Liberal Party (Mexico)

Liberal Party
Partido Liberal
FounderJosé María Luis Mora and Valentín Gómez Farías (co-founder)
Founded1833–1834
Dissolved1905 (1905) (see Mexican Liberal Party)
HeadquartersMexico City
IdeologyClassical liberalism
Republicanism
Secularism
Anti-clericalism
Federalism
1872-1911:
Authoritarianism
Militarism
Pro-Porfirio Díaz
Political positionCentre-left (until 1872)
Right-wing (1872–1911)
Colors  Red

The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal, PL) was a loosely organised political party in Mexico from 1822 to 1911. Strongly influenced by French Revolutionary thought, and the republican institutions of the United States, it championed the principles of 19th-century liberalism, and promoted republicanism, federalism, and anti-clericalism. They were opposed by, and fought several civil wars against, the Conservative Party.