Morena (political party)
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Morena (Spanish pronunciation: [moˈɾena]) is a major Mexican left-wing political party. It is described as an anti-neoliberal and populist party.[23] It is the ruling party of Mexico since 2018. As of 2023, it is the largest political party in Mexico by number of members.[24]
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National Regeneration Movement Movimiento Regeneración Nacional | |
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Abbreviation | MORENA |
President | Mario Martín Delgado |
Secretary-General | Citlalli Hernández [es] |
Senate Leader | Eduardo Ramírez Aguilar |
Chamber Leader | Ignacio Mier Velazco |
Founder | Andrés Manuel López Obrador |
Founded | 2 October 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-02)[1] |
Registered | 10 July 2014; 9 years ago (2014-07-10)[2] |
Split from | Party of the Democratic Revolution |
Headquarters | Santa Anita #50, Col. Viaducto Piedad C.P. 08200 Iztacalco, Mexico City |
Newspaper | Regeneración |
Membership (2023) | 2,322,136 |
Ideology | |
Political position | Left-wing[20] |
National affiliation | Sigamos Haciendo Historia (2023–present) Juntos Hacemos Historia (2020–2023) Juntos Haremos Historia (2017–2020) |
Regional affiliation | São Paulo Forum[21] |
Colours | Maroon |
Slogan | La esperanza de México[22] ('The hope of Mexico') |
Chamber of Deputies | 202 / 500 |
Senate | 58 / 128 |
State governors | 21 / 32 |
State legislatures | 406 / 1,112 |
Mayors | 406 / 2,043 |
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The name is a syllabic abbreviation of Movimiento Regeneración Nacional (National Regeneration Movement). It also alludes to Mexico's Catholic national patroness: the Virgin of Guadalupe, known as 'La Morena'.[25][26][27]
Established as a non-profit organization in 2011 and formally registered as a political party in 2014, it was led by three-time presidential candidate and current President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador,[28][29][30] until 12 December 2017, when he registered as a candidate for the party's nomination, and was succeeded by Yeidckol Polevnsky.[31][32]
For the 2018 general elections, it formed the coalition Juntos Haremos Historia (Together we will make history) with the left-wing Labor Party and the Christian conservative Social Encounter Party. It won the presidency with 53% of the popular vote and won a majority in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies.
MORENA was part of the Juntos Hacemos Historia alliance for the 2021 legislative elections.