Social Liberal Movement
{{short description|Swiss political party}}
{{Infobox Swiss political party
| party_name = Social Liberal Movement
| party_logo = Sozial Liberale Bewegung Logo.png
| party_wikicolourid =
| german_name = Sozial-Liberale Bewegung
| french_name = Mouvement socio-libéral
| italian_name = Movimento social-liberale
| romansh_name =
| president = Samuel Schmid
| council_members =
| foundation = 23 April 2011
| headquarters = Balderstrasse 13
3007 Berne
| colorcode = #EE7520
| country = Switzerland
| youth_wing =
| membership =
| membership_year =
| ideology = Social conservatism{{Citation |first=Daniel |last=Foppa |title=Und noch eine soziale und liberale Partei |newspaper=Tagesanzeiger |date=23 April 2011 |language=de |url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Und-noch-eine-soziale-und-liberale-Partei/story/14964920 |access-date=3 Sep 2011}}
| position =
| european =
| international =
| colours = Orange
| national_council = {{Composition bar|0|200|hex=#EE7520}}
| council_of_states = {{Composition bar|0|46|hex=#EE7520}}
| cantons = {{Composition bar|0|2609|hex=#EE7520}}
| website =
}}
The Social Liberal Movement (SLM; {{langx|de|Sozial-Liberale Bewegung}}, {{langx|fr|Mouvement socio-libéral}}, {{langx|it|Movimento social-liberale}}) is a social conservative party in Switzerland.
The SLM was founded on 23 April 2011 by Samuel Schmid,{{cite news |title=Grossrat Samuel Schmid gründet eine neue Partei |url=http://www.aargauerzeitung.ch/aargau/grossrat-samuel-schimd-gruendet-eine-neue-partei-107435431 |newspaper=Aargauer Zeitung |date=23 April 2011 |access-date=26 August 2011|language=de}} a member of the Grand Council of Aargau originally elected from the right-wing Federal Democratic Union. He was joined in June by Ricardo Lumengo, a member of the National Council originally elected from the centre-left Social Democratic Party.
The SLM has branches in Aargau, Bern and Zurich, and claims hundreds of members.{{cite news |title=Fédérales 2011: Lumengo en lice pour le Mouvement socio-libéral |url=http://www.tdg.ch/depeches/suisse/federales-2011-lumengo-lice-mouvement-socio-liberal |newspaper=Tribune de Genève |date=16 June 2011 |access-date=26 August 2011|language=fr}} It won no seats in the 2011 federal election, but 0.5% of the vote in Aargau and 0.3% of the vote in Bern.
Footnotes
{{reflist}}
{{Swiss political parties}}
Category:Political parties in Switzerland
Category:Political parties established in 2011
Category:2011 establishments in Switzerland
{{Switzerland-party-stub}}