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Liberal Party
Liberal Party; Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas
Leader	Jovito Salonga
Chairperson	Franklin Drilon
President	Mar Roxas
Secretary-General	Joseph Emilio A. Abaya
Founded	November 24, 1945
Headquarters	Matrinco Building, Pasong Tamo Avenue, Makati City, Philippines
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Center-left, Centre
International affiliation	Liberal International; Alliance of Democrats
Official colors	Blue, Yellow
Seats in the Senate	3
Seats in the House of Representatives	17
Website
	http://www.liberalparty.ph
	Politics of Philippines; Political parties; Elections

The Liberal Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partido Liberal ng Pilipinas) is a liberal party in the Philippines, founded on November 24, 1945 by a breakaway from the Nacionalista Party. As such it is the second-oldest political party in the Philippines in terms of establishment, and the oldest active political party in the Philippines. The party has been led by people like Manuel Roxas, Elpidio Quirino, Diosdado Macapagal and Benigno Aquino, Jr.. It currently occupies five seats in the Senate of the Philippines including Benigno Aquino III (won in the 2007 elections), Majority Floor Leader Francis Pangilinan of Metro Manila (won in 2001; re-elected in 2007) and former Armed Forces Chief General and two-time Senator Rodolfo Biazon of Metro Manila and former Trade Secretary Manuel Roxas II of Capiz, Negros, and Quezon City, (won in 2004 elections). There are no results available of the last elections for the House of Representatives, but according to the website of the House, the party holds 34 out of 235 seats (state of the parties, June 2005). The party was, at the time of the 2004 elections, a member of the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K-4, Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow), the coalition that supported president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who won the 2004 presidential elections. The party is a member of Liberal International and the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats. The Liberal Party's ideology is very similar that of the U.S. Democratic Party and the Liberal Party of Canada.

[edit] Current party officials

Jovito Salonga, Chairman Emeritus (1982-present)
Former Senate President Franklin Drilon, Chairman (2006-present)
Senator Manuel A. Roxas II, The President (present)
Senator Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III, Executive Vice President (2005-present)
Former Representative Florencio B. Abad, Vice President for Policy
Rep. Jun Abaya, Secretary-General
Quezon Province Gov. Rafael P. Nantes, Treasurer
Attorney Jose Luis Martin C. Gascon, Esq, Director-General
La Union Province Board Member Henry Bacunay, Jr., Deputy Director-General

[edit] Past party presidents

President Manuel Roxas (1946-1948)
President Elpidio Quirino (1948-1950)
Speaker Eugenio Perez (1950-1957)
Senate President Ferdinand Marcos (1961-1964)
President Diosdado Macapagal (1964-1965)
Speaker Cornelio T. Villareal (1965-1969)
Senator Gerardo M. Roxas (1969-1982)
Senate President Jovito Salonga (1982-1993)
Senator Wigberto Tañada (1993-1994)
Representative Raul Daza (1994-1999)
Representative Florencio Abad (1999-2004)
Senate President Franklin Drilon (2004-2007)

[edit] Most notable members

Manuel Roxas (1st Philippine President of the Republic; one of the co-founders)
Elpidio Quirino (6th Philippine President)
Ferdinand Marcos (10th Philippine President; defected from the Liberal Party to the rival Nacionalista Party in 1965 because he can not get the nomination)
Diosdado Macapagal (9th Philippine President)
Gerardo Roxas, Sr. (Senator; Liberal Party leader during Marcos dictationship)
Corazon Aquino (11th Philippine President; Liberal Party is under the UNIDO political coalition in the 1986 elections)
Benigno Aquino, Jr. (Philippine Senator and Martyr)
Narciso Ramos (Philippine Secretary of Foreign Affairs; one of the co-founders)

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[edit] External links

Liberal Party official site