The Liberal Democratic Party ( pt, Partido Liberal-Democrata, PLD) was a minor
liberal
Liberal or liberalism may refer to:
Politics
* a supporter of liberalism
** Liberalism by country
* an adherent of a Liberal Party
* Liberalism (international relations)
* Sexually liberal feminism
* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
–
centrist
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political party
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in
Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ...
. It never had representatives in the
Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese legislature.
It was founded in September 2007,
in
Lisbon by college professor Eduardo Correia as the ''Merit and Society Movement'' ( pt, Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, ; abbreviated ''MMS''). On April 29, 2008 8,400 signatures were presented to the
Portuguese Constitutional Court to start the legal procedures for the formation of the party. It was recognized the same month. Since 2011, it has been called the Liberal Democratic Party. It was declared extinct by the Portuguese Constitutional Court in November 2019.
References
External links
Official website
2007 establishments in Portugal
2015 disestablishments in Portugal
Centrist parties in Portugal
Defunct liberal political parties
Defunct political parties in Portugal
Liberal parties in Portugal
Political parties disestablished in 2015
Political parties established in 2007
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