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The '''Independent Democratic Union''' (''Unión Demócrata Independiente'' or UDI in spanish) is a [[Chile]]an political party founded as movement in 1983 by [[Jaime Guzmán]]. Originally it was full right-wing however today it also has center-right factions. Its main ideology is the guildism (''Gremialismo'').

The current party leader is Jacqueline van Rysselberghe

During the 1988 National Plebiscite about the permanency of [[Augusto Pinochet]] in power for 8 more years, the UDI supported the Yes option.

Today the party is part of the officialist center-right coalition called [[Chile Vamos]] who supports the President [[Sebatián Piñera]].

Some of the important politicians of the party are:
*Pablo Longueira
*Joaquín Lavín
*Javier Macaya
*Guillermo Ramírez
*Jaime Bellolio
*Hernán Larraín
*Ernesto Silva
*Evelyn Matthei

[[José Antonio Kast]] was part of this party for 20 years until 2016.

[[Category:Political Parties]]
[[Category:Chile]]
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