Agrarian Labor Party Partido Agrario Laborista | |
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| President | Fernando Alessandri Rafael Tarud |
| Founded | September 7, 1945 (1945-09-07) |
| Dissolved | October 1958 (1958-10) |
| Merger of | Agrarian Party,Popular Freedom Alliance |
| Succeeded by | National Popular Party |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Ideology | Nationalism Agrarianism Social corporatism Third Position[citation needed] |
| Political position | Right-wing tofar-right |
| Colors | Blue,Gold,Red |
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TheAgrarian Labor Party (Spanish:Partido Agrario Laborista, PAL) was aChileanpolitical party supporting the candidacy ofCarlos Ibáñez del Campo for the1952 presidential election. Formed in 1945, it was dissolved in 1958.
It was formed in 1945 from the merger of theAgrarian Party, thePopular Freedom Alliance (an offshoot of theNational Socialist Movement of Chile), theMovimiento Nacionalista de Chile and theUnión Nacionalista.[1] Its foundational program, emphasisinglaw and order, asserted the need to "securepublic order in the country, on the functional basis that labour has not only obligations but also indisputablecivil rights."
In 1951 the PAL proclaimed as its presidential candidate the former dictatorCarlos Ibáñez del Campo, who had, since his first term, somehow changed political orientation. After his election in 1952, it took part in his first cabinet, along with thePopular Socialist Party formed of dissidents of theSocialist Party. Starting in 1954, the PAL's influence on Ibáñez's cabinet declined, leading to an internal crisis and to the subsequent use of the PAL label by two different organizations.
Legally, the ownership of the PAL label was among the faction opposing Ibáñez, led by the senatorJulio von Mühlenbrock. New divisions split the PAL for the1958 presidential election, with the official faction supporting the candidate of theChristian Democrat Party,Eduardo Frei Montalva, while activists fromCautín andBiobío and dissidents who formed thePartido Agrario Laborista Recuperacionista (Recover Agrarian Labor Party) supported the right-wing candidateJorge Alessandri, along with theUnited Conservative Party and theLiberal Party. The PAL subsequently dissolved itself in October 1958, merging with theNational Party to create thePANAPO (Partido Nacional Popular, National People's Party).
The PANAPO itself was dissolved in 1961, a faction joining the Christian Democrats, while another merged with thePADENA (Partido Democrático Nacional, National Democratic Party) which joined the left-wingFRAP coalition. Finally, a third tendency attempted to maintain the original party, without any success.
A group tried to revive the PAL for the1965 parliamentary election under the label ofPartido Democracia Agrario Laborista, but did not manage in obtaining any political representation.
The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Agrarian Labor Party. (Information gathered from theArchive of Chilean Elections).