Liberal Party of Corrientes Partido Liberal de Corrientes | |
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| Abbreviation | PL, PLC, PLCo |
| President | Julián Miranda Gallino |
| Founded | 15 December 1856 |
| Headquarters | La Rioja 924,Corrientes,Argentina |
| Membership(2014) | 70,755 |
| Ideology | Liberalism[1][2] Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Mayors in Corrientes | 3 / 72 |
TheLiberal Party of Corrientes (Spanish:Partido Liberal de Corrientes) is aliberal[1]provincialpolitical party inCorrientes Province,Argentina. Founded in 1856, it is the oldest political party in Argentina still active.[3][4]
The Party had its origins in theFederalist traditions of Corrientes and was founded on 15 December 1856 byJuan Eusebio Torrent. From its beginning, the party supportedBartolomé Mitre at the national level.José Pampín was elected Corrientes Governor in 1861, the first of 17 Liberal governors.[4] Torrent was Mitre's vice-presidential candidate in 1874.[3]
The Party's leading past figures includeJuan Balestra, a government minister underCarlos Pellegrini,Raimundo Meabe who governedSalta andBuenos Aires provinces, andJuan R. Aguirre Lanari, a senator and government minister.[3]
The Party was a member of the nationalRecrear electoral alliance then led byRicardo López Murphy, having backed López Murphy for president in 2003.
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