Morena (political party)

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National Regeneration Movement
Movimiento Regeneración Nacional
AbbreviationMORENA
PresidentLuisa María Alcalde Luján
Secretary-GeneralCarolina Rangel
Senate LeaderAdán Augusto López Hernández
Chamber LeaderRicardo Monreal Ávila
FounderAndrés Manuel López Obrador
Founded2 October 2011; 13 years ago (2011-10-02)[1]
Registered10 July 2014; 10 years ago (2014-07-10)[2]
Split fromParty of the Democratic Revolution
HeadquartersSanta Anita #50, Col. Viaducto Piedad C.P. 08200 Iztacalco, Mexico City
NewspaperRegeneración
Membership (2023)Increase 2,322,136
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing[20]
National affiliationSigamos Haciendo Historia (2023–present)
Juntos Hacemos Historia (2020–2023)
Juntos Haremos Historia (2017–2020)
Regional affiliationSão Paulo Forum[21]
Colours  Maroon
SloganLa esperanza de México[22]
('The hope of Mexico')
Chamber of Deputies 
253 / 500
Senate
66 / 128
State governors
23 / 32
State legislatures
406 / 1,112
Mayors
406 / 2,043
Website
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The National Regeneration Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈɾena]), is a major left-wing populist political party in Mexico. As of 2023, it is the largest political party in Mexico by number of members; it has been the ruling party since 2018, and won a second term in the 2024 general election.[23]

The party's name alludes to Mexico's Catholic national patroness: the Virgin of Guadalupe, known as 'La Morena'.[24][25][26]

Established as a non-profit organization in 2011 and registered as a political party in 2014, it was led by three-time presidential candidate and former President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,[27][28][29] until 12 December 2017, when he registered as a candidate for the party's nomination, and was succeeded by Yeidckol Polevnsky.[30][31]

For the 2018 general election, it formed the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia (Together We Will Make History) with the left-wing Labor Party and the Christian conservative Social Encounter Party. It won the presidency with 53% of the popular vote and won a majority in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. MORENA was part of the Juntos Hacemos Historia alliance for the 2021 legislative election. In the 2024 election, Morena's candidate for president, Claudia Sheinbaum, was elected in a landslide victory and became Mexico's first female president-elect.[32] She succeeded Andrés Manuel López Obrador on October 1.

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  27. ^ "Mexico's Lopez Obrador leaves coalition to form new movement". BBC News. 10 September 2012.
  28. ^ "Mexico's electoral Left May Be Divided Further by a New Political Party". The Wall Street Journal. 24 January 2014.
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  32. ^ "Claudia Sheinbaum ganó por amplio margen las elecciones y se convirtió en la primera mujer presidenta en la historia de México". 3 June 2024.