Liberal Democrats - Definition and Overview

Liberal Party is the name of dozens of political parties around the world. It usually designates a party that is ideologically liberal or left wing. There are however some Liberal Parties which are actually more conservative in nature than their opponents, or who adhere to right wing or libertarian views.

For more information on liberal parties, see liberal parties.

Liberal Party

Liberal Party (or Party replaced by another word) is the name of several political parties, including present-day

• Aland — Liberals for Aland
• Andorra — Liberal Party of Andorra
• Aruba — Aruban Liberal Organization
• Australia — Liberal Party of Australia
• Austria — Liberal Forum
• Brazil — Liberal Front Party and Liberal Party
• Canada — Liberal Party of Canada and its affiliated provincial parties, Parti libéral du Québec
• Colombia — Colombian Liberal Party
• Croatia — Liberal Party
• Cuba — Cuban Liberal Union
• Egypt — Liberal Party
• Finland — Liberals (Finland)
• Gibraltar — Liberal Party of Gibraltar
• Honduras — Liberal Party of Honduras
• Hong Kong — Liberal Party
• Iceland — Liberal Party (Frjáslyndi Flokkurin)
• Kosovo — Liberal Party of Kosovo
• Lithuania — Liberal and Centre Union
• Macedonia — Liberal Party of Macedonia
• Nicaragua — Liberal Constitutional Party
• Philippines — Liberal Party
• Rwanda — Liberal Party
• Serbia and Montenegro — Liberal Alliance of Montenegro and Liberals of Serbia
• Sri Lanka — Liberal Party of Sri Lanka
• Sweden — People' Party Liberals
• Switzerland — Liberal Party of Switzerland
• Ukraine — Liberal Party
• United States — Liberal Party of New York
• United Kingdom — Liberal Party (not the same as the historic Liberal Party or the larger Liberal Democrats, see below)

• Defunct parties of the name include
  • Argentina — Liberal Party
  • Armenia — Liberal Party
  • Australia — Commonwealth Liberal Party
  • Belgium — Liberal Party, Brussels Liberal Party, Reformist Liberal Party now merged into Mouvement Réformateur (French-speaking)
  • Bolivia — Liberal Party
  • Chile — Liberal Party
  • Finland — Liberal Party and Liberal People's Party
  • Germany — Liberal Union
  • Isle of Man — Manx Liberal Party
  • Japan — Liberal Party
  • Netherlands — Liberal State Party, Liberal Union
  • New Zealand — Liberal Party, Liberal Party (1963), Liberal Party (1992)
  • South Africa — South African Liberal Party, outlawed by the Apartheid regime.
  • Sweden — Liberal Party of Sweden
  • United Kingdom — Liberal Party, merged into Liberal Democrats.
  • Utah Territory — Liberal Party
  • Rhodesia — Liberal Party Of Rhodesia

In combination

Liberal is also used in combination with:

Democratic

• Liberal Democratic Party or Democratic Liberal Party
  • Angola — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Belgium — Flemish Liberals and Democrats (Dutch-speaking)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Croatia — Party of Liberal Democrats
  • Cuba — Liberal Democratic Party
  • European Union — European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party
  • Japan — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Kenya — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Macedonia — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Malaysia — Liberal Democratic Party
  • Mozambique — Liberal Democratic Party of Mozambique
  • Russia — Liberal Democratic Party of Russia
  • Slovenia — Liberal Democracy of Slovenia
  • Switzerland — Liberal Democratic Party (also known as the Freethinking Democratic Party and the Radical Democratic Party)
  • Turkey — Liberal Democratic Party
  • United Kingdom — Liberal Democrats
  • Defunct parties of the name include
    • Armenia — Democratic Liberal Party
    • France — Liberal Democracy

National

• National Liberal Party
  • Bermuda — National Liberal Party
  • Lebanon — National Liberal Party
  • Panama — National Liberal Party
  • Romania — National Liberal Party
  • Defunct parties of the name include
    • Denmark — National Liberal Party
    • Germany — National Liberal Party
    • United Kingdom — National Liberal Party

Progressive

• Progressive Liberal Party
  • Bahamas — Progressive Liberal Party

Social

• Social Liberal Party
  • Brazil — Social Liberal Party
  • Croatia — Croatian Social Liberal Party
  • Denmark — Social Liberal Party, better known as Det Radikale Venstre, which literally means The Radical Left
  • Lithuania — New Union Social Liberals
  • Moldova — Social Liberal Party
  • Mozambique — Social Liberal and Democratic Party
  • Netherlands — Democrats 66 (uses social liberal as its subtitle)

Radical

• Radical Liberal Party
  • Ecuador — Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
  • Paraguay — Authentic Radical Liberal Party

See also

• Freedom Party
• Liberal International
• Social Liberal Party
• National Liberal Party
• Radical Party
• List of political parties