Liberalism in Portugal

History

1826 to 1926

From Democratic Group to New Progressive Party

• 1826: Supporters of the liberal revolution of 1820 establish the Democratic Group
• 1840: The party is reorganized into the Progress Party, founded by João de Saldanha
• 1849: The New Progressive Party merges with the conservative Regenerator Party
• 1851: A faction leaves the party and founds the Progressive Historical Party/Party of Historical Progressives
• 1862: The Progressive Historical Party is split into the Reformist Party and the Historical Party
• 1876: Both parties reunite and merge into the New Progressive Party, which eventually develops into a Conservative party
• 1910: The New Progressive Party dissolves.

  Portuguese Republican Party

• 1872: Revolutionary and radical liberals establish the Portuguese Republican Party
• 1891: The Portuguese Republican Party is banned.
• 1906: It is reestablished.
• 1910: The newly radicalized party stages a revolution and its leader Joaquim Teófilo Braga becomes Prime Minister of Portugal.
• 1911: Liberal and moderate factions of the Portuguese Republican Party form the Republican National Union which secedes.
• 1912: The Republican National Union is split and liberals establish the Evolutionist Republican Party, led by António José de Almeida. The conservative wing in the split continues as the Republican Union.
• 1919: A faction joins the conservative Republican Liberal Party and the liberals form the Radical Party Popular Portuguese Party
• 1920: The National Reconstituted Republican Party secedes, leaving the Portuguese Republican Party as an intransigent radical, such as the Jacobine party which is banned in 1926. Liberal elements from the Portuguese Republican Party form the National Reconstituted Republican Party
• 1922: The Portuguese Republic Party is renamed Radical Party Radical Party
• 1923: The Republican Action Party is merged into the conservative Nationalist Republican Party, but later that year it is refounded as the Republican Action
• 1926: The Republic Action Party is banned.

  1985 onwards

Social Democratic Party

Liberal Social Movement

• 2005: The Social Liberal Movement is founded as a movement. The current president is Miguel Duarte.

  Iniciativa Liberal

• 2017: The Iniciativa Liberal, a classical liberal party, is founded and becomes a full member of the ALDE European Party. The current president is :pt:João Cotrim de Figueiredo|João Cotrim de Figueiredo