Republican Action (Spain)
Republican Action Acción Republicana | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Manuel Azaña |
| Founded | 1925 |
| Dissolved | 1934 |
| Preceded by | Reformist Party |
| Merged into | Republican Left |
| Headquarters | Madrid |
| Ideology | Republicanism Social liberalism Decentralization |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| National affiliation | Republican Alliance (1926–31) |
Republican Action (AR; Spanish: Acción Republicana) was a Spanish left-liberal republican party between 1930 and 1934.
History
The AR was founded in 1925 under the name Acción Política ("Political Action") by
As a member of the Republican Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Republicana), the AR was a signatory of the Pact of San Sebastián to overthrow the monarchy of Alfonso XIII and was later involved in the construction and consolidation of the Second Spanish Republic. It was a member of the provisional government which governed Spain after the King fled in April 1931.
The party's left-wing faction, led by Marcelino Domingo split off from the party to form the Radical Socialist Republican Party in 1931.
The party won 30 seats in the
The AR was a typical left-liberal party. It attracted the support of the small bourgeoisie, like teachers, lawyers and shopkeepers.
AR Ministers
- Manuel Azaña
- José Giral
- Claudio Sánchez-Albornoz y Menduiña
Election results
| Election | Leader | % Votes |
Seats won | +/– | Notas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1931
|
Manuel Azaña | 5.5% | 26 / 470
|
 26
|
Inside Republican–Socialist Conjunction. |
1933
|
Manuel Azaña | 1.1% | 5 / 472
|
 21
|
Coalition with PRRSI. |
See also
References
- ISBN 84-451-2881-7.
Bibliography
- Barrio Alonso, Ángeles (2004). La modernización de España (1917-1939). Política y sociedad. Madrid: Síntesis. ISBN 84-9756-223-2.
- ISBN 84-206-4724-1.
- ISBN 978-84-9890-083-5.
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