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

Independent Democratic Union The Independent Democratic Union (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) is a conservative and right-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian allied with A ...

, National Renewal,

ChileFirst The Liberal Party of Chile ( es, Partido Liberal de Chile) is a social-liberal political party in Chile, founded 26 January 2013 in Santiago, Chile. The main figure of the party is the deputy Vlado Mirosevic. Ideology The Liberal Party of C ...

, the movements Grand North, and Christian Humanism. 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
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History

After his separation from the

Coalition of Parties for Democracy A coalition is a group formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political or economical spaces. Formation According to ''A Gui ...

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

, Senator

Fernando Flores Carlos Fernando Flores Labra (born January 9, 1943) is a Chilean engineer, entrepreneur and politician. He is a former cabinet minister of president Salvador Allende and was senator for the Arica and Parinacota and Tarapacá regions between 200 ...

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

right-wing Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authorit ...

, as in the destitution of the Minister Yasna Provoste 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 Sebastián Piñera, Esteban Valenzuela, also a member of parliament, rejected the union with the center-right and renounced ChileFirst in order to support Marco Enríquez-Ominami. 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, Renovación Nacional *Carlos Cantero, Norte Grande *

, ChilePrimero * Sebastián Piñera, President of Chile

References

External links

Official Website
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History

Leaders

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