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National Libertarian Party

Partido Nacional Libertario
AbbreviationPNL
PresidentJohannes Kaiser
Founded12 July 2024 (2024-07-12)
Split fromRepublican Party
HeadquartersSan Damian Oriente, Las Condes, Santiago de Chile
Membership48,498[1]
Political positionFar-right[6]
National affiliationChange for Chile[7]
Colours     Orange
     Navy blue
Chamber of Deputies
8 / 155
Senate
1 / 43
Website
nacionallibertario.cl

The National Libertarian Party (Spanish: Partido Nacional Libertario) is a Chilean political party led by Johannes Kaiser.[8] It was founded by five libertarian members of the national conservative Republican Party in the Chamber of Deputies.[9] Its legalisation process by the Electoral Service is in course.[10][11][12][13] The party has presented more than 46,080 signatures in 13 of the 16 regions of the country.[14][15][16][17][18]

The party ran Johannes Kaiser as their presidential candidate in the 2025 Chilean presidential election.[19]

History

The Libertarian National Party was formed around the figure of the politician Johannes Kaiser and the discontent of other dissident members of the Republican Party of Chile.[2][20] Political analysts explained that this discontent among more "purist" members was with the party's performance and support for the 2023 new constitutional proposal.[3][21] Additionally, they attributed Kaiser’s rise in popularity and the formation of the party to a broader phenomenon related to the emergence of disruptive figures from the right such as Javier Milei or Donald Trump.[3][21]

The party was created on July 12, 2024[22] and currently holds six seats in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile. Although the candidacy of Johannes Kaiser for the Chile Vamos primary elections for the 2025 Chilean presidential election was initially considered, this option was discarded after the approval of the pension reform project by said coalition.[23] However, Kaiser has expressed his openness to a primary with candidates from the Christian Social Party and the Republican Party.[24]

Influential Pinochetist journalist, Hermógenes Pérez de Arce, gave support to the party in the 2025 Chilean general election due to the PLR pursuing a new constitution when elected in the 2023 Chilean Constitutional Council elections despite promises from many party members that the 1980 Constitution would be preserved.[25]

Ideology

Template:Conservatism in Chile Several media outlets have categorized the party as far-right,[2][3][26][27] although the party itself and Johannes Kaiser prefer to describe it as right-wing.[13][28] When asked about it, Kaiser stated that he does not believe in the existence of the far right and that "we do not have arsenals, we do not violently attack our political opponents […] I would call it a more 'consistent' or 'fundamentalist' right".[29]

Leadership

The provisional leadership of the National Libertarian Party is composed of:[30][22]

  • President: Johannes Kaiser
  • Vice President: Hans Marowski
  • General Secretary: Juan Antonio Urzúa Meneses
  • Deputy Secretary: Karina Sapunar

Authorities

Deputies

The National Libertarian Party has six deputies for the 2022-2026 period:[31]

Name Region District
Cristián Labbé Martínez Metropolitan 8
Johannes Kaiser Barents-Von Hohenhagen Metropolitan 10
Gonzalo de la Carrera Correa Metropolitan 11
Gloria Naveillán Arriagada Araucanía 22
Cristóbal Urruticoechea Ríos Biobío 21
Leonidas Romero Sáez Biobío 20

Election results

Presidential elections

Election year Candidate 1st Round Results
# Votes % Votes
2025 Johannes Kaiser 1,808,434 13.94% Lost

Congress elections

Election year Chamber of Deputies Senate Status
# Votes % Votes Seats # Votes % Votes Seats
2025 679,500 6.34%
8 / 155
171,602 5.54%
1 / 50
Support

References

  1. SERVEL: Total de afiliados a partidos políticos (in spanish)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Marchant, Álvaro (2025-01-28). "Los rostros detrás del Partido Nacional Libertario: el colectivo liderado por Kaiser que está a un paso de ser oficial" (in es). https://www.fastcheck.cl/2025/01/28/los-rostros-detras-del-partido-nacional-libertario-el-colectivo-liderado-por-kaiser-que-pretende-oficializarse/. Retrieved 2025-01-30. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Castillo, Francisca (January 20, 2025). "Kaiser y la ultraderecha "libertaria" que inquieta a republicanos rumbo a las presidenciales" (in es). https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/2025/01/20/kaiser-y-la-ultraderecha-libertaria-que-inquieta-a-republicanos-rumbo-a-las-presidenciales/. 
  4. "El "Milei chileno" que se suma a la oferta de ultraderecha" (in es). January 23, 2025. https://www.pagina12.com.ar/798937-el-milei-chileno-que-se-suma-a-la-oferta-de-ultraderecha. 
  5. "Diputados ultraderechistas se reúnen en torno a Johanes Kayser y se alejan de Kast" (in es). January 14, 2025. https://www.elperiodista.cl/2025/01/diputados-ultraderechistas-se-reunen-en-torno-a-johanes-kayser-y-se-alejan-de-kast/. 
  6. [2][3][4][5]
  7. Tomás Reyes Figueroa (1 July 2025). "Partidos de la 'nueva derecha' sellan pacto parlamentario, pero surgen tensiones por candidaturas presidenciales". DUPLOS.CL. https://duplos.cl/actualidad/partido-republicano-jose-antonio-kast-pacto-parlamentario-sara-concha-15/210825/2025/07/01/. 
  8. Kaiser, Johannes (2024-11-25). "Partido nacional libertario: una respuesta al clamor ciudadano" (in es). https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/opinion/tu-voz/2024/11/25/partido-nacional-libertario-una-respuesta-al-clamor-ciudadano.shtml. 
  9. "Partido Nacional Libertario oficializa a sus cinco diputados y avanza en su consolidación – Radio Maray" (in es). https://www.maray.cl/pais/15/01/2025/partido-nacional-libertario-oficializa-a-sus-cinco-diputados-y-avanza-en-su-consolidacion/. 
  10. "Extracto escritura de constitución "Partido Nacional Libertario"" (in es). 7 November 2024. https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RO_0499-1.pdf. Retrieved 31 January 2025. 
  11. @Partido_NL (7 November 2024). "GRAN NOTICIA !!" (in es). https://x.com/Partido_NL/status/1854683941426303400. 
  12. "El Partido Nacional Libertario de Johannes Kaiser obtiene inscripción oficial ante el Servel" (in es). 2025-01-22. https://www.elmostrador.cl/noticias/pais/2025/01/22/el-partido-nacional-libertario-de-johannes-kaiser-obtiene-inscripcion-oficial-ante-el-servel/. 
  13. 13.0 13.1 "Partido Nacional Libertario del diputado Kaiser oficializa inscripción en Servel" (in es). https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2024/06/12/partido-nacional-libertario-del-diputado-kaiser-oficializa-inscripcion-en-servel.shtml. 
  14. "El fenómeno Kaiser, el presidenciable que corrió los márgenes de la extrema derecha chilena" (in es). El País. 16 February 2025. https://elpais.com/chile/2025-02-16/el-fenomeno-kaiser-el-presidenciable-que-corrio-los-margenes-de-la-extrema-derecha-chilena.html. Retrieved 16 February 2025. 
  15. "Partido de Johannes Kaiser se constituye ante el Servel tras conseguir 22 mil firmas de respaldo" (in es). Emol. 22 January 2025. https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2025/01/22/1155050/partido-johannes-kaiser-nacional-libertario.html. Retrieved 16 February 2025. 
  16. "Partido Nacional Libertario (PNL) se constituye oficialmente ante el Servel: Kaiser es su presidente" (in es). BioBioChile - La Red de Prensa Más Grande de Chile. Biobío. 22 January 2025. https://www.biobiochile.cl/noticias/nacional/chile/2025/01/22/partido-nacional-libertario-pnl-se-constituye-oficialmente-ante-el-servel-kaiser-es-su-presidente.shtml. Retrieved 16 February 2025. 
  17. "Tras reunir 22 mil firmas: Partido Nacional Libertario, liderado por Johannes Kaiser, se inscribe oficialmente ante el Servel" (in es). ADN. 22 January 2025. https://www.adnradio.cl/2025/01/22/tras-reunir-22-mil-firmas-partido-nacional-libertario-liderado-por-johannes-kaiser-se-inscribe-oficialmente-ante-el-servel/. Retrieved 16 February 2025. 
  18. "22.500 militantes en tres meses: el rápido aumento del partido de Kaiser que opaca a otras colectividades en formación" (in es). La Tercera. 13 February 2025. https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/22500-militantes-en-tres-meses-el-rapido-aumento-del-partido-de-kaiser-que-opaca-a-otras-colectividades-en-formacion/JA3BV6SEBJB2PNYCQLAWVFNEBA/. Retrieved 16 February 2025. 
  19. "Kaiser inscribe su candidatura presidencial y asegura tener "una base sólida para empezar la campaña"" (in Spanish). 2025-08-14. https://www.emol.com/noticias/Nacional/2025/08/14/1174998/kaiser-inscribe-candidatura-presidencial.html. 
  20. "¿Desde cuándo no hablan?: La turbulenta historia de Kaiser y Kast" (in es). BioBioChile. Biobío. 7 February 2025. https://www.biobiochile.cl/especial/bbcl-investiga/noticias/de-pasillo/2025/02/07/desde-cuando-no-hablan-la-turbulenta-historia-de-kaiser-y-kast.shtml. Retrieved 7 February 2025. 
  21. 21.0 21.1 Paillal, Bárbara (2025-01-19). "El libertario que emergió a la sombra de Kast y hoy lo desafía: Johannes Kaiser, nuevo líder disruptivo de derecha" (in es). https://radio.uchile.cl/2025/01/19/el-libertario-que-emergio-a-la-sombra-de-kast-y-hoy-lo-desafia-johannes-kaiser-nuevo-lider-disruptivo-de-derecha/. Retrieved 2025-02-08. 
  22. 22.0 22.1 "Extracto escritura de constitución "Partido Nacional Libertario"" (in es). November 7, 2024. https://www.servel.cl/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/RO_0499-1.pdf. 
  23. Martínez, Roberto (January 29, 2025). "Johannes Kaiser confirma que no participará en primarias con Chile Vamos" (in es). https://www.latercera.com/politica/noticia/johannes-kaiser-confirmo-que-no-participara-en-primarias-con-chile-vamos/OJ75O4HAFVFE7KIIGDJ7P654JQ/. 
  24. "Johannes Kaiser: "Declaro mi disponibilidad a una primaria con el Partido Republicano y el Partido Social Cristiano"" (in es). February 4, 2025. https://www.ex-ante.cl/johannes-kaiser-declaro-mi-disponibilidad-a-una-primaria-con-el-partido-republicano-y-el-partido-social-cristiano/. 
  25. Pérez de Arce Ibieta, Hermógenes (2025-03-31) (in es). Trampantojo (1st ed.). Editorial El Roble. ISBN 978-956-7855-21-6. 
  26. "El "Milei chileno" que se suma a la oferta de ultraderecha" (in es). January 23, 2025. https://www.pagina12.com.ar/798937-el-milei-chileno-que-se-suma-a-la-oferta-de-ultraderecha. 
  27. "Diputados ultraderechistas se reúnen en torno a Johanes Kayser y se alejan de Kast" (in es). January 14, 2025. https://www.elperiodista.cl/2025/01/diputados-ultraderechistas-se-reunen-en-torno-a-johanes-kayser-y-se-alejan-de-kast/. 
  28. "Nosotros" (in es). https://nacionallibertario.cl/nosotros/. 
  29. Palazzo, Mauricio (December 15, 2024). "Las definiciones de Johannes Kaiser, el libertario que asoma en la carrera presidencial chilena" (in es). https://www.infobae.com/america/america-latina/2024/12/15/las-definiciones-de-johannes-kaiser-el-libertario-que-asoma-en-la-carrera-presidencial-chilena/. 
  30. Rosas, Pedro (February 7, 2025). "Tres exmilitantes republicanos: quiénes son los integrantes de la directiva del partido libertario de Kaiser" (in es). La Tercera. https://www.latercera.com/la-tercera-pm/noticia/tres-exmilitantes-republicanos-quienes-son-los-integrantes-de-la-directiva-del-partido-libertario-de-kaiser/SK6U4GG6V5BIPBN374BFZZ7DRM/. 
  31. "Nacional Libertario: partido en formación y liderado por Kaiser suma 5 parlamentarios" (in es). January 15, 2025. https://www.24horas.cl/actualidad/politica/nacional-libertario-partido-kaiser. 

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