The Liberal Party (

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: ''Partido Liberal'', PL) was a

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existing between 1988 and 1994. The Liberal Party was founded on May 31, 1988 as a continuation of the

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, formed in 1987 following the merger of the

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and

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parties. July 25 was declared as a party "in formation", and registered in the register of political parties on April 21, 1989. It supported the "No" option in the plebiscite of 1988, and was one of the founders of the

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, but the party left soon after to support

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in the presidential election of 1989. The party also was constituting an electoral pact with the

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for the parliamentary election of that year. On July 17, 1990, the Liberal Party (led by Carlos Cerda) merged with the Party of the South, which risked its dissolution by the Electoral Service, adopting the name of the first. After the municipal elections of 1992, where the party only gained representation in the

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, the party's general secretary Eduardo Diaz Herrera called for its dissolution as Liberal Party, and found it again as Southern Party, an issue that materialized on March 5, 1993; however, the party was dissolved definitely on June 8, 1994.

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{{Reflist Liberal parties in Chile Political parties established in 1988 Political parties disestablished in 1994 Defunct political parties in Chile Defunct liberal political parties 1988 establishments in Chile 1994 disestablishments in Chile