Dominican Liberation Party

Dominican Liberation Party
Partido de la Liberación Dominicana
AbbreviationPLD
LeaderDanilo Medina
PresidentDanilo Medina
General SecretaryJohnny Pujols
FounderJuan Bosch
Founded15 December 1973; 50 years ago (1973-12-15)
Split fromDominican Revolutionary Party
HeadquartersIndependence Avenue 401, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
NewspaperVanguardia del Pueblo
Membership (2023)2,177,036[1]
IdeologySocial democracy[2]
Third Way
Social liberalism
Civic nationalism
Political positionCentre[3] to centre-left[4][5]
Regional affiliationParliamentary Group of the Left
Continental affiliationCOPPPAL
São Paulo Forum
Colors   Violet and Yellow
Anthem
"Himno del Partido de la Liberacion Dominicana"
"Hymn of Dominican Liberation Party"
Chamber of Deputies[6]
13 / 190
Senate[7]
0 / 32
Mayors[7]
15 / 155
Central American Parliament[7]
1 / 20
Party flag
Website
pld.org.do
Juan Bosch, first president of the Dominican Liberation Party (1973–2001)
Leonel Fernández, second president of the Dominican Liberation Party (2001–2019)
Temístocles Montás, interim president of the Dominican Liberation Party (2019-2021)
Danilo Medina, The current president of the Dominican Liberation Party

The Dominican Liberation Party (Spanish: Partido de la Liberación Dominicana, referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PLD) is a political party in the Dominican Republic. Founded in 1973 by former president Juan Bosch, the party, along with the Dominican Revolutionary Party (referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PRD), and Social Christian Reformist Party, has dominated politics in the country since the establishment of democracy in the early 1960s.

The PLD have won several elections since the late 1990s and had held control over much of the government until 2020, when the Modern Revolutionary Party (referred to here by its Spanish acronym, the PRM) won several governmental seats as well as the presidency with the election of Luis Abinader as president. The PLD party's logo is a yellow five-pointed star on a purple background.

  1. ^ "El PLD entrega a la JCE un padrón de más de dos millones de militantes". August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ domingo, G. Soluciones-Desarrollo web en santo (2019-05-29). "Danilo Medina al borde de la Socialdemocracia". AlMomento.Net (in Spanish). Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Opposition declares victory in Dominican Republic's virus-scarred vote". Reuters. 2020-07-05. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
  4. ^ "La factibilidad política de las reformas del sector social en América Latina" (PDF). CEPAL, United Nations. p. 49.
  5. ^ "In the Dominican Republic, the President's Likely Reelection Bodes Well for the Economy, But Challenges Remain". Stratfor. Retrieved May 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Busque sus Diputados". Cámara de Diputados de la República Dominicana. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  7. ^ a b c "El Universal".