Humanist Party (Chile)

Humanist Party Partido Humanista
Leader	Danilo Monteverde
Founded	1984
Headquarters	Av. Brasil 23, Second Floor Santiago de Chile
Membership  (2009)	83,328 (6th)
Ideology	Humanism, Democratic socialism Libertarian Socialism
Political position	Left-wing
International affiliation	Humanist International Foro de São Paulo
Colours	Orange
Website
Official website
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The Humanist Party (Spanish: Partido Humanista) is a progressive left-wing political party in Chile, founded in 1984.

In December 1990, Laura Rodríguez became the first elected representative of any Humanist Party in the world after winning a seat as part of the Concertación coalition, after Augusto Pinochet handed over power.

At the last legislative elections, December 16, 2001, the party won 1.1% of the vote but no seats. The party is a member of the Humanist International.

For the 2005 presidential elections, the Humanist Party was a member of the coalition Juntos Podemos Más (Together We Can Do/Achieve More). Their presidential candidate Tomás Hirsch won 5.37% of the vote in a 4-way race between Michelle Bachelet, Sebastián Piñera, and Joaquín Lavín in the 2005 elections. He polled 4th place and therefore did not make the runoff.

On 12 March 2013 they selected economist and university professor Marcel Claude as their candidate for the 2013 presidential election.

Presidential candidates

The following is a list of the presidential candidates supported by the Humanist Party. (Information gathered from the Archive of Chilean Elections).

• 1988 plebiscite: "No" (win)
• 1989: Patricio Aylwin (win)
• 1993: Cristián Reitze (lost)
• 1999: Tomás Hirsch (lost)
• 2005: Tomás Hirsch (lost)
• 2009: Marco Enríquez-Ominami (lost)
• 2013: Marcel Claude (lost)

External links

• Official web site