Socialist Party of Chile

The Socialist Party of Chile (Spanish: Partido Socialista de Chile or PS) is a political party in Chile, and part of the ruling Coalition of Parties for Democracy coalition. President of Chile Ricardo Lagos Escobar represented the PS in the 1999 presidential elections. He won 48.0 % in the first round and was elected with 51.3 % in the second round. In the last legislative elections on December 16, 2001, the party won as part of the Coalition of Parties for Democracy 10 out of 117 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 5 out of 38 elected seats in the Senate. This changed at the 2005 elections to 15 and 8.

Socialist Michelle Bachelet won the 2005 Presidential election. She is the first female president to rule Chile.

History

It was the party of former President Salvador Allende, who was among its founders on April 19, 1933.

After the Chilean coup of 1973 it was proscribed (along with the other leftist parties constituting the Popular Unity coalition) and split itself in several groups that would not reunite until after the return to civilian rule in 1990.

Presidents elected under Socialist Party of Chile

* 1970 - Salvador Allende
* 2000 - Ricardo Lagos
* 2006 - Michelle Bachelet

See also

*Victor Olea Alegria, disappeared in 1974
*Carlos Lorca, disappeared in 1975
*Carlos Altamirano Orrego (general secretary between 1971 and 1979)
*wikisource:Chamber of Deputies of Chile Resolution of August 22, 1973

External links

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Link to a Spanish language website

Partido Socialista de Chile

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