New Liberalism () is a
political party in
Colombia
Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...
. Originally founded by
Luis Carlos Galán in 1979 as a dissident force of the
Colombian Liberal Party and dissolved in the 1990s, the party was refounded in 2021 by two of his sons,
Juan Manuel Galán Pachón
Juan Manuel Galán Pachón (born 29 July 1972) is a Colombians, Colombian politician, currently serving as Senator of Colombia since 2006. He is the son and political heir of the assassinated political activist, politician, and presidential cand ...
and
Carlos Fernando Galán.
Running against both the conservatives and the mainstream Liberal Party, Galán lost the elections in 1982. He and his movement officially returned to the Liberal Party in 1987, but several of the members still considered themselves as part of a somewhat distinct entity. Back in the Liberal fold, Luis Carlos Galán appeared as the leading candidate in polls and hoped to be able to win the next presidential elections which would be held in
1990
File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ...
.
After Galán's assassination in 1989, any remnants of the original party had dissolved by the 1990s. At the
legislative elections on 10 March 2002, the party won as one of the many small parties parliamentary representation.
Colombia 1979
Political parties established in 1979
1979 establishments in Colombia
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