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{{Short description|Colombian political party}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Use American English|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox political party
| name             = New Liberalism
| native_name      = Nuevo Liberalismo
| logo_size        = 150px
| colorcode        = #D5303E
| logo             = NUEVO LIBERALISMO.svg
| leader           = [[Juan Manuel Galán Pachón]]
| founded          = 1979 <small>(original)</small><br />2021 <small>(refounded)</small>
| dissolved        = 1990 <small>(original)</small>
| founders         = [[Rodrigo Lara Bonilla]] <br /> [[Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento]]
| ideology         = [[Liberalism]] ([[Liberalism in Colombia|Colombian]])<br />[[Social liberalism]]<br />[[Cultural liberalism]]
| position         = [[Centrism|Centre]]
| country          = Colombia
| youth_wing       = [https://twitter.com/pioneroscol Pioneros]
| seats1_title     = [[Senate of Colombia|Senators]]
| seats1           = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|108|hex=#D5303E}}
| seats2_title     = Seats in the [[Chamber of Representatives of Colombia|Chamber of Representatives]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|2|188|hex=#D5303E}}
| split            = [[Colombian Liberal Party]]
| national         = [[Hope Center Coalition]] (2021–2022)
| website          = [https://nuevoliberalismo.org/ Nuevo Liberalismo]
}}
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'''New Liberalism''' ({{Langx|es|Nuevo Liberalismo}}) is a [[List of political parties in Colombia|political party]] in [[Colombia]]. 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]] and [[Carlos Fernando Galán]].

== History ==

=== Original party ===
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 Colombian presidential election|1990]].

After Galán's assassination in 1989, any remnants of the original party had dissolved by the 1990s.  

=== Modern electoral history ===
At the legislative elections on 10 March 2002, the party won as one of the many small parties parliamentary representation. 

In 2021, the party was revived following a ruling by the [[Constitutional Court of Colombia]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2023-10-31/el-nuevo-liberalismo-resurge-con-carlos-fernando-galan-como-alcalde-electo.html | title=El Nuevo Liberalismo resurge con Carlos Fernando Galán como alcalde electo | date=31 October 2023 }}</ref>

In the [[2022 Colombian parliamentary election]], the newly revived party managed to elect two candidates for congress, Julia Miranda and Juan Sebastián Gómez.

In the [[2023 Colombian regional and municipal elections]], the party won 2 governorships and 40 mayorships.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.semana.com/politica/articulo/asi-le-fue-al-nuevo-liberalismo-el-partido-de-carlos-fernando-galan-en-las-elecciones-regionales-tendran-40-alcaldias-y-2-gobernaciones/202304/ | title=Así le fue al Nuevo Liberalismo, el partido de Carlos Fernando Galán, en las elecciones regionales: Tendrán 40 alcaldías y 2 gobernaciones | date=November 2023 }}</ref> Carlos Fernando Galán won the election for [[Superior Mayor of Bogotá]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://elpais.com/america-colombia/2023-10-30/carlos-fernando-galan-ganamos-ahora-estamos-obligados-a-que-ganen-todos.html | title=Carlos Fernando Galán: "Ganamos. Ahora estamos obligados a que ganen todos" | date=30 October 2023 }}</ref> He was officially inaugurated as Mayor on 1 January 2024. His priorities as mayor included security, embracing new technologies, [[gender equality]], education, and job creation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=¡No time to waste!: Carlos Galan in his inaugural speech as Mayor {{!}} Bogota.gov.co |url=https://bogota.gov.co/en/international/inaugural-speech-carlos-fernando-galan-mayor-bogota |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=bogota.gov.co |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
<references />{{ColParties}}


[[Category:Defunct liberal political parties|Colombia 1979]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1979]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Colombia]]
[[Category:Radical parties]]
[[Category:Social liberal parties]]
[[Category:Liberal parties in Colombia]]

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