People's Party (Spain, 1976)





































People's Party
Partido Popular
Leader
Pío Cabanillas Gallas
José María de Areilza
Founded
September 15, 1976 (1976-09-15)
Dissolved
February 7, 1978 (1978-02-07)
Ideology
Reformism
Liberal conservatism
Political position
Center-right to Right-wing
National affiliation
UCD

Congreso de los Diputados (1977-1978)


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People's Party (Spanish: Partido Popular; PP) was a Spanish liberal conservative political party, founded in 1976. The leaders of the PP were Pío Cabanillas Gallas and José María de Areilza.[1]



History


The party was founded through the merge of 7 regional parties:



  • Extremaduran People's Party: led by Rodríguez Requera and Luis Ramallo García.

  • People's Party of Catalonia

  • Valencian Regional Autonomist People's Party: led by Emilio Attard Alonso, J. Aguirre de la Hoz and J. R. Pin Arboledas.

  • People's Party of Ourense: led by Eulogio Gómez Franqueira, E. Reverter, J. A. Trillo, J. Quiroga Suárez y J. Rodríguez Reza.

  • Aragonese People's Party: led by León J. Buil and César Escribano.

  • Alicantine Autonomous People's party: led by J. María Pérez Hikman, Antonio Espinosa and Ramón Sancho.

  • Balearic People's Party: led by R. Ciar Garau and Francisco Gari.


The majority of the members of the party were members of the reformist wing of the Francoist Regime, that wanted a "controlled" and moderate democratic transition.


The PP joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in 1977, gaining 32 seats in the 1977 elections.[2] The party dissolved in february 1978, fully joining the UCD.[3]



References





  1. ^ «Constituido el Partido Popular». Informaciones. 16 de septiembre de 1976.


  2. ^ Unión de Centro Democrático


  3. ^ «Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD». El País. 13 de diciembre de 1977.









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