People's Party (Spain, 1976)

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][2]

This article is about the 1976–1978 Spanish political party. For the current Spanish political party, see People's Party (Spain). For other uses, see People's Party.

People's Party

Partido Popular
LeaderPío Cabanillas Gallas
José María de Areilza
FoundedSeptember 15, 1976 (1976-09-15)
DissolvedFebruary 7, 1978 (1978-02-07)
IdeologyReformism
Liberal conservatism
Political positionCenter-right to Right-wing
National affiliationUCD

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 Spanish general election.[3] The party was dissolved in february 1978, fully joining the UCD.[4][5]

References
  1. "Constituido el Partido Popular" (PDF). Informaciones (in Spanish). 16 September 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "Constitución pública del nuevo Partido Popular" (PDF). Informaciones (in Spanish). 11 November 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "Union of the Democratic Centre, Democratic and Social Centre". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. "Los partidos integrados en UCD se disuelven sin grandes dificultades". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
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