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Liberal International
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international federation of liberal political parties (1947-present)
Key facts
- Abbreviation
- LI
- Formation
- 21 November 1946 ; 79 years ago ( 1946-11-21 ) , (In April 1947, it was constituted with the Oxford Manifesto )
- Type
- International non-governmental organisation
- Legal status
- Political international
- Purpose
- World federation of liberal political parties and organisations
- Headquarters
- National Liberal Club
- Location s
- London , SW1A , United Kingdom
- Region served
- Worldwide
- Members
- 90 political parties and 21 international organisations (as of May 2022)
- President
- Karl-Heinz Paque
- Vice presidents
- Henrik Bach Mortensen, Sidi Touré, Dr. Phil Bennion (fmr. MEP)
- Secretary general
- Elin Håland
- Main organ
- Congress of Liberal International
- Publication
- LI Human Rights Bulletin
- Website
- liberal-international .org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- non-governmental organization
- Country
- Internationality
- Headquarters
- London
- Official website
- liberal-international.org
- Image
- National Liberal Club (geograph 3816139, cropped).jpg
- Political ideology
- classical liberalism
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- native label
- Liberal International
- topic's main category
- Category:Liberal International
- inception
- 1947-04-01
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Encyclopedic overview
Liberal International (LI) is a worldwide organisation of liberal political parties. The political international was formed in November 1946, and constituted with the Oxford Manifesto in April 1947. It has become the pre-eminent network for liberal and progressive democratic parties aiming to strengthen liberalism and democratic values around the world. Its headquarters are within the National Liberal Club, in London. The Oxford Manifesto describes the basic political principles of the Liberal International, which is currently made up of 111 parties and organisations.
Aims
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liberal International” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.