Moderate Party

The Moderate Party , commonly referred to as the Moderates (<a href="/facts/Swedish_language/1DkSIXkH">Swedish</a>: Moderaterna [mʊdɛˈrɑ̌ːtɛɳa] ⓘ), is a <a href="/facts/Liberal_conservatism/LBHdAxvQ">liberal-conservative</a> <a href="/facts/List_of_political_parties_in_Sweden/CaRCMRS6">political party</a> in <a href="/facts/Sweden/u3qC7lyj">Sweden</a>. The party generally supports <a href="/facts/Tax_cut/N8N0B8py">tax cuts</a>, the <a href="/facts/Free_market/KnK7JohY">free market</a>, <a href="/facts/Civil_liberties/xyu96brC">civil liberties</a> and <a href="/facts/Economic_liberalism/FVN7C4Le">economic liberalism</a>. Globally, it is a full member of the <a href="/facts/International_Democracy_Union/45G95GaQ">International Democracy Union</a> and the <a href="/facts/European_People%2527s_Party/yvlo74rS">European People's Party</a>.
The party was founded in 1904 as the General Electoral League (Allmänna valmansförbundet [ˈâlːmɛnːa ˈvɑ̂ːlmansfœrˌbɵndɛt] ⓘ) by a group of <a href="/facts/Conservatives/2XdCcPzq">conservatives</a> in the <a href="/facts/Riksdag/uarwUozH">Riksdag</a>, the Swedish parliament. The party was later known as The Right (Högern [ˈhø̌ːɡɛɳ] ⓘ; 1938–1952) and Right Party (Högerpartiet [ˈhø̂ːɡɛrpaˌʈiːɛt] ⓘ; 1952–1969). During this time, the party was usually called the Conservative Party outside of Sweden.
After holding minor posts in <a href="/facts/Centre-right/t05mK4rv">centre-right</a> governments, the Moderates eventually became the leading opposition party to the <a href="/facts/Swedish_Social_Democratic_Party/7KpETIMm">Swedish Social Democratic Party</a> and since then those two parties have dominated Swedish politics. After the <a href="/facts/1991_Swedish_general_election/tS0AV4fP">1991 Swedish general election</a>, party leader <a href="/facts/Carl_Bildt/UFcCcnpW">Carl Bildt</a> formed a minority government, the first administration since 1930 to be headed by a member of the party, which lasted three years. The party returned to government under leader and Prime Minister <a href="/facts/Fredrik_Reinfeldt/LxpA7pBs">Fredrik Reinfeldt</a>, after the <a href="/facts/2006_Swedish_general_election/mr1MoBkF">2006</a> and <a href="/facts/2010_Swedish_general_election/e4f67yla">2010</a> general elections. In 2010, the party was the leading member of the <a href="/facts/Alliance_(Sweden)/bt1GGXGY">Alliance</a>, a centre-right coalition, along with the <a href="/facts/Centre_Party_(Sweden)/8MxJArHH">Centre Party</a> (C), the <a href="/facts/Christian_Democrats_(Sweden)/XYVESrfG">Christian Democrats</a> (KD) and the <a href="/facts/Liberals_(Sweden)/pzJrSQI5">Liberal People's Party</a> (L), and obtained its best result ever (30.1%), despite the coalition not being able to obtain majority.
The current chairman of the party, <a href="/facts/Ulf_Kristersson/8cBCDb08">Ulf Kristersson</a>, was elected at a special party congress on 1 October 2017, following <a href="/facts/Anna_Kinberg_Batra/wkU2lrA5">Anna Kinberg Batra</a>'s sudden resignation. Kinberg Batra had replaced Reinfeldt, Prime Minister from 2006 to 2014. Under Reinfeldt's leadership, the party moved more towards the <a href="/facts/Centrism/jybYq4vR">centre</a>. Under Kristersson's leadership, the party moved back to the right and opened up to the <a href="/facts/Sweden_Democrats/fp5SAgnD">Sweden Democrats</a> (SD) following the <a href="/facts/2018_Swedish_general_election/oJF2Locj">2018 Swedish general election</a>. Having formed in late 2021 an informal right-wing alliance with SD and former Alliance members, KD and L, with Kristersson as the prime ministerial candidate, the right-wing bloc obtained a narrow win in the <a href="/facts/2022_Swedish_general_election/lapxtkoY">2022 Swedish general election</a>.

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