Liberal Democratic Centre

Liberal Democratic Centre Centro Democrático Liberal

President	Sean O´Curneen Cañas
Secretary-General	Alfonso Reina
Founder	Víctor Manuel Sarto Lorén
Founded	14 February 2006
Dissolved	February 24, 2014 (2014-02-24)
Succeeded by	Citizens
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centrist
Slogan	Abriendo caminos a personas
Local government	62 / 68,286
Regional parliaments	0 / 1,218
Congress of Deputies	0 / 350
Senate	0 / 266
Website
www.cdliberal.org
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The Liberal Democratic Centre (Spanish: Centro Democrático Liberal, CDL) was a liberal political party in Spain.

It was launched in February 2006 and was led by Manuel Alonso, a former leading member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS). The party was closely linked with the British Liberal Democrats and became a full member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.^[1] It became an observer on 17 April 2009.^[2]

In February 2014, almost 88% of the members voted to merge the party with Citizens – Party of the Citizenry.^[3]

Leadership

President: Víctor Manuel Sarto Lorén (2006–2008), Manuel Alonso (2008–2009)
President: Sean O´Curneen Cañas (2009–2014)

References

↑ http://www.eldr.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1326
↑ http://pr.euractiv.com/press-release/irish-fianna-fail-becomes-member-eldr-9199
↑ El CDL se disuelve para integrarse en Ciutadans en su llegada a Valencia, Levante-EMV, 24 February 2014, accessed 28 October 2014

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