Liberal Progressive Party (Spain)

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Liberal Progressive Party
Partido Progresista Liberal
AbbreviationPPL
President
Centre-right
National affiliationUCD (1977)

The Liberal Progressive Party (

centre-right, founded in 1976 and directed by Juan García de Madariaga and Jaime Santafé Mira.[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 Independent Liberal Party, 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

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.