{{Short description|Term for liberal aristocrats in early 19th-century Chile}} {{italic title}} [[image:RamonFreire.jpg|thumb|180px|Ramón Freire, hero of the Chilean War of Independence and head of state between 1823 and 1826 and again in 1827, was an icon of the Pipiolo movement]]
'''''Pipiolos''''' (Spanish for a young or naive person) was a name used to refer to Chilean upper class liberals in the early 19th century. The name "''pipiolo''" was originally used by the conservative ''Pelucones'' in a derogatory manner by associating the liberals to inexperience. In the Chilean Civil War of 1829 the ''Pipiolos'', led by Ramón Freire, were defeated,<ref>{{cite web |title=Pipiolos |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-355672.html |website=Memoria Chilena |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile |access-date=3 November 2025 |language=es}}</ref> which made it so the ''Pelucones'' could enforce the Chilean Constitution of 1833, which led to creation of a strong unitarian and authoritarian presidential system held up by upper-class democracy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Valores y principios de la Constitución de 1833 |url=https://www.memoriachilena.gob.cl/602/w3-article-614187.html |website=Memoria Chilena |publisher=Biblioteca Nacional de Chile |access-date=3 November 2025 |language=es}}</ref>
During the Revolution of 1851, the ''Pipiolos'' made a failed attempt to seize power from conservatives. With the Liberal–Conservative Fusion in 1858, the term "''Pipiolo''" fell into disuse.
==Historical leaders== * Ramón Freire * Francisco Antonio Pinto * Jorge Beauchef * Francisco de la Lastra * José Manuel Borgoño * Guillermo Tupper * José Rondizzoni * Enrique Castro * Francisco Ramón Vicuña
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Category:Liberalism in Chile
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