People's Party (Spain)
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People's Party
Partido Popular |
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| Abbreviation | PP |
| President | Mariano Rajoy |
| Secretary-General | María Dolores de Cospedal |
| Spokesperson | Rafael Hernando |
| Honorary President | Vacant |
| Founder | Manuel Fraga Iribarne |
| Founded | 20 January 1989 |
| Merger of | AP, DC, PL |
| Preceded by | People's Alliance |
| Headquarters | C/ Génova, 13 28004 Madrid, Spain |
| Youth wing | New Generations |
| Membership (2013) | 865,761 |
| Ideology | Conservatism Europeanism Liberal conservatism Christian democracy Economic liberalism |
| Political position |
Centre-right to Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation |
International Democrat Union, Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Colors | Sky blue |
| Congress of Deputies |
134 / 350
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| Senate |
148 / 265
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| European Parliament |
16 / 54
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| Local Government (2015) |
22,750 / 67,611
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| Regional Parliaments |
338 / 1,268
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| Regional Government |
7 / 19
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The People's Party (Spanish: Partido Popular [parˈtiðo popuˈlar]; known mostly by its acronym, PP [peˈpe]) is a conservative and Christian democraticpolitical party in Spain. It is one of the four major parties of modern Spanish politics.
The People's Party was a re-foundation in 1989 of the People's Alliance (Alianza Popular, AP), a party led and founded by Manuel Fraga Iribarne, a former Minister of the Interior and Minister of Tourism during Francisco Franco's dictatorship. The new party combined the conservative AP with several small Christian democratic and liberal parties (the party call this fusion of views Reformist centre). In 2002, Manuel Fraga received the honorary title of "Founding Chairman".
The PP was until November 2011 the largest opposition party in the Congress of Deputies, with 153 out of 350 deputies, and the largest party represented in the Senate, with 101 out of 208 senators. Its youth organization is New Generations of the People's Party of Spain (NNGG). In the elections of November 2011, the PP won a majority, with 185 seats in the Deputies.
The PP is a member of the center-right European People's Party (EPP), and in the European Parliament its 16 MEPs sit in the EPP Group. The PP is also a member of the Centrist Democrat International and the International Democrat Union. The PP was also one of the founding organizations of the Budapest-based Robert Schuman Institute for Developing Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
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