Party of the U
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Social Party of National Unity
Partido Social de Unidad Nacional |
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| President | Juan Manuel Santos |
| Vice President | Oscar Naranjo Trujillo |
| National Director | Sen. Roy Barreras |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Bogotá, Colombia |
| Ideology |
Social Democracy Third way Social liberalism Liberalism(Colombia) Uribism (formerly) |
| Political position | Center-left |
| International affiliation | Liberal International (observer) |
| Colours | Orange |
| Senators |
20 / 102
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| Representatives |
37 / 166
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| Governors |
4 / 32
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| Mayors |
258 / 1,102
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| Website | |
| www |
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The Social Party of National Unity (Spanish: Partido Social de Unidad Nacional), or Party of the U (Spanish: Partido de «la U») is a political party in Colombia. The Party is led by President Juan Manuel Santos. Currently, it is Colombia's largest political party and has formed a coalition with the Liberal Party and Radical Change.
The Party was formed in 2005 with the objective of uniting various congressional supporters of President Alvaro Uribe, also known as Uribistas into one political and provide a political platform for the 2006 Colombian Presidential Elections. Most of it's members defected from the Colombian Liberal Party, yet it failed to unite all Uribistas: in particular the Radical Change (Cambio Radical) didn't join.
In 2006, the party took part in the parliamentary elections of 2006, in which it won 30 out of 166 deputies and 20 out of 100 senators. 3 years later, more than half of the congressmen from the Radical Change Party switched to Party of the U, this resulted in it becoming Colombia's largest political party.
For 2010 presidential elections, Party of the U chose former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos as presidential candidate and Governor Angelino Garzon as vicepresidential candidate. Juan Manuel Santos was elected with 69% of the vote in the runoff. The Party also obtained 27 seats in the Senate in the 2010 congressional elections.
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