The Republican Party or Republican Right () —also known as Republican Democratic Right ()— was a

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existing from 1982 to 1987 during the

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. Its origins date back to late October 1982, when a group of politicians from the

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founded the Center for Analysis of National and International Reality. His goal was to provide a basis for the formation of a right-wing democratic party, inspired by modern liberalism and respectful of

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. This would give rise to a party whose name would be Republican Right, led by the ex-conservative Julio Subercaseaux and ex-liberals Hugo Zepeda Barrios and Armando Jaramillo Lyon. The party was among the founding members of the Democratic Alliance on August 6, 1983, having previously signed the ''Democratic Manifesto'' of March 14 of that year. In October 1984, it changed its name to the ''Republican Party'' after entry of the

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to the coalition. Both merged in 1987 to form the Liberal-Republican Union.

References

{{reflist Liberal parties in Chile Political parties established in 1982 Political parties disestablished in 1987 Defunct political parties in Chile 1982 establishments in Chile 1987 disestablishments in Chile