Dominican Liberation Party
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Dominican Liberation Party
Partido de la Liberación Dominicana |
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| President | Leonel Fernández |
| General Secretary | Reinaldo Pared Pérez |
| Founder | Juan Bosch |
| Founded | 15 December 1973 |
| Split from | Dominican Revolutionary Party |
| Headquarters | Independence Avenue 401, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
| Newspaper | Vanguardia del Pueblo |
| Ideology | Populism Civic nationalism Social democracy Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre to Centre-left |
| International affiliation | São Paulo Forum |
| Regional affiliation | COPPPAL |
| Colors | Violet and Yellow |
| Chamber of Deputies |
106 / 190
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| Senate |
26 / 32
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| Mayors |
106 / 155
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The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, or PLD) is the current governing political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along with the Dominican Revolutionary Party, have dominated politics in the country since the establishment of democracy.
The party has been elected into office four times now, with Danilo Medina as current President of the Dominican Republic, in the 1996, 2004, 2008 and 2012 elections, though losing in 2000. In May 2006 the party and its allies gained control of both houses of Congress.
At the legislative elections, 16 May 2002, the party won 29.1% of the popular vote and 41 out of 150 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 2 out of 31 seats in the Senate. Its candidate at the presidential election of 16 May 2004, Leonel Fernández, won 57.1% of the vote.
Founded by Juan Bosch in 1973, the PLD originally was considerably to the left of Bosch's original party, the Dominican Revolutionary Party. Today the party is seen gravitating towards a more centrist platform and embraces many neoliberal policies away from its post-communist and neomarxist past. Bosch ran for president as the party’s candidate several times, but did not win. Following Bosch’s retirement, Fernandez became the leader of the party and won the 1996 presidential elections after forming an alliance with Dr. Joaquín Balaguer, Bosch’s political enemy for over 30 years. He did not run for another term in 2000, but returned to the presidency in 2004. The party's logo is a yellow five-pointed star on a purple background.
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