Country: | Chile |
Progressive Convergence | |
Native Name: | Convergencia Progresista |
Leader: | Heraldo Muñoz Carlos Maldonado Álvaro Elizalde |
Foundation: | 8 October 2018 |
Dissolved: | 30 September 2020 |
Predecessor: | New Majority |
Successor: | Constituent Unity |
Ideology: | Third Way Factions: Social democracy Progressivism |
Position: | Centre to centre-left |
Seats1 Title: | Senators |
Seats2 Title: | Deputies |
Seats3 Title: | Mayors |
Headquarters: | Santiago de Chile |
Progressive Convergence (Spanish; Castilian: Convergencia Progresista pronounced as /es/, CP) was a political alliance in Chile. The alliance was created on 8 October 2018 and was composed of the Party for Democracy (PPD), the Radical Party (PR) and the Socialist Party (PS).[1]
The alliance was created as a coordination group of Chile's social-democratic and center-left parties after the dissolution of the New Majority coalition, which was defeated in the 2017 general election.[2]
The group Sought to dialogue with other parties and coalitions such as the Communist Party and the Broad Front to oppose Chile Vamos.[3] The alliance was supplanted by the Constituent Unity in 2020.
The alliance was consisted of the three parties of the former New Majority.[4]
Party | Spanish | Leader |
---|---|---|
Party for Democracy | Partido por la Democracia | Heraldo Muñoz |
Social Democrat Radical Party | Partido Radical | Carlos Maldonado |
Socialist Party | Partido Socialista | Álvaro Elizalde |