Liberal Democratic Party (Portugal)

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The Liberal Democratic Party (Portuguese: Partido Liberal-Democrata, PLD) was a minor liberalcentrist political party in Portugal. It never had representatives in the Assembly of the Republic, the Portuguese legislature.

Liberal Democratic Party
Partido Liberal Democrata
LeaderFrancisco Oliveira
Founded2007
Dissolved2019
HeadquartersSede Rua Castilho, n.º 5 - 1ª Loja 1250-066 Lisboa
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre
Assembly of the Republic
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Website
http://www.mudarportugal.pt/

It was founded in September 2007, in Lisbon by college professor Eduardo Correia as the Merit and Society Movement (Portuguese: Movimento Mérito e Sociedade, pronounced [muviˈmẽtu ˈmɛɾitu i susieˈðaðɨ]; 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.

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