Morena (political party)

The National Regeneration Movement (Spanish: Movimiento de Regeneración Nacional), commonly referred to by its syllabic abbreviation Morena ([moˈɾena]), is a major left-wing political party in Mexico, often described as oscillating between social democracy and populism. As of 2023, it is the largest political party in Mexico by number of members; it has been the ruling party since 2018, and it won a second term in the 2024 general election.

The party's name also alludes to Mexico's Catholic national patroness: the Virgin of Guadalupe, known as La Morena.

Established as a non-profit organization in 2011 and registered as a political party in 2014, it was led by three-time presidential candidate Andrés Manuel López Obrador until 12 December 2017, when he registered as a candidate for the party's presidential nomination and was succeeded by Yeidckol Polevnsky.

For the 2018 general election, 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. As its candidate, López Obrador won the presidency with 53% of the popular vote and the party won a majority in both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies. MORENA was part of the Juntos Hacemos Historia alliance for the 2021 legislative election. In the 2024 election, Morena's presidential candidate, Claudia Sheinbaum, was elected in a landslide victory and became Mexico's first female president when she succeeded López Obrador on 1 October 2024.