Generation for a National Encounter Generación para un Encuentro Nacional | |
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Leader | Margarita Stolbizer |
Secretary General | Sergio Abrevaya |
Founded | 2007 |
Split from | Radical Civic Union |
Youth wing | Juventud GEN |
Membership (2017) | 35,799[1][2] |
Ideology | Social liberalism[3] Progressivism[4][5][6] Social democracy[7][8] |
Political position | Centre[9] to centre-left[10][11] |
National affiliation | Juntos por el Cambio[12] |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance[13] |
Colors | Red, grey and black |
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies | 1 / 257
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Seats in the Senate | 0 / 72
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Website | |
Official website | |
Generation for a National Encounter (Spanish: Generación para un Encuentro Nacional), sometimes known as the GEN Party (Spanish: Partido GEN) or simply as GEN, is a centre-left[14] political party in Argentina. It was founded in 2007 by Margarita Stolbizer as a split from the Radical Civic Union, in opposition to the UCR's endorsement of Roberto Lavagna's general election.
The party forms part of the Juntos por el Cambio coalition since 2021.[15] In the 2021 legislative election, Stolbizer herself was elected to the Chamber of Deputies, granting the party representation at the federal level for the first time since 2017.