Liberal Initiative
Liberal Initiative Iniciativa Liberal | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | IL |
| President | Miguel Rangel (acting) |
| Secretary-General | Miguel Rangel |
| Vice presidents | Ricardo Pais Oliveira Mariana Leitão Angélique da Teresa Rui Ribeiro |
| Founded | 13 December 2017 |
| Headquarters | Avenida do Bessa, 158 E 4100-012 Porto |
| Membership (2025) | 7,258 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Sky Blue |
| Assembly of the Republic | 9 / 230 (4%) |
| European Parliament | 2 / 21 (10%) |
| Regional Parliaments | 2 / 104 |
| Local government (Mayors) | 0 / 308 |
| Local government (Parishes) | 0 / 3,091 |
| Election symbol | |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| iniciativaliberal.pt | |
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The Liberal Initiative (Portuguese: Iniciativa Liberal, pronounced [inisjɐˈtivɐ liβɨˈɾal], IL) is a liberal political party in Portugal. Founded in 2017, it is currently led by Miguel Rangel, who is the interim leader since the resignation of Rui Rocha in May 2025. The party has been described as being on the political right by academics and journalists. It has 9 elected seats out of a total of 230 in the Portuguese Parliament.
The party was founded in December 2017, and in October 2019, its debut year at the Portuguese legislative elections, it won one seat in the Portuguese Parliament. It had run in its first elections in May 2019 for the European Parliament and in 2020 supported its first government coalition, at regional level, after the 2020 Azorean regional election.
The party espouses a libertarian-influenced economic platform, including support for a flat income tax, privatisations and liberalisation of the labour market. However, it intends to preserve an equitable and universal welfare state to a certain extent. In other dimensions of life, the party favours views aligned with cultural and secular liberalism.