Colombian Conservative Party
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Colombian Conservative Party
Partido Conservador Colombiano |
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| President | David Barguil |
| Founded | October 4, 1849 |
| Headquarters | Avenida 22 37–09, Barrio La Soledad, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia |
| Newspaper | El Tiempo |
| Youth wing | JCC |
| Women's wing | Mujeres Conservadoras (Conservative Women) |
| Ideology |
Conservatism (Colombia) Social conservatism Christian right |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| National affiliation | National Unity |
| Regional affiliation |
Union of Latin American Parties, Christian Democrat Organization of America |
| International affiliation |
International Democrat Union, Centrist Democrat International |
| Colours | Blue |
| Seats in the House of Representatives |
28 / 166
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| Seats in the Senate |
18 / 102
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| Governors |
1 / 32
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| Mayors |
194 / 1,102
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| Website | |
| partidoconservador.com | |
| La Violencia |
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| 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 |
The Colombian Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador Colombiano) is a traditional political party in Colombia. The party was formally established in 1849 by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro.
The Conservative party along with the Colombian Liberal Party dominated the Colombian political scene from the end of the 19th century until 2002, in bipartisan political hegemony. In the mid-20th century, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party established the "National Front" after deposing President Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and shared by turns the presidential terms for 16 years.
Currently, the Conservative Party is the second largest political force in the congress. It is part of the coalition of Juan Manuel Santos and supported the conservative government of Álvaro Uribe since 2002.
Lawyer José Ignacio de Márquez was elected president of Colombia in 1837. During his government, tensions between civil politicians and generals of the Independence War grew into the first civil war Colombia faced, Marquez's side was called "Liberales ministeriales" (Spanish: Ministerial liberals). After the war, known as the War of the Supremes (Spanish: Guerra de los Supremos), General Pedro Alcántara Herrán won the presidency. Alcántara created a new constitution, with conservative and centralist characteristics. Mariano Ospina Rodríguez was a prominent member of his government, he supported the return of the jesuits to the country and reformed the education system.
Alcántara's administration preceded the government of General Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera. Mosquera's supporters created the Liberal Party in 1848. One year later, Mosquera's detractors Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro formed the Conservative Party, which grouped the ministerial liberals, most of the authorities of the Catholic Church and important landowners. In the newspaper La Civilización of October 4, 1849; Ospina and Caro published the conservative program that became the ideological platform for the new party.
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