453,527	30.16%	19 / 102	Lost
1961	2,167,641	33.71%	29 / 104	Lost
1965	3,721,460	51.32%	61 / 104	Won
1969	2,641,786	41.76%	18 / 110	Lost
1978	N/A	N/A	N/A	Boycotted; most members ran under the LABAN that lost
1984	N/A	N/A	N/A	Boycotted; most members ran under the LABAN that lost
1987*	2,101,575	10.5%	16 / 200	Lakas ng Bansa-led coalition
1992**	1,644,568	8.8%	11 / 199	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition
1995*	358,245	1.9%	5 / 204	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition
1998*	1,773,124	7.3%	15 / 221	Lost
2001			19 / 219	Lakas-NUCD-UMDP-led coalition
2004			29 / 237	Lakas-CMD-led coalition
2007			23 / 271	Lakas-CMD-led coalition
2010	6,802,227	19.93%	47 / 287	Liberal Party-led coalition
2013	10,557,265	38.27%	111 / 292	Liberal Party-led coalition
2016	15,552,401	41.72%	115 / 297	Split; PDP-Laban-led coalition, lost

*does not include candidates who ran as under a Liberal Party ticket along with another party.
**in coalition with PDP-Laban

Notable members

Philippine presidents

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  Manuel Roxas (5th President of the Philippines; one of the co-founders)
  


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  Elpidio Quirino (6th President of the Philippines)
  


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  Diosdado Macapagal (9th President of the Philippines)
  


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  Ferdinand Marcos (10th President of the Philippines) - Marcos won in 1965 as the candidate of the Liberal Party's rival Nacionalista Party, the party to where Marcos defected after failing to get the LP nomination
  


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  Benigno Aquino III (15th President of the Philippines)
  

Others

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  Gerardo Roxas, Sr. (Senator; Liberal Party leader during the Marcos dictatorship)
  


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  Macario Peralta, Jr. (World War II Hero, Philippine Army General, Senator of the Philippines, Secretary of National Defense)
  


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  Cesar Climaco (Mayor of Zamboanga City, vocal critic and opponent of Martial Law)
  


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  Benigno Aquino, Jr. (Senator of the Philippines)
  


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  Eva Estrada-Kalaw (Senator of the Philippines)
  


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  Eddie Ilarde (Senator of the Philippines)
  


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  Ramon Mitra, Jr. (16th Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives)
  


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  Narciso Ramos (Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs; one of the co-founders)
  


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  Ramon Bagatsing (longest-serving Mayor of Manila, Plaza Miranda bombing survivor)
  


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  Emmanuel Pelaez (Vice-President of the Philippines, Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs; Philippine Ambassador to the United States of America, Senator of the Philippines)
  


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  Rashid Lucman (Congressman of Lanao del Sur, Exposed the Jabidah massacre and other Marcos abuses in Congress)
  


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  Jovito Salonga (former Senate President of the Philippines, survived the Plaza Miranda bombing)
  


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  Manuel Roxas II (former Interior and Local Government Secretary and Transportation Secretary)
  


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  Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. (former Speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives)
  


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  Jesse Robredo (former Mayor of Naga City & former Interior and Local Government Secretary)
  


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  Leni Robredo (14th Vice President of the Philippines, Former Representative of Camarines Sur, Wife of former DILG Secretary Jesse Robredo & Party Chairman in Naga City)^[24]
  


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  Herbert Bautista (Incumbent Mayor of Quezon City)
  


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  Alfredo Lim (former Senator & Mayor of Manila)
  


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  Rafael Nantes (Former Governor of Quezon Province & Former Treasurer of the Liberal Party)
  


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  Evelyn Fuentebella (Mayor of Sagñay,Camarines Sur & Member of the Liberal Party)
  


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  Cornelio Villareal (Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Congressman of the 2nd District of Capiz)
  


• Sergio H. Loyola - Congressman of the 3rd District of Manila.

Coalition

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  Akbayan Citizens' Action Party – Party-list^[23]
  


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  Kapayapaan, Kaunlaran at Katarungan – Manila


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  Kilusang Diwa ng Taguig – Taguig City


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  Uswag Tagum – Davao del Norte


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  Ugyon – Iloilo

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Liberal International Andorra: PLA Belgium: MR, VLD Bosnia and Herzegovina: LDS* Botswana: BMD* Bulgaria: DPS, NDSV Burkina Faso: ADF-RDA* Burma: NLD-LA* Burundi: ADR Cambodia: PSR Canada: Liberal Party Colombia: U* DR Congo: ANADER, ARC*, URC* Costa Rica: PML Côte d'Ivoire: RDR Croatia: HSLS Cuba: PLC, PSD, ULC Denmark: RV, Venstre Egypt: FEP, Ghad* Equatorial Guinea: UDENA Estonia: RE Ethiopia: EDP* Finland: Keskusta, SFP Georgia: RPG* Germany: FDP Gibraltar: Liberal Party Guatemala: MR*, PP Guinea: UFDG*, UFR* Honduras: PLH Hungary: MLP Iceland: FSF Indonesia: PD* Ireland: FF* Israel: Shinui Italy: Rad, FdL* Kenya: LDP* Kosovo: PLK* Latvia: LPP/LC Lebanon: Future Movement* Lithuania: LCU Luxembourg: DP Macedonia: LDP Madagascar: MFM* Malawi: UDF Malaysia: Gerakan*, PKR* Mali: PCR* Mexico: NA* Moldova: PRL* Mongolia: IZN Montenegro: LSCG Morocco: AdL*, UC, MP Mozambique: PPDD* Netherlands: D66 , VVD Nicaragua: PLI* Norway: Venstre Paraguay: PLRA Philippines: LP Romania: PNL Russia: Yabloko Senegal: PDS Serbia: LDP Seychelles: SNP* Slovakia: ANO Slovenia: LDS South Africa: DA Spain: CDC Sri Lanka: LP Sweden: Cp*, FpL Switzerland: FDP.The Liberals Taiwan: DPP Tanzania: CCW/CUF Thailand: DP Ukraine: UM* United Kingdom: APNI, Lib Dems Zambia: UNDP* National groups: Brazilian Group* German Group Israeli Group Italian Group* Netherlands Group Catalan Group British Group * observer
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party v t e Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE) European Parliament group: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Group Parties Member parties (EU) NEOS Open Vld MR PFF DPS/ДПС NDSV/НДСВ ANO HNS HSLS IDS/DDI EDI/Ε.ΔΗ. B V K RE C Kesk./C RKP/SFP UDI FDP Drassi FF IdV RI DP LRLS DP PD D66 VVD Nowoczesna IL ALDE LDS Zares DL CDC C's C L APNI Lib Dems Member parties (non-EU) PLA Müsavat LDS Respublikelebi/რესპუბლიკელები OG-DF/ჩს-თდ BF AKR PLK LDP/ЛДП LPM/ЛПМ PL V RPR-PARNAS/РПР-ПАРНАС Yabloko/Я́блоко LDP FDP.DL/PLR.LLR/PLR.IL/PLD.IL EPU/ЄПУ Party Presidents Gaston Thorn Willy De Clercq Colette Flesch Willy De Clercq Uffe Ellemann-Jensen Werner Hoyer Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck Graham Watson European Parliament Group Presidents Yvon Delbos René Pleven Cornelis Berkhouwer Jean Durieux (fr) Jean-François Pintat (fr) Martin Bangemann Simone Veil Valery Giscard d'Estaing Yves Galland Gijs de Vries Pat Cox Graham Watson Guy Verhofstadt see European Parliament European Commissionners Siim Kallas (Transport) Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) Janez Potočnik (Environment) Androulla Vassiliou (Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth) Karel De Gucht (Trade) Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Research, Innovation and Science) Cecilia Malmström (Home Affairs) see Barroso II Commission Heads of government at the European Council Charles Michel (Belgium) Lars Løkke Rasmussen (Denmark) Taavi Rõivas (Estonia) Xavier Bettel (Luxembourg) Mark Rutte (Netherlands) see European Council Category Portal
Liberal South East European Network Bosnia and Herzegovina: LDS Bulgaria: DPS, NSDV Croatia: HNS-LD, HSLS, IDS Hungary: SzDSz Kosovo: PLK Macedonia: LPM, LDP Romania: PNL Serbia: LS Slovenia: LDS
Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats Cambodia: PSR Hong Kong: DP (represented through two individual members) Indonesia: PDI-P, PKB** Japan: DPJ** Malaysia: PGRM Mongolia: IZN Myanmar: NCUB Pakistan: LFP* Philippines: LP Singapore: SDP Sri Lanka: LP ROC Taiwan: DPP Thailand: DP *associate member **observer
Africa Liberal Network Angola: PLD Burkina Faso: ADF-RDA DR Congo: ANADER Côte d'Ivoire: RDR Equatorial Guinea: UDENA Madagascar: MFM Malawi: UDF Morocco: MP, UC Mozambique: PDD Senegal: PDS Seychelles: SNP South Africa: DA Tanzania: CUF, UDP Tunisia: PSL Zambia: UNDP
Liberal Network for Latin America Argentina: Recrear, PPG Costa Rica: PML Guatemala: MR Mexico: NA Peru: JN
Arab Liberal Federation Comoros: NAC Egypt: DFP, FEP, GTP Lebanon: NLP, FM Morocco: MP, UC Sudan: LDP Tunisia: PR

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