The FORJA Concertation Party ( es, Partido de la Concertación FORJA) is a political party in
Argentina. It was founded in 2008 as a split from the
Radical Civic Union
The Radical Civic Union ( es, Unión Cívica Radical, UCR) is a centrist and social-liberal political party in Argentina. It has been ideologically heterogeneous, ranging from social liberalism to social democracy. The UCR is a member of the So ...
. The party now forms part of the
Frente de Todos
The Frente de Todos (translated as "Everyone's Front") is a coalition of Peronist and Kirchnerist political parties in Argentina formed to support President Alberto Fernández and Vice President Cristina Kirchner.
Fernández won the 2019 gene ...
, the ruling coalition supporting President
Alberto Fernández.
[ At the time of its foundation and until the alliance's dissolution, the party was a member of the Front for Victory.
The party counts with minor representation in the ]Argentine Chamber of Deputies
The Chamber of Deputies ( es, Cámara de Diputados de la Nación), officially the Honorable Chamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, is the lower house of the Argentine National Congress ( es, Congreso de la Nación). It is made up of 257 ...
: Mabel Caparrós, national deputy from Tierra del Fuego, was elected in 2019
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. In 2019, FORJA also gained its first-ever provincial governor: Gustavo Melella, also of Tierra del Fuego.
History
The party takes its name from the historical organization FORJA ( es, Fuerza de Orientación Radical de la Joven Argentina), which existed from 1935 to 1945. Like the historical Forja, the Concertation Party is of Radical origins but is ideologically and politically closer to Peronism
Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...
.
Electoral performance
President
See also
*'' Radicales K''
* Front for Victory
*Plural Consensus
Plural Consensus ( es, Concertación Plural) was a center-left Kirchnerist electoral alliance in Argentina acting as a political bloc in the Argentine Senate and elsewhere.
The coalition is largely made up of members of the Radical Civic Union, a ...
References
External links
Official website
{{Argentine political parties
Political parties established in 2008
2008 establishments in Argentina
Center-left parties in Argentina
Kirchnerism
Peronist parties and alliances in Argentina
Radical Civic Union