Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)

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The Liberal Party (

It combined republicans who did not accept the new law reflected in the Constitution of 1876 as well as monarchists, members of the Constitutional Party of general Francisco Serrano, of the Partido Radical of Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla, the “posibilistas” of Emilio Castelar and other military groupings.

Its political programme included achieving universal male suffrage, which was achieved in 1890; liberty of religious association; and the separation of powers. Although it could be classified as a dynastic party, its membership included at the start of the 20th century some politicians who would later become Republicans, such as

The system of political alternation characterising the Restoration began when Cánovas ceded power to Sagasta and he formed the first government of 8 February 1881, which started the first stage of the system that would see three liberal governments (two headed by Sagasta and one by José Posada).

The second stage began when the system was institutionalised and endorsed in 1885 when both parties signed the

• 1876–1902: Práxedes Mateo Sagasta
• 1902–1905: Eugenio Montero Ríos
• 1905–1912: José Canalejas Méndez
• 1912–1913:
  Segismundo Moret y Prendergast
• 1913–1918:
  Conde de Romanones
• 1918–1923:
  Manuel García-Prieto and Conde de Romanones
• 1923–1930: Vacant (dictatorship of Miguel Primo de Rivera)
• 1931: Conde de Romanones.

See also

• Liberal Conservative Party

References