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Liberal International (LI) is a political international federation for liberal political parties.
Its headquarters is located at 1 Whitehall Place, London, SW1A 2HD within the National Liberal Club. It was founded in Oxford in 1947, and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal parties and for the strengthening of liberalism around the world. The Oxford Manifesto describes the basic political principles of the Liberal International.
to win general acceptance of Liberal principles which are international in their nature throughout the world, and to foster the growth of a free society based on personal liberty, personal responsibility and social justice, and to provide the means of co-operation and interchange of information between the member organisations, and between men and women of all countries who accept these principles.
The aims of Liberal International are also set out in a series of seven manifestos, written between 1946 and 1997 and are furthered by a variety of bodies including a near yearly conference for liberal parties and individuals from around the world.[1]
The 13th president of Liberal International is Juli Minoves of the Liberal Party of Andorra (PLA), former Andorra's foreign minister and representative to the United Nations. Minoves succeeded to Hans van Baalen, leader of the delegation and spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence for the Dutch People's Party for Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament.
Former Presidents include Lord John Alderdice, Dutch politician and former European Commissioner Frits Bolkestein, German politician Otto Graf Lambsdorff, and Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after the Franco dictatorship Adolfo Suárez.
Other members of the bureau include Deputy President Helen Zille, and Vice Presidents Cecilia Wikström MEP, Dzhevdet Chakarov MP, Baroness Falkner of Margravine, Kasit Piromya, Markus Löning, and treasurers Robert Woodthorpe Browne MBE and Mr Shih-chung Liu. The secretary general is Emil Kirjas, a former president of the International Federation of Liberal Youth.
Liberal International has two main publications:
The Oxford Manifesto, drawn up in April 1947 at Wadham College in Oxford by representatives from nineteen liberal political parties, led by Salvador de Madariaga, is a document describing the basic political principles of the Liberal International.[3]
The Oxford Manifesto was inspired by the ideas of William Beveridge and is regarded as one of the defining political documents of the twentieth century.
Fifty years on, in 1997, Liberal International returned to Oxford and issued a supplement to the original manifesto, The Liberal Agenda for the 21st century, describing Liberal policies in greater detail. The second Oxford Manifesto was adopted by the 48th Congress of Liberal International, which was held on 27–30 November 1997 in the Oxford Town Hall.[4]
In addition to the member organizations listed below, the International has a single individual member, Martin Lee, the founding chairman of Democratic Party (Hong Kong).
The International is also in a loose association with the following organisations:
National groups:
* observer
*associate member **observer
John Locke, Libertarianism, Socialism, Social liberalism, Adam Smith
European parliament, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Liberalism, Democrats 66, Mark Rutte
Belgium, Slovenia, United Kingdom, European Union, Netherlands
Liberalism, Hamburg, Theodor Heuss, Guido Westerwelle, Bundestag
Taiwan, Chen Shui-bian, Legislative Yuan, Tsai Ing-wen, Pan-Green Coalition
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Liberal International, Liberalism, Classical liberalism, Libertarianism
People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party, Hans van Mierlo, Liberalism, Alexander Pechtold
Liberal International, Social Democratic Party of Austria, Immigration, Vienna, National liberalism