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{{Short description|International federation of liberal political parties (est. 1947)}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                     = Liberal International
| logo                     = Liberal International logo.svg
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| image                    = National Liberal Club, Whitehall Place (geograph 4771434).jpg
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| caption                  = Headquarters of Liberal International, London
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| abbreviation             = LI
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| formation                = {{start date and age|df=yes|1946|11|21}}<br>(In April 1947, it was constituted with the [[Oxford Manifesto]])
| extinction               = 
| type                     = [[International non-governmental organization|International non-governmental organisation]]
| publication              = ''LI Human Rights Bulletin''
| status                   = [[Political international]]
| purpose                  = World federation of [[Liberalism|liberal]] political parties and organisations
| headquarters             = [[National Liberal Club]]
| location                 = [[London]], {{postcode|SW|1A}}<br />[[United Kingdom]]
| region_served            = Worldwide
| membership               = 90 political parties and 21 international organisations (as of May 2022)
| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = [[Karl-Heinz Paque]]
| leader_title2            = Vice-Presidents
| leader_name2             = Henrik Bach Mortensen<br>Sidi Touré<br>[[Phil Bennion|Dr. Phil Bennion]] (fmr. MEP)
| leader_title3            = Secretary General
| leader_name3             = Elin Håland
| main_organ               = Congress of Liberal International
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| website                  = {{URL|liberal-international.org}}
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{{Liberalism sidebar}}
'''Liberal International''' ('''LI''') is a worldwide organisation of [[liberalism|liberal]] political parties. The [[political international]] was formed in November 1946, and constituted with the [[Oxford Manifesto]] in April 1947. It has become the pre-eminent network for liberal and progressive democratic parties aiming to strengthen [[liberalism]] and democratic values around the world. Its headquarters are within the [[National Liberal Club]], in [[London]]. The Oxford Manifesto describes the basic political principles of the Liberal International, which is currently made up of 111 parties and organisations.

== Aims ==
The Liberal International Constitution (2005) gives its purposes as: {{blockquote|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 principles that unite member parties from Africa, America, Asia and [[Europe]] are respect for [[human rights]], free and fair elections and [[Multi-party system|multi-party democracy]], [[social justice]], [[Toleration|tolerance]], [[market economy]], [[free trade]], environmental [[sustainability]] and a strong sense of international solidarity.

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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=532 |title=Constitution – Politics – Liberalism |publisher=Liberal-international.org |access-date=4 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125070625/http://liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=532 |archive-date=25 November 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Bureau ==
The bureau of Liberal International is elected every 18 months by the delegates of the congress.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bureau Members |url=https://liberal-international.org/who-we-are/political-leadership/bureau-members/ |access-date=2019-01-24 |website=Liberal International |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Former Presidents include [[Hans van Baalen|Hans Van Baalen]] MEP, [[John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice|John, Lord Alderdice]], Dutch politician and former [[European Commissioner]] [[Frits Bolkestein]], German politician [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]], and Spain's first democratically elected prime minister after [[Francoist Spain]], [[Adolfo Suárez]]. The 14th president of Liberal International was [[Hakima El Haite|Hakima el Haite]] of the [[Popular Movement (Morocco)|Mouvement Populaire]] (Morocco), who is a former Minister of Environment, UN climate champion, and climate scientist. Madam El Haite succeeded Dr [[Juli Minoves]], formerly Andorra's foreign minister and representative to the [[United Nations]].

The secretary-general of Liberal International is William Townsend. Other members of the bureau include Deputy President Prof. Karl-Heinz Paque; and Vice Presidents [[Cellou Dalein Diallo]] ([[Guinea]]), Kitty Monterrey ([[Nicaragua]]), [[Abir Al-Sahlani|Abir al-Sahlani]] ([[Sweden]]), Kiat Sittheamorn ([[Thailand]]) and Robert Woodthorpe Browne ([[United Kingdom]]). There are two elected treasurers, Judith Pallares MP ([[Andorra]]) and Minister Omar Youm ([[Senegal]]).

== Awards ==
Liberal International awards prizes to individuals in the areas of human rights and liberalism.

'''Prize for Freedom''':

The Liberal International Prize for Freedom is LI's most prestigious human rights award. Conveyed annually since 1984 to an individual of liberal conviction who has made outstanding efforts for the defence of freedom and human rights, recipients include [[María Corina Machado|Maria Corina Machado]] of [[Venezuela]], Senator [[Leila de Lima]] of the [[Philippines]], [[Raif Badawi]] of [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Waris Dirie]] of [[Somalia]] and [[Václav Havel]] of [[Czechoslovakia]] and the [[Czech Republic]].

'''Medal of Liberalism''':

The Liberal International Medal of Liberalism is awarded to individuals who have worked to advance liberal values on a local, national and international level. Recipients include President [[Alassane Ouattara]] of [[Ivory Coast]], Prime Minister [[Xavier Bettel]] of [[Luxembourg]], President [[Tsai Ing-wen]] of [[Taiwan]] and [[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe]] leader Sir [[Graham Watson]] of the [[United Kingdom]].

== Publications ==
The ''LI Human Rights Bulletin'' is published three times per year and consists of opinion articles, video interviews and digest of the work of the LI human rights committee.

Thematic publications are published online and in print on an ''[[ad hoc]]'' basis. Recent texts have offered a liberal perspective on issues ranging from freedom of belief to the responsibility to protect.

== History ==
=== Before establishment ===
Because inter-war [[International Entente of Radical and Similar Democratic Parties]] ceased to operate in the beginning of the [[World War II]], on 16 June 1946 representatives of the [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]] of Belgium, British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal Party]], French [[Radical Party (France)|Republican, Radical and Radical-Socialist Party]], [[Danish Social Liberal Party]], [[Freedom Party (Netherlands)|Freedom Party]] of the Netherlands, [[Free Democratic Party of Switzerland]], [[Liberals (Sweden)|People's Party]] of Sweden, [[Italian Liberal Party]] and the representatives of Spanish Liberals in exile assembled in [[Brussels]] and adopted the Declaration of Brussels, which called for creation of world liberal organisation.

=== Oxford Manifesto ===
The [[Oxford Manifesto]], drawn up in April 1947 at [[Wadham College]] in [[Oxford]] by representatives from 19 liberal political parties from South Africa, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Spain, Estonia, United Kingdom, United States, Finland, France, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia and Turkey is a document describing the basic political principles of the Liberal International. Creation of its main principles were led by [[Salvador de Madariaga]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=535 |title=Oxford Manifesto 1947 – Manifesto – Politics – Liberalism |publisher=Liberal-international.org |access-date=4 January 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211151351/http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=535 |archive-date=11 February 2011 }}</ref>

The Oxford Manifesto was inspired by the ideas of [[William Beveridge]]{{citation needed|date=May 2014}} and is regarded as one of the defining political documents of the 20th century.{{citation needed|date=May 2014}}

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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=537|title=Oxford Manifesto 1997 – Manifesto – Politics – Liberalism|date=30 November 1997|publisher=Liberal-international.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110207012341/http://www.liberal-international.org/editorial.asp?ia_id=537|archive-date=7 February 2011|url-status=dead|access-date=4 January 2011}}</ref> In 2017, the global federation marked its 70th anniversary with the adoption of the Andorra Liberal Manifesto for the twenty-first century (ALM). A three-year project across numerous continents initiated by then president Juli Minoves, the ALM embodied the widest consultation of views undertaken by Liberal International in order to compile a policy document.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://liberal-international.org/who-we-are/our-mission/landmark-documents/political-manifestos/liberal-manifesto-2017/|title=Andorra Liberal Manifesto - 2017|website=Liberal International|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-01-25}}</ref>

== Organisation ==
===Presidents===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! N°
! Portrait
! Name<br />{{small|(Birth{{ndash}}Death)}}
! Country
! colspan=2 | Presidency
! Membership
|-
! 1
| [[File:Salvador de Madariaga.JPG|75px]]
| [[Salvador de Madariaga]]<br />{{small|(1886{{ndash}}1978)}}
| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom<br />Spain {{small|(exiled)}}
| class=nowrap | 20 April 1948
| class=nowrap | 18 April 1952
| {{small|Association}}<br />[[Mont Pelerin Society]]
|-
! 2
|
| [[Roger Motz]]<br />{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1964)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Belgium
| class=nowrap | 18 April 1952
| class=nowrap | 20 April 1958
| [[Liberal Party (Belgium)|Liberal Party]]
|-
! 3
| [[File:Giovanni Malagodi.jpg|75px]]
| [[Giovanni Malagodi]]<br />{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1991)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Italy
| class=nowrap | 20 April 1958
| class=nowrap | 15 April 1966
| [[Italian Liberal Party]]
|-
! 4
| [[File:Toxopeus, E.H. - SFA008007403.jpg|75px]]
| [[Edzo Toxopeus]]<br />{{small|(1918{{ndash}}2009)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Netherlands
| class=nowrap | 15 April 1966
| class=nowrap | 25 April 1970
| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
|-
! 5
| [[File:Gaston Thorn (1984).jpg|75px]]
| [[Gaston Thorn]]<br />{{small|(1928{{ndash}}2007)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Luxembourg
| class=nowrap | 25 April 1970
| class=nowrap | 18 April 1982
| [[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|Democratic Party]]
|-
! {{small|(3)}}
| [[File:Giovanni Malagodi.jpg|75px]]
| [[Giovanni Malagodi]]<br />{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1991)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Italy
| class=nowrap | 18 April 1982
| class=nowrap | 26 April 1989
| [[Italian Liberal Party]]
|-
! 6
| [[File:Adolfo Suárez 1979 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Adolfo Suárez]]<br />{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2014)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Spain
| class=nowrap | 26 April 1989
| class=nowrap | 22 April 1992
| [[Democratic and Social Centre (Spain)|Democratic and Social Centre]]
|-
! 7
| [[File:Otto Graf Lambsdorff (1990).jpg|75px]]
| [[Otto Graf Lambsdorff]]<br />{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2009)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Germany
| class=nowrap | 22 April 1992
| class=nowrap | 25 April 1994
| [[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
|-
! 8
| [[File:DavidSteel1987 cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[David Steel]]<br />{{small|(1938{{ndash}})}}
| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom
| class=nowrap | 25 April 1994
| class=nowrap | 15 April 1996
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]
|-
! 9
| [[File:Frits Bolkestein 1999.jpg|75px]]
| [[Frits Bolkestein]]<br />{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2025)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Netherlands
| class=nowrap | 15 April 1996
| class=nowrap | 18 April 2000
| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
|-
! 10
| [[File:Annemie Neyts bij het VVD seminar democratisering (5212184305) cropped.jpg|75px]]
| [[Annemie Neyts-Uyttebroeck]]<br />{{small|(1944{{ndash}})}}
| style="text-align:left" | Belgium
| class=nowrap | 18 April 2000
| class=nowrap | 25 April 2005
| [[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten]]
|-
! 11
| [[File:Lord Alderdice.jpg|75px]]
| [[John Alderdice, Baron Alderdice|John Alderdice]]<br />{{small|(1955{{ndash}})}}
| style="text-align:left" | United Kingdom
| class=nowrap | 25 April 2005
| class=nowrap | 20 April 2009
| [[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]<br />and<br />[[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]
|-
! 12
| [[File:Johannes Cornelis van Baalen MEP 1 - Diliff.jpg|75px]]
| [[Hans van Baalen]]<br />{{small|(1960{{ndash}}2021)}}
| style="text-align:left" | Netherlands
| class=nowrap | 20 April 2009
| class=nowrap | 26 April 2014
| [[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]
|-
! 13
| [[File:HA33.jpg|75px]]
| [[Juli Minoves]]<br />{{small|(1969{{ndash}})}}
| style="text-align:left" | Andorra
| class=nowrap | 26 April 2014
| class=nowrap | 30 November 2018
| [[Liberal Party of Andorra]]
|-
! 14
| [[File:Hakima El Haite (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Hakima El Haite]]<br />{{small|(1963{{ndash}})}}
| style="text-align:left" | Morocco
| class=nowrap | 30 November 2018
| class=nowrap | 2 December 2024
| [[Popular Movement (Morocco)|Popular Movement]]
|-
!15
|[[File:Karl-Heinz Paqué, 2016 (cropped).jpg|100x100px]]
|[[Karl-Heinz Paque|Karl-Heinz Paqué]]<br />{{small|(1956{{ndash}})}}
|Germany
|2 December 2024
|Incumbent
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]
|}

== Members ==
=== Incumbent heads of state and government ===
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Prime Minister Mark Carney - 2025 (54591686189) (cropped).jpg|'''[[Mark Carney]]'''<br />{{CAN}}
File:Kristen Michal in 2024 (cropped).jpg|'''[[Kristen Michal]]'''<br />{{EST}}
File:Micheal Martin, 2025 (cropped).jpg|'''[[Micheál Martin]]'''<br />{{IRE}}
File:Alassane Ouattara - 2024 (cropped).jpg|'''[[Alassane Ouattara]]'''<br />{{CIV}}
File:賴清德總統 (cropped).jpg|'''[[Lai Ching-te]]'''<br />{{TWN}}
</gallery>

=== Full members ===
LI has 90 political parties.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;"
!Country/Region
! width="170px" |Name
!Government
!Joined
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Belgium}}
|[[Mouvement Réformateur|Reform Movement]]<ref name=":0" />||  {{yes|Government}} || 2002
|-
|[[Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten|Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats]]<ref name=":0" />||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1992
|-
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|[[Alliance for Democracy and Federation – African Democratic Rally]]||  {{no2|Opposition}}  || 2006
|-
|{{Flag|Burundi}}
|{{Interlanguage link multi|Alliance démocratique pour le renouveau|fr}}||  {{no2|Opposition}}  || 2009
|-
|{{Flag|Cambodia}}
|[[Cambodia National Rescue Movement]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2006
|-
|{{Flag|Canada}}
|[[Liberal Party of Canada]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/news-release/liberal-party-of-canada-welcomes-liberal-international-to-2009-convention/|title=Liberal Party of Canada Welcomes Liberal International to 2009 Convention|date=6 March 2009|publisher=Liberal Party of Canada|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805144043/http://www.liberal.ca/newsroom/news-release/liberal-party-of-canada-welcomes-liberal-international-to-2009-convention/|archive-date=5 August 2012|url-status=dead|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://liberal-international.org/our-members/regions/north-america/|title=North America - Liberal International|work=Liberal International|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-GB}}</ref>
| {{yes|Government}} || 1947
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Chile}}
|[[Evópoli]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-04 |title=Evolución Política se incorpora como miembro pleno de la Internacional Liberal |url=https://evopoli.cl/evolucion-politica-se-incorpora-como-miembro-pleno-de-la-internacional-liberal/ |access-date=2023-05-12 |website=Evópoli |language=es}}</ref>||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2023
|-
|[[Liberal Party (Chile, 2007–)|Liberal Party of Chile]]|| {{yes|Government}} || 2014
|-
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|[[Together for the Republic]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2008
|-
|{{Flag|Côte d'Ivoire}}
|[[Rally of the Republicans]]|| {{yes|Government}} || 2003
|-
|{{Flag|Croatia}}
|[[Istrian Democratic Assembly]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2014
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Cuba}}
|[[Cuban Liberal Union]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 1992
|-
|[[Cuban Liberal Solidarity Party]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2014
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Denmark}}
|[[Danish Social Liberal Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}}  || 1948
|-
|[[Venstre (Denmark)|Venstre, Denmark's Liberal Party]]||   {{yes|Government}} || 1947
|-
|{{Flag|Estonia}}
|[[Estonian Reform Party]]||  {{yes|Government}} || 1994
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|EU}}
|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group|ALDE Group]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party|ALDE Party]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Finland}}
|[[Centre Party (Finland)|Centre Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 1983
|-
|[[Swedish People's Party (Finland)|Swedish People's Party]]|| {{yes|Government}} || 1983
|-
|{{Flag|Georgia}}
|[[Republican Party of Georgia]]||   {{no2|Opposition}} || 2006
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Germany}}
|[[German Group of the LI]]||  {{n/a}} || 1947
|-
|[[Free Democratic Party (Germany)|Free Democratic Party]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 1947
|-
|{{Flag|Gibraltar}}
|[[Liberal Party of Gibraltar|Liberal Party]]<ref name=":0" />||  {{yes|Government}} || 1997
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Guinea}}
|[[Union of Democratic Forces of Guinea]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2012
|-
|[[Union of Republican Forces]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2012
|-
|{{Flag|Honduras}}
|[[Liberal Party of Honduras|Liberal Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1986
|-
|{{Flag|Iceland}}
|[[Progressive Party (Iceland)|Progressive Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1983
|-
|{{Flag|Ireland}}
|[[Fianna Fáil]]<ref name=":0" />||  {{yes|Government}} || 2014
|-
|{{Flag|Kenya}}
|[[Orange Democratic Movement]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2015
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Kosovo}}
|[[Independent Liberal Party (Kosovo)|Independent Liberal Party]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2009
|-
|[[Democratic Party of Kosovo]]||  {{no2|Opposition}}  || 2023
|-
|{{Flag|Lebanon}}
|[[Future Movement]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2012
|-
|{{Flag|Luxembourg}}
|[[Democratic Party (Luxembourg)|Democratic Party]]||  {{yes|Government}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Madagascar}}
|[[Movement for the Progress of Madagascar]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 1994
|-
|[http://www.adn-madagascar.com/ Arche de la Nation]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2017
|-
|{{Flag|Mexico}}
|[[New Alliance Party (Mexico)|New Alliance Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2006
|-
|{{Flag|Mongolia}}
|[[Civil Will-Green Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2009
|-
|{{Flag|Montenegro}}
|[[Liberal Party of Montenegro]] ||  {{yes|Government}} || 2014
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Morocco}}
|[[Constitutional Union (Morocco)|Constitutional Union]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2003
|-
|[[Popular Movement (Morocco)|Popular Movement]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2003
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Netherlands}}
|[[Democrats 66]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 1986
|-
|[[Dutch Group of LI]]|| {{n/a}}
|-
|[[People's Party for Freedom and Democracy]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vvd.nl/over/stefblok/25/liberal-international-li|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928220750/http://www.vvd.nl/over/stefblok/25/liberal-international-li|url-status=dead|title=VVD is a member of LI|archive-date=28 September 2011}}</ref>||  {{yes|Government}} || 1960
|-
|{{Flag|Nicaragua}}
|[[:es:Ciudadanos por la Libertad|Ciudadanos por la Libertad]]|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|North Macedonia}}
|[[Liberal Democratic Party (North Macedonia)|Liberal Democratic Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 1994
|-
|{{Flag|Norway}}
|[[Liberal Party (Norway)|Liberal Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1947
|-
|{{Flag|Paraguay}}
|[[Authentic Radical Liberal Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2001
|-
|{{Flag|Philippines}}
|[[Liberal Party (Philippines)|Liberal Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1989
|-
|{{Flag|Portugal}}
|[[Liberal Initiative|Iniciativa Liberal]]||  {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Romania}}
|[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=https://liberal-international.org/our-members/regions/europe/|title=Europe - Liberal International|work=Liberal International|access-date=2018-10-14|language=en-GB}}</ref>||  {{yes|Government}} || 1994
|-
|{{Flag|Russia}}
|[[Yabloko]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}} || 2002
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|Senegal}}
|[[Alliance for the Republic (Senegal)|Alliance pour la République]] ||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2018
|-
|[[Rewmi]]|| {{no2|Opposition}} || 2015
|-
|[[Senegalese Democratic Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1980
|-
|{{Flag|Slovenia}}
|[[Concretely]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Somalia}}
|[[CAHDİ Party|CAHDI Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2017
|-
|{{Flag|South Africa}}
|[[Democratic Alliance (South Africa)|Democratic Alliance]]||  {{yes|Government}} || 1984
|-
|{{Flag|Spain}}
|[[Fundació Llibertat i Democràcia]]|| {{N/A}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Sweden}}
|[[Liberals (Sweden)|Liberals]]||  {{yes|Government}} || 1947
|-
|[[Centre Party (Sweden)|Centre Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2006
|-
|{{Flag|Serbia}}
|[[Movement of Free Citizens (Serbia)|Movement of Free Citizens]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 2022
|-
|{{Flag|Switzerland}}
|[[FDP.The Liberals]]||  {{yes|Government}} || 2009
|-
|{{Flag|Taiwan}}
|[[Democratic Progressive Party]]|| {{yes|Government}} || 1994
|-
|{{Flag|Tanzania}}
|[[Civic United Front]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} / in coalition in autonomous region of Zanzibar || 1997
|-
|{{Flag|Thailand}}
|[[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]]||  {{yes|Government}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |{{Flag|United Kingdom}}
|[[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland]]||  {{no2}} In coalition government in Northern Irish Assembly, in opposition at national level || 1991
|-
|[[Liberal International British Group]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
|[[Liberal Democrats (UK)|Liberal Democrats]]||  {{no2|Opposition}} || 1989
|-
| rowspan="2" |Worldwide
|[[International Federation of Liberal Youth]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
|[[International Network of Liberal Women]]||  {{n/a}}
|}

===Observer parties===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;"
!Country/Region
! width="170px" |Name
!Government
|-
|{{Flag|Austria}}
|[[NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum]]|| {{yes|Government}}
|-
|{{Flag|Burkina Faso}}
|[[Union for Progress and Reform|Union pour le Progrès et le Changement]] ||  {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Comoros}}
|[[Alliance Nationale pour les Comores]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|{{Interlanguage link multi|Union pour la reconstruction du Congo|fr}}|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|[[Union des Democrates Humanistes (UDH-YUKI)]]|| {{n/a}}
|-
|{{Flag|Costa Rica}}
|[[Progressive Liberal Party (Costa Rica)|Progressive Liberal Party]]|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Cyprus}}
|[[United Democrats]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Ghana}}
|[[Progressive People's Party (Ghana)|Progressive People's Party]]||  {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Hungary}}
|[[Momentum Movement]]|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Israel}}
|[[Yesh Atid]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hoffman |first1=Gil |title=Yesh Atid joins Liberal International |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/yesh-atid-joins-liberal-international-680939 |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=The Jerusalem Post |date=3 October 2021}}</ref>|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Italy}}
|[[Italian Group of Liberal International]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
|{{Flag|Malaysia}}
|[[Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia]]|| {{no2|color=#BBFFDD}}In opposition
|-
| rowspan="2" |{{Flag|Mali}}
|[[Citizens' Party for Revival|Citizens' Party for the Renewal of Mali]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|[[Union pour la République et la Démocratie (URD)]]||  {{n/a}}
|-
|{{Flag|Mauritania}}
|[https://www.rpmtemam.com/ Rally for Mauritania]|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Moldova}}
|[[Romanian Popular Party]]||{{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Morocco}}
|[[Moroccan Liberal Party]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Singapore}}
|[[Singapore Democratic Party]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Suriname}}
|[[Democratic Alternative '91]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Syria}}
|[[Syrian Liberal Party - Ahrar]]||  {{no|In exile}}
|-
|{{Flag|Tunisia}}
|[[Afek Tounes]]||  {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|-
|{{Flag|Ukraine}}
|[[Holos (political party)|Holos]]|| {{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|{{Flag|Venezuela}}
|[[Vente Venezuela]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

===Individual member===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;"
!Country
! width="170px" |Name
!Government
|-
|{{Flag|Hong Kong}}
|Mr [[Martin Lee]] – founding chairman of [[Democratic Party (Hong Kong)|Democratic Party]]|| {{no|Extra-parliamentary}}
|}

== Cooperating organisations ==
Cooperating and regional organisations are groups with a recognised status in the constitution of Liberal International as bodies that share the values and objectives of LI but do not operate as a political party. Co-operating organisations have the right of representation but in no case the right to vote at statutory events. LI has 12 cooperating organisations.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;"
!Organisation
! width="170px" |Region
|-
|[[Africa Liberal Network]]
|[[Africa]]
|-
|[[Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats]]
|[[MENA|Asia]]
|-
|[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe]] (ALDE-PACE)
| rowspan="6" |[[Europe]]
|-
|[[Friedrich Naumann Stiftung]]
|-
|[[Fondazione Libro Aperto]]
|-
|[[Fondazione Luigi Einaudi]]
|-
|[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]
|-
|[[Swedish International Liberal Centre]]
|-
|[[Liberal Network for Latin America|Red Liberal de América Latina]]
|[[Latin America]]
|-
|[[Arab Liberal Federation]]
|[[MENA]]
|-
|[[National Democratic Institute]]
|[[North America]]
|}

==Liberal think tanks and foundations==
The International is also in a loose association with the following 10 organisations:
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width: 60%;"
!Organisation
! width="170px" |Country
|-
|[[Centre Jean Gol]]
|Belgium
|-
|[[Fondazione Luigi Einaudi]]
| rowspan="2" |Italy
|-
|[[Fondazione Critica Liberale]]
|-
|[[Liberal Institute]]
|Germany
|-
|[[Fondazione Libro Aperto|Teldersstichting]]
|Netherlands
|-
|[[The Bertil Ohlin Institute]]
|Sweden
|-
|[[Education Policy Institute]]
|United Kingdom
|-
|[[European Liberal Forum]]
|Europe
|-
|[[Livres (movement)]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.eusoulivres.org/noticias/livres-se-torna-unica-organizacao-brasileira-na-liberal-internacional/ | title=Livres se torna única organização brasileira na Liberal Internacional • LIVRES }}</ref>
|Brazil
|-
|Paddy Ashdown Forum<ref>{{Cite web |title=63rd Liberal International Congress (75th Anniversary) in Sofia, Bulgaria 2022 |url=https://liberal-international.org/what-we-do/events/congress-meetings/sofia-2022/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Liberal International |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|United Kingdom
|}

== See also ==
*[[Liberalism by country]]
*[[Prize For Freedom]]
*[[Alliance of Democrats (political international)|Alliance of Democrats]] (defunct)
*[[European Democratic Party]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.liberal-international.org/}}

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