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Popular Party (Spain)

People's Party
Partido Popular
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; 28 years ago (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
Senate
148 / 265
European Parliament
16 / 54
Local Government (2015)
22,750 / 67,611
Regional Parliaments
338 / 1,268
Regional Government
7 / 19
Website
www.pp.es

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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