Andalusian Social Liberal Party

The Andalusian Social Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Social Liberal Andaluz; PSLA) was a political party in Andalusia. The party was led by Manuel Clavero, Deputy Minister of the Regions.[1][2] The party advocated regional autonomies, but not a federal state.[3]

Andalusian Social Liberal Party
Partido Social Liberal Andaluz
ChairmanManuel Clavero
Secretary-GeneralAntonio José Delgado
Founded1976 (1976)
Dissolved1978 (1978)
Merged intoUnion of the Democratic Centre
IdeologyAndalusian regionalism
Social liberalism
Progressivism
National affiliationUCD

History edit

The party was launched at a meeting in Seville December 12, 1976.[2] The founding congress of the PSLA was held in Seville January 21–22, 1977, which elected a regional committee. Clavero Arévalo was elected chairman of the party and Antonio José Delgado general secretary. The party congress declared that the party sought alliances with other centrist forces.[3] In July 1977 the historian Manuel Ruiz Lagos, founder and regional committee member of the PSLA, resigned from the party.[1] The PSLA joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) electoral coalition ahead of the 1977 Spanish general election[4] and would merge into the UCD upon its constitution as a unitary party in December 1977.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Dimite el fundador del Partido Social Liberal Andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 28 June 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Presentación en Sevilla del Partido Social Liberal Andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 14 December 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b "El Partido Social Liberal Andaluz, contra el Estado federal". El País (in Spanish). 25 January 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Vocación regionalista, del Centro Democrático andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 14 May 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Los partidos integrados en UCD se disuelven sin grandes dificultades". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.