Liberal Progressive Party (Spain)

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Liberal Progressive Party
Partido Progresista Liberal
AbbreviationPPL
President
Founded1976
Dissolved20 April 1978
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationUCD (1977)

The Liberal Progressive Party (Spanish: Partido Progresista Liberal; PPL) was a Spanish political party of centre-right, founded in 1976 and directed by and .[1]

On 18 April 1977 the party decided to contest in the Spanish general election under the Union of the Democratic Centre coalition,[2] however on September 30 of that year it separated from that group. Subsequently, on December 15, 1977 it became part of the Liberal Federation along with the , the Liberal Party, the Galician Democratic Party, and the People's Party of Catalonia.[3][4]

In April 1978 it merged with other liberal parties in the Liberal Citizens Action, headed by José María de Areilza.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Areilza apoya la creación de un gran partido liberal". El País (in Spanish). 21 September 1977. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. ^ "El Partido Progresista Liberal se integra en Centro Democrático" (PDF). Ya (in Spanish). 19 April 1977. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  3. ^ "Areilza aceptará la presidencia de la Federación Liberal". El País (in Spanish). 16 December 1977. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Hoy se constituye la Federación Liberal" (PDF). Pueblo (in Spanish). 15 December 1977. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  5. ^ "La Federación Liberal cambiará su nombre por el de Acción Ciudadana Liberal". El País (in Spanish). 13 January 1978. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
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