The Coalition for Change was a presidential and parliamentary electoral coalition that groups the supporters of

Sebastián Piñera Miguel Juan Sebastián Piñera Echenique OMCh (; born 1 December 1949) is a Chilean billionaire businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and again from 2018 to 2022. The son of a Christian Democratic polit ...

for the 2009-10 Chilean presidential election. Its predecessor was the

Alliance for Chile The Alliance ( es, Alianza), previously known as Alliance for Chile ( es, Alianza por Chile), was a coalition of centre-right to right-wing Chilean political parties. The Alliance was replaced between 2009 and 2012 by the Coalition for Change. A ...

. The constituent parties are the

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, National Renewal,

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, the movements Grand North, and

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. This coalition speech aspired to leave behind divisions that have polarized Chilean society, and his objective was to work together for the future of Chile by creating a democracy representative of the diverse creeds with respect, tolerance and friendship. '' El Maul
Nace la Coalición por el Cambio
/ref>''

History

After his separation from the

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(''Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia'') and having founded the political movement

, Senator

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integrated the independent platform next to Carlos Cantero, who renounced from National Renewal to found the Movement Grand North;

Carlos Bianchi Carlos Arcesio Bianchi (born 26 April 1949), nicknamed ''El Virrey'' (''The Viceroy''), is an Argentine former football player and manager. A prolific goalscorer, although he had a bright career as a forward in Argentina and France, Bianchi is b ...

; and

Adolfo Zaldívar Miguel Adolfo Gerardo Zaldívar Larraín (September 13, 1943 – February 27, 2013) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was senator for Aisén and from March 2008 until his death in February 2013 he had been President of the Chilean Senate ...

, ex Christian-democrat with close ties to the Regionalist Party of the Independents (''Partido Regionalista de los Independientes''). This group of senators was key in proposing the coalition of

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, as in the destitution of the Minister

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for

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and in the naming of Jovino Novoa (UDI) as the president of the

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. After having joined the list "Clean Chile. Happy Vote" (''Chile Limpio. Vote Feliz'', formerly ''Por Un Chile Limpio''), a separation was generated between the founding members of ChileFirst in respect to the position the party would take before the presidential and parliamentary elections of 2009. Meanwhile, Jorge Schaulsohn and Fernando Flores supported the candidate of the Alliance for Chile

Esteban Valenzuela Esteban Valenzuela Van Treek (born 12 March 1964) is a Chilean journalist, politician and writer, born in Rancagua. Since 11 March 2022, he has served as Chile's Minister of Agriculture. Mayor of Rancagua from 1992 to 1996, and Deputy from 2002 t ...

, also a member of parliament, rejected the union with the center-right and renounced ChileFirst in order to support

Marco Enríquez-Ominami Marco Antonio Enríquez-Ominami Gumucio (born 12 June 1973) is a Chilean- French, filmmaker, politician, and perennial candidate. From 2006 to 2010 he was a Socialist Party deputy in Chile's lower chamber. In 2009 he quit the party and ran for P ...

. La Nacio
Valenzuela dejó Chile Primero por apoyo a Piñera
/ref> The support for Sebastián Piñera by the part of ChilePrimero was made official on May 6, 2009, the same day the Coalition for Change itself became official, joining the Alliance for Chile, ChileFirst and other minor political movements. For the 2009-2010 presidential elections, the candidate for the Coalition for Change, Sebastián Piñera, won the first round with more than 44% of the votes. During the run-off election, Sebastián Piñera won with 51.61% of the Chilean vote, with which he succeeded in retaining the presidency for the period of 2010-2014. Piñera took the presidential oath on March 11, 2010. In 2013, the coalition was composed only of the National Renewal and the Independent Democratic Union. That same year, regained its old name "Alliance" to participate in the presidential primaries.

Leaders

*Francisco Alaniz, Corparaucanía *Cristina Bitar, Humanismo Cristiano *Roberto Mayorga, Humanismo Cristiano *Juan Antonio Coloma, Unión Demócrata Independiente *

Carlos Larraín Carlos Larraín was the President of National Renewal (Renovación Nacional). Biography Carlos Larraín Peña received an LL.B. from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile in 1967, and an M.A. from the Université catholique de Louvain in ...

, Renovación Nacional *Carlos Cantero, Norte Grande *

, ChilePrimero *

, President of Chile

References

External links

Official Website
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History

Leaders

See also

References

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