Colombian Conservative Party

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Colombian Conservative Party
Partido Conservador Colombiano
Party Chairman Julio Manzur Abdala
Senate Leader Roberto Gerlein
House Leader Alfredo Cuello Baute
Founded October 4, 1843
Headquarters Avenida 22 37–09
Barrio La Soledad
Bogotá, D.C.
Colombia
Political ideology Conservatism
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International affiliation International Democrat Union
Color(s) Blue1
Website www.partidoconservador.org
1Blue has been commonly used since its creation.

The Colombian Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador Colombiano), is a conservative right wing / center right Colombian political party. The party was unofficially founded by a group of Revolutionary Commoners during the Revolutionary War for Independence from the Spanish Monarchy and later formally established during the Greater Colombia formation.

The Conservative party along with the Colombian Liberal Party, dominated the Colombian political scene from the end of the 19th Century until 2002, in bipartisan political hegemony. In the mid 20th century, the Conservative Party and the Liberal Party established the "National Front" after deposing military dictator Gustavo Rojas Pinilla and shared by turns the presidential terms.

In 1998, Andres Pastrana Arango, a conservative, was elected president of Colombia, setting a conservative tendency that would catch on with the Colombian politics, after achieving the approval for the Plan Colombia.

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[edit] Origins

The Colombian Conservative party was formally founded in October 4, 1849, when a declaration of political principles was publicly published in the "La Civilización" newspaper, by Mariano Ospina Rodríguez and José Eusebio Caro. The party's original program called for the defense of constitutional order and legality against dictatorship and monarchy, the protection of property rights against communism, that of Roman Catholic morality against atheism, the equality of citizens before the law, and the victory of civilization against barbarism.

[edit] Ideology

The party's current programme includes several objectives: to continue the search for peace in Colombia (following the examples of former presidents Guillermo León Valencia, Belisario Betancur and Andrés Pastrana, as members of the party), to preserve national unity and the continuing belief in God held by the majority of Colombians, the need for a reform of the 1991 constitution in order to correct some of its flaws to promote the modernization of the state, to fight unemployment, poverty, and lack of security and to extend and defend property rights for all Colombians.

[edit] Political History

The Colombian Conservative Party is usually the second largest single party in the Colombian Congress, though far behind the numbers corresponding to the Colombian Liberal Party or those of multiple independent factions and candidates.

From 1958 to 1978 it, and the other major party, the Colombian Liberal Party, shared power as the result of the National Front agreement that followed the fall of General Gustavo Rojas Pinilla.

The Colombian Conservative Party has become a close political ally of President Alvaro Uribe, who was formerly a member of the opposing Liberal party. The party did not present its own candidate for the 2006 presidential elections, and instead supported President Uribe's reelection.

[edit] Electoral Results

In legislative elections of 2006 the party won 29 out of 166 seats in the Chamber of Representatives and 18 out of 100 seats in the Senate.

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[edit] Other Colombian Parties

Political Parties of Colombia
Major Parties  Liberal Party    Conservative Party    Democratic Pole     Party of the U
Minor Parties  Alternative of Social Progress      Alterning Road     Christian National Party     Christians for Community      Citizens' Convergence     Citizens' Movement     Citizens' Political Movement for Bocaya     Civic People's Convergence     Civic Purpose Colombia     Coalition     Colombia Always     Colombia Unite     Colombian Community and Communal Political Movement     Colombian People's Party     Colombian Social Democratic Party     Community Participation      Democratic Colombia Party     Democratic Progressivity     Democratic Unity Party     For the Country of our Dreams     Front of Hope     Huila New and Liberalism      Huella Citizens's Movement     Independent Absolute Renovation Movement     Independent Civic Movement (Colombia)     Independent Conservatism     Independent Democratic Pole      Indigenous Authorities of Colombia      Indigenous Social Alliance Movement     Liberal Opening     Living Colombia Movement     Mira Movement     Moral and Social Vanguard Party Let's Go Golombia     Movimiento Dejen Jugar al Moreno      National Democratic Reconstruction     National Movement     National Popular Alliance     National Salvation Movement     New Democratic Force     New Liberalism     People's Integration Movement     People's Participation Movement     People's Will Movement     Political Movement for Social Security     Progressive Force     Progressive National Movement     Radical Change     Regional Integration Movement     Renovation Movement Labour Action     Republican Movement     Revolutionary Independent Labour Movement     Social Action Party     Social and Political Front     Team Colombia     Unionist Movement     United People's Movement     We are Colombia     Yes Colombia
Historical Parties Patriotic Union (UP)  Hope, Peace and Liberty
See List of political parties in Colombia for a complete list.
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