Alliance for Chile

Joaquín Lavín, leader of Independent Democratic Union

Sebastián Piñera, leader of National Renewal

The Alliance for Chile (Spanish: Alianza por Chile), also known simply as The Alliance (Spanish: La Alianza), was a coalition of right-wing Chilean political parties.The Alliance was replaced in 2009 by the Coalition for Change.

It included the National Renewal (Renovación Nacional, RN) and the Independent Democratic Union (Unión Democrática Independiente, UDI). In the past it has included the regional Party of the South (Partido del Sur) and the Progressive Union of the Centrist Center (Unión de Centro Centro Progresista, UCCP), both of which are now defunct.

Major leaders of the Alliance have included Jovino Novoa (UDI), Pablo Longueira (UDI), Jaime Guzmán (UDI), Joaquín Lavín (UDI), Sebastián Piñera (RN), Lily Pérez (RN), Andrés Allamand (RN), Sergio Onofre (RN), and Sergio Romero (RN).

The Alliance had several names through its history:

• Democracia y Progreso (Democracy and Progress) (1989–1992)
• Participación y Progreso (Participation and Progress) (1992–1993)
• Unión por el Progreso (Union for the Progress) (1993–1996)
• Unión por Chile (Union for Chile) (1996–2000)

Electoral results

See also

Conservatism portal

• List of political parties in Chile

External links

• Unión Demócrata Independiente (Independent Democratic Union)
  • Nuevas Generaciones UDI (UDI New Generations)
  • Instituto Libertad y Desarrollo UDI (Freedom and Development Institute UDI)
• Renovación Nacional (National Renewal)
  • Juventud Lavinista Renovación Nacional (Lavinist youth National Renewal)
  • Juventud Piñerista Renovación Nacional (Piñerist youth National Renewal)
  • Instituto Libertad RN (Freedom Institute RN)

v t e Political parties in Chile Parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies (120 seats) Independent Democratic Union (38)1 · Christian Democrat Party (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)2 Parties represented in the Senate (38 seats) Christian Democrat Party of Chile2 (9) · National Renewal (8)1 · Independent Democratic Union (8)1 · Socialist Party of Chile (5)2 · Party for Democracy (4)2 · Independents (out of pact) (2) · Broad Social Movement (1)5 Parties not represented in the National Congress Humanist Party4 · Ecologist Party4 · Pirate Party of Chile · Northern Humanist Party · Elderly Party · ChileFirst1 · Chilean Communist Party (Proletarian Action) · Identidad Rodriguista3 · Christian Left Party of Chile3 Political Coalitions Coalition for Change · Concert of Parties for Democracy · Juntos PODEMOS Más · Clean Chile Vote Happy  · New Majority for Chile Notes: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