Civil Will Party
Civil Will Party of Mongolia Иргэний Зориг Нам | |
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| Abbreviation | CWP (English) ИЗН (Mongolian) |
| Founder | Sanjaasürengiin Oyun |
| Founded | 9 March 2000 15 January 2006 |
| Dissolved | 12 March 2012 |
| Split from | Democratic Union |
| Merged into | Civil Will–Green Party |
| Headquarters | Ulaanbaatar |
| Ideology | Liberalism Liberal democracy |
| Political position | Centre |
| National affiliation | Motherland Democratic Coalition (2003–2004) |
| International affiliation | Liberal International |
| Colors | Blue White |
| State Great Khural (2004–2008) | 2 / 76 |
| Party flag | |
The Civil Will Party (CWP) (Mongolian: Иргэний Зориг Нам, romanized: Irgeniy Zorig Nam, abbr. ИЗН or IZN) was a liberal political party in Mongolia from 2000 to 2002, and again from 2006 to 2012. The CWP was founded by Sanjaasürengiin Oyun, the sister of prominent democracy advocate Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, who was murdered in 1998.
The party briefly merged with the Republican Party (RP) from 2002 until 2004, when the RP split off to run independently in the 2004 parliamentary elections. The short-lived Civil Will–Republican Party was dissolved, and the CWP was refounded on 15 January 2006. Later, the Mongolian National Unity Party merged into the CWP in 2008.
In 2012, the CWP merged with factions of the Mongolian Green Party to form the Civil Will–Green Party, ending its nearly a decade of existence.