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National Renewal

National Renewal (Spanish: Renovación Nacional, RN) is a Chilean conservative-liberal political party founded on April 29, 1987,23 as a result of the merger of three right-wing groups organized in the 1980s: the National Union Movement (MUN), the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) and the National Labor Front (FNT). They were also joined by former militants of the National Party (PN). In 1988, after internal strategic and leadership disputes, the members of the UDI resigned from the party and decided to form their party.

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Renovación Nacional
PresidentRodrigo Galilea
Registered28 January 1988
Merger ofNational Union Movement
Independent Democratic Union splinters
National Labour Front[1][2]
HeadquartersAvenida Antonio Varas 454, Providencia, Santiago, Chile
Youth wingYouth of National Renewal (JRN)
Women's wingMujeresRN
Indigenous wingPueblos Originarios RN
Membership (2017)31,214 (4th in Chile)[3]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[12][13][14] to right-wing[2][15]
National affiliationChile Vamos[16]
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union[17]
Centrist Democrat International[18]
Colours    Blue, White and Red
Chamber of Deputies
23 / 155
Senate
11 / 50
Party flag
200px
Website
www.rn.cl

Between 1990 and 2010, he was in opposition to the governments of the Concertación de Partidos por la Democracia. From March 2010 to March 2014, within the Coalition for Change (later called Coalición y Alianza), he was part of Sebastián Piñera's first government. Between March 2014 and March 2018, he was part of the opposition to Michelle Bachelet's government. Between March 2018 and March 2022, he was part of the right-wing coalition that supported President Piñera's second government, called Chile Vamos; together with the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), Political Evolution (Evópoli) and the Independent Democratic Regionalist Party (PRI). Since March 2022, he has been part of the opposition to Gabriel Boric's government.

History

Foundation and plebiscite of 1988

File:Renovación Nacional (1988).jpg
National Renewal militants in 1988. In second and third place are Andrés Allamand and Sergio Onofre Jarpa, founders of the party.

On January 9, 1987, the National Union Movement (MUN) issued a statement entitled "The Imperative of National Unity," in which it called on the National Labor Front (FNT), the Independent Democratic Union (UDI), and the National Party (PN)—all supporters of the military dictatorship to a greater or lesser extent—to merge into a single party. The new party was officially launched on February 5 at the Hotel Carrera in Santiago under the name of the National Renewal Party (Parena). Ricardo Rivadeneira—who did not belong to any of the founding groups of RN—assumed the presidency of the party, still in formation. Its vice-presidencies were occupied by Andrés Allamand (MUN), Juan de Dios Carmona (FNT), and Jaime Guzmán (UDI).

The political party was officially established under the name of National Renewal on April 29 of the same year, with 351 founding members from the MUN, the UDI, the FNT—within which the Social Democracy Party and the Christian Social Movement had been incorporated—and former members and supporters of the National Party, Radical Democracy, and the Christian Democratic Party who collaborated with the military dictatorship.

The new formation had 48,596 membership cards in December of the same year, being legally recognized by the Electoral Service on January 28, 1988, and registered in the Registry of Political Parties on February 8.27 In December 1987, elections were held for a new board of directors. Sergio Onofre Jarpa was the winner, supported by the former MUN and FNT, but not by the former UDI.

In March 1988, internal elections were due to be held within the party. However, Jaime Guzmán denounced irregularities in the election of the board of directors, which led to his expulsion from the party. As a result, Guzmán's supporters decided to withdraw from RN and re-found the original trade union movement as the UDI for Yes. It should be noted that the UDI members who joined RN always sought to preserve their own identity and, unlike the followers of Allamand and Jarpa, were unconditional supporters – and not critical – of Pinochet and the government leadership.

Structure

Regarding the party organization, it can be mentioned that the general council is the highest authority of the party. Its more than 450 members are elected by the militants of the 16 regions of the country. It is made up of the board and all the representatives of the party in Congress and is renewed every two years.

Below the general council is the political commission, made up of fifteen non-parliamentary members, elected by secret vote in the general council. This party structure is responsible for, among other duties:

Determining and permanently resolving the political action of the party, adhering to the agreements of the general council

Setting the guidelines for the legislative management that the parliamentarians are responsible for developing

Emblem of the Youth of National Renewal.

The national board —made up of a national president, general secretary, and eight vice presidents— is responsible for, among other things:

Leading the party following its principles, statutes, programs, and the guidelines, resolutions, and agreements of the general council

Proposing the party program to the general council; issuing the internal regulations necessary for the proper organization, operation, and financing of the party.

Proposing to the general council modifications to the declarations of principles, name of the party, party programs, statutes, and internal regulations, as well as alliances, electoral pacts, merger with another party or parties, and their dissolution.

Presidents

Renovación Nacional has had thirteen presidents in its history:

Name Portrait Start End Government
Ricardo Rivadeneira Monreal April 29, 1987 December 11, 1987 Mlt Military dictatorship
Sergio Onofre Jarpa Reyes 100x100px December 11, 1987 August 5, 1990
Andrés Allamand Zavala 100x100px August 5, 1990 June 25, 1997 With Aylwin
With Frei Ruiz-Tagle
Alberto Espina Otero 100x100px June 25, 1997 June 22, 1999
Alberto Cardemil Herrera 100x100px June 22, 1999 May 26, 2001 With Lagos
Sebastian Piñera Echenique 100x100px May 26, 2001 March 10, 2004
Sergio Diez Urzúa 94x94px March 10, 2004 May 27, 2006
Carlos Larraín Peña 88x88px May 27, 2006 June 21, 2014 Con Bachelet I
Alz Piñera I
Cristián Monckeberg Bruner 100x100px June 21, 2014 March 10, 2018 NM Bachelet II
Mario Desbordes Jiménez 100x100px March 10, 2018 July 28, 2020 ChV Piñera II
Rafael Prohens Espinosa (interim) 100x100px July 28, 2020 June 20, 2021
Francisco Chahuán Chahuán 100x100px June 20, 2021 October 7, 2023 AG Boric
Rodrigo Galilea Vial 112x112px October 7, 2023 In office

Current Board

Name Photo Position Notes
Rodrigo Galilea President Senator of the Republic
Andrea Balladares General Secretary Former Undersecretary of Social Services
José García Ruminot First Vice President Senator of the Republic and President of the Senate
Ricardo Kuschel Vice President
Giannina González Vice President
Ximena Ossandón Vice President Deputy of the Republic
Pedro Pizarro Vice President
Ruggero Cozzi Vice President Former constitutional convention member
Mario Meza Vice President

References

  1. ↑ "El desembarco de la derecha" (PDF). Análisis (in español). 10 March 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 April 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Flores-Macías, Gustavo A. (2012), After Neoliberalism?: The Left and Economic Reforms in Latin America, Oxford University Press, p. 153
  3. ↑ "Affiliates table" (PDF). servel.cl. Retrieved 2020-07-20.
  4. ↑ Arceneaux, Craig; Pion-Berlin, David (2005), Transforming Latin America: The International And Domestic Origins of Change, University of Pittsburgh Press, p. 148
  5. ↑ "El conservador Sebastián Piñera gana la presidencia en Chile". 17 December 2017.
  6. ↑ "El conservador Sebastián Piñera juró como presidente de Chile". 11 March 2018.
  7. ↑ Kirby, Peadar (2003), Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First Century Challenges, Sage, p. 157, ...the Renovacion Nacional (RN) with its internal divisions between liberals and conservatives...
  8. ↑ Délano, Manuel (10 February 2010). Liberales y conservadores se reparten el Gobierno de Chile. https://elpais.com/diario/2010/02/10/internacional/1265756406_850215.html. 
  9. ↑ "La crisis del milagro neoliberal".
  10. ↑ Verónica Marín (27 December 2018). "Evangélicos, liberales, históricos, kastistas y pinochetistas: Quién es quién en la bancada de RN". EMOL.
  11. ↑ "RN entrega respaldo a diputada Flores tras dichos sobre ser pinochetista: "Aquí nadie sobra" - La Tercera". www.latercera.com. Retrieved 11 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Chile's ex-leader Bachelet favoured in presidential vote. France 24. 16 November 2013. https://www.france24.com/en/20131116-chile-election-bachelet-pinera-longueira-matthei-vote. 
  13. ↑ Chilean ambassador resigns after praising Pinochet. BBC. 9 June 2010. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/10272911. 
  14. ↑ "Sebastián Piñera, el millonario que votó contra el general Pinochet". 17 December 2017.
  15. ↑ Posner, Paul W. (2008), State, Market, and Democracy in Chile: The Constraint of Popular Participation, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 114
  16. ↑ "UDI, RN, PRI y Evópoli firman acuerdo para la creación de una nueva coalición política". La Tercera. 29 January 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Members | International Democracy Union". 1 February 2018.
  18. ↑ "Parties - IDC-CDI".
  19. ↑ "Partidos Miembros". Archived from the original on 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2025-01-13.
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