Social Democrat Party (Chile)
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| Social Democrat Party Partido Social Demócrata |
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| Founded | 1965 |
| Dissolved | 1972 |
| Split from | National Democratic Party |
| Merged into | Radical Party |
| Headquarters | Santiago, Chile |
| Ideology | Democratic socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| National affiliation | Popular Unity |
| Politics of Chile Political parties Elections |
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The Social Democrat Party (Spanish: Partido Social Demócrata, PSD) was a political party of Chile founded in 1965 by the Senator Luis Fernando Luengo and the Deputy Patricio Hurtado Pereira
Luis Fernando Luengo was a member of the National Democratic Party and Patricio Hurtado, had renounced his membership in the Christian Democratic Party to create the Movement of National Rebellion (MORENA) in 1964. The party was one deputy and one senator. For the 1969 elections the party elected one senator but had no deputies. In the presidential elections of 1970 the party supported Salvador Allende and in 1972 the party was dissolved and its members moved to the Radical Party.
Had as leaders to Lautaro Ojeda, Plácido Contreras, Juan Tuma, Eugenio Tuma, Humberto Martones Morales, Enrique Martones Morales, Gabriel Luengo, Hernán Giles, Manuel Yáñez, the doctor Óscar Jiménez Pinochet, Uberlinda Lagos Reyes, Luis Urra Muena, Francisco González and Manuel González.
