National Leftist Revolutionary Union

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National Leftist Revolutionary Union Unión Nacional Izquierdista Revolucionaria

Abbreviation	UNIR
President	Jorge Eliécer Gaitán
Founded	1933
Dissolved	1935
Split from	Liberal Party
Merged into	Liberal Party
Ideology	Left-wing nationalism Left-wing populism Democratic socialism Anti-imperialism
Political position	Left-wing
Politics of Colombia Political parties Elections

The National Leftist Revolutionary Union (Spanish: Unión Nacional Izquierdista Revolucionaria) was a radical political party that operated in Colombia in the early 1930s.

History

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The movement was founded in 1933 by populist leader Jorge Eliécer Gaitán after he broke with the Liberal Party. In 1935, Gaitan decided to rejoin the Liberals, and disbanded the National Leftist Revolutionary Union in the same year.^[1]

References

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^ Sharpless, Richard E.: Gaitàn of Colombia. A Political Biography, Pittsburgh 1978, page 71-85.