Liberal People's Party (from 2001 Liberals; ) was a conservative-liberal political party in Finland, founded in 1965 as a reunification of the People's Party of Finland and Liberal League.
History Originally named Liberal People's Party (), it restyled its name as Liberals () in 2000.
Liberals was removed from the party registry in 2007 after the failure to gain a seat in two consecutive parliamentary elections. In 2011, the party dissolved itself as a political party. It continues its basic ideological policy as an independent think tank.
Leaders 1965–1968 Mikko Juva 1968–1978 Pekka Tarjanne 1978–1982 Jaakko Itälä 1982–1984 Arne Berner 1984–1990 Kyösti Lallukka 1990–1992 Kaarina Koivistoinen 1992–1993 Kalle Määttä 1993–1995 Tuulikki Ukkola 1995–1997 Pekka Rytilä 1997–2000 Altti Majava 2000–2001 Oili Korkeamäki 2001–2005 Tomi Riihimäki 2005–2008 Ilkka Innamaa 2008–2011 Kimmo Eriksson 2011–2011 Jouni Flemming
Elections Election resultsParliament Year MPs Votes 1966 9 153,259 6.47% 1970 8 150,823 5.95% 1972 7 132,955 5.16% 1975 9 119,534 4.35% 1979 4 106,560 3.68% 1987 0 27,824 0.97% 1991 1 21,210 0.78% 1995 0 16,247 0.58% 1999 0 5,194 0.19% 2003 0 8,776 0.31% 2007 0 3 171 0.11%Local councils Year Councillors Votes 1968 309 123,793 5.45% 1972 304 129,736 5.19% 1976 328 127,750 4.76% 1980 203 88,086 3.21% 1988 62 29,339 1.12% 1992 49 26,334 0.99% 1996 25 8,766 0.37% 2004 1 1,016 0.04%European Parliament Year MEPs Votes 1996 0 8,305 0.37% 2004 0 3,558 0.21%
See also :Category:Liberals (Finland) politicians Liberalism Contributions to liberal theory Liberalism worldwide List of liberal parties Liberal democracy Liberalism and centrism in Finland
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