Liberal Party (Mexico)
Liberal Party Partido Liberal | |
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Leaders | Antonio López de Santa Anna, Valentín Gómez Farías, Jesús González Ortega, Benito Juárez, Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, Porfirio Díaz |
Founder | Vicente Guerrero |
Founded | 1822 |
Dissolved | 1884 |
Succeeded by | National Porfirist Party |
Headquarters | Mexico City |
Ideology | Classical liberalism Republicanism Secularism |
Political position | Centre to Centre-right |
Colors | Red |
The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL), also called Party of Progress[1] (Spanish: Partido del Progreso, PdP), was a Mexican political party founded in the mid 19th century and involving important figures such as José María Luis Mora, Benito Juárez and Porfirio Díaz.
When Mexico achieved its independence in 1821, the Mexican political life was altered by constant struggles between Liberals and Conservatives.[2] The Liberal Party enacted the Federal Constitution of 1857, which along with the Plan of Ayutla (1854) and other liberal reforms polarized Mexican society to lead the Reform War (1857–1861),[3] the Second French Intervention in México (1862–1867) and the Second Mexican Empire (1863–1867).
Liberals
Rulers with liberal ideology who were in power at various stages were:
First Minister of the First Mexican Empire (1822-1823)
Presidents of Mexico (1824-1857)
- Vicente Guerrero
- José María Bocanegra
- Pedro Vélez
- Melchor Múzquiz
- Manuel Gómez Pedraza
- Valentín Gómez Farías
- Antonio López de Santa Anna
- Miguel Barragán
- José Joaquín de Herrera
- Pedro María de Anaya
- Manuel de la Peña y Peña
- Mariano Arista
- Juan Bautista Ceballos
- Juan Álvarez
- Ignacio Comonfort
Presidents during the Reform War
First Minister of the Second Mexican Empire[4]
Presidents of the Restored Republic (1867-1884)
- Benito Juárez
- Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada
- José María Iglesias
- Porfirio Díaz
- Juan Nepomuceno Méndez
- Manuel González Flores
References
- ^ Garrido, Luis Javier (1995). El partido de la revolución institucionalizada. La formación del nuevo Estado en México (1928-1945). Siglo XXI. ISBN 978-968-231710-1. ISBN 968-23-1710-X.
- ^ Vázquez, Josefina Zoraida (1997) Liberales y conservadores en México: diferencias y simulitudes EIAL Vol. 8, No. 1.
- ^ Jarquín, María Teresa; Herrejón Peredo, Carlos Breve Historia del Estado de México Biblioteca digital, Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicación Educativa (ILCE), Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP)
- ^ Second Mexican Empire not recognized by the liberals