 The Party of the South originated in the Southern Socialist Democratic Movement (also known as "South Wind"), founded in Valdivia on September 3, 1983 by Carlos Podlech, then president of the National Association of Wheat Growers.It was mainly composed of former militants of the National Party and was defined as a regionalist and environmental movement.The political party was founded by Eduardo Díaz Herrera in 1987, presenting the charter before the Chilean Electoral Service on April 21 of that year.