Alianza Popular (Spain)
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People's Alliance
Alianza Popular |
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| Abbreviation | AP |
| Leader | Manuel Fraga |
| Founded | 9 February 1976 (federation) 5 May 1977 (party) |
| Dissolved | 20 January 1989 |
| Merger of |
Democratic Reform Union of the Spanish People Spanish Democratic Action Social Democracy Regional Action Social People's Union Spanish National Union |
| Succeeded by | People's Party |
| Headquarters | Calle Silva, 23 - 28004 Madrid |
| Youth wing | New Generations of People's Alliance |
| Ideology |
Conservatism Post-Francoism |
| Political position |
Right-wing Far right (initially) |
| International affiliation | International Democrat Union |
| European Parliament group | European Democrats |
| Colors | Yellow and Red |
The People's Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Popular [aˈljanθa popuˈlar], AP [aˈpe]) was a post-Francoist electoral coalition, and later a conservative political party in Spain, founded in 1976 as federation of political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative right-wing party in Spain. It was refounded as the People's Party in 1989.
AP was born on 9 October 1976 as a federation of political associations (proto-parties). The seven founders were Manuel Fraga, Laureano López Rodó, Cruz Martínez Esteruelas, Federico Silva Muñoz, Gonzalo Fernández de la Mora, Licinio de la Fuente and Enrique Thomas de Carranza. Out of the seven founders the first 6 had held cabinet-level offices during the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The odd one, Thomas de Carranza, had also been part of the Francoist administration. They became known as los siete magníficos ("The Magnificent Seven").
Giving up in the project of a "reformist centre" Fraga and his small association Democratic Reform (successor of GODSA) made a turn towards Neo-Francoism (opposite path was followed by Adolfo Suárez) and joined and leaded what was to become, until 1979, the main Neo-Francoist platform. The party position was perceived to be middleground between the right wing and the extreme right.
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