People's Party (Spain, 1976)
People's Party Partido Popular | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Leader |
Pío Cabanillas Gallas José María de Areilza |
| Founded | September 15, 1976 |
| Dissolved | February 7, 1978 |
| Ideology |
Reformism Liberal conservatism |
| Political position | Center-right to Right-wing |
| National affiliation | UCD |
| Congreso de los Diputados (1977-1978) |
32 / 350 |
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
- ↑ «Constituido el Partido Popular». Informaciones. 16 de septiembre de 1976.
- ↑ Unión de Centro Democrático
- ↑ «Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD». El País. 13 de diciembre de 1977.
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