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Colombian Liberal Party Partido Liberal Colombiano
Leader	César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo
President	César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo
Chairperson	César Augusto Gaviria Trujillo
Founded	1848
Headquarters	Bogotá, Colombia
Official ideology/ political position	Liberalism, Social liberalism, Social democracy
International affiliation	Socialist International
Official colour(s)	red1
Website	www.partidoliberal.org.co

La Violencia
Prelude
Murder of Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
El Bogotazo
Political Parties
Liberal Party
Conservative Party
Colombian Communist Party
Presidents of Colombia
Mariano Ospina Pérez
Laureano Gómez
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
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The Colombian Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal Colombiano; PLC) is a social liberal-social democratic party in Colombia. The party's current chief, after being selected in June 2005, is former president César Gaviria Trujillo.

From 1958 to 1974 it, and the other major party, the Colombian Conservative Party, shared power as the result of the 16 year National Front agreement that followed the fall of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.

It was the largest single party in the Colombian Congress, with 54 out of 166 deputies, and 28 of 102 senators in 2002. In the election of 2006, the party won 38 out of 166 Deputies and 18 out of 102 senators. The current President of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, is a former member of the party, having crafted all of his political career prior to his election (where he ran as an independent Liberal) inside it.

Most of the current "Officialist" (as named by the Colombian press) leadership of the Liberal Party is openly opposed to Uribe's government and his policies, but he has the strong backing of a substantial minority within the party, including a majority of the elected Liberal congressmen (classified as "Uribist" Liberals by the media), a few of which experienced an internal investigation for alleged "party indiscipline" (their failing to abide by the liberal party's official stance, especially because of their support for several government measures, including a successful reform to the constitution which allows presidents to run for a second consecutive term in office).

These two factions, according to some observers, may be considered as a renewal of the old "split" between "neoliberal" and more "social" minded Liberal politicians, though the formula is not without its exceptions.

At the presidential elections of 28 May 2006, its candidate Horacio Serpa Uribe won 11.84 %. The Liberal Party is a member of Socialist International.

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• Official web site
• Democracia a distancia: Elecciones 2006 (Portalcol.com) (Information about the party's list of candidates to the Colombian Senate, Spanish).

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Minor Parties	Alternative of Social Progress • Alterning Road • Christian National Party • Christians for Community • Citizens' Convergence • Citizens' Movement • Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya • Civic People's Convergence • Civic Purpose Colombia • Coalition • Colombia Always • Colombia Unite • Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement • Colombian People's Party • Colombian Social Democratic Party • Community Participation • Democratic Colombia Party • Democratic Progressivity • Democratic Unity Party • For the Country of our Dreams • Front of Hope • Huila New and Liberalism • Huella Citizens's Movement • Independent Absolute Renovation Movement • Independent Civic Movement (Colombia) • Independent Conservatism • Independent Democratic Pole • Indigenous Authorities of Colombia • Indigenous Social Alliance Movement • Liberal Opening • Living Colombia Movement • Mira Movement • Moral and Social Vanguard Party Let's Go Golombia • Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno • National Democratic Reconstruction • National Movement • National Popular Alliance • National Salvation Movement • New Democratic Force • New Liberalism • People's Integration Movement • People's Participation Movement • People's Will Movement • Political Movement for Social Security • Progressive Force • Progressive National Movement • Radical Change • Regional Integration Movement • Renovation Movement Labour Action • Republican Movement • Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement • Social Action Party • Social and Political Front • Team Colombia • Unionist Movement • United People's Movement • We are Colombia • Yes Colombia
Historical Parties	Patriotic Union (UP) • Hope, Peace and Liberty
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