Federal Democratic Republican Party

The Federal Democratic Republican Party (Spanish: Partido Republicano Democrático Federal, PRDF) was a Spanish political party founded in 1868 during the Glorious Revolution that was active until 1912. Its ideology was federal republicanism and progressivism.

Federal Democratic Republican Party
Partido Republicano Democrático Federal
LeaderFrancesc Pi i Margall
Emilio Castelar
Estanislao Figueras
Nicolás Estévanez Murphy
Eduardo Benot
Founded1868; 156 years ago (1868)
Dissolved1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Split fromDemocratic Party
Merged intoRepublican Nationalist Federal Union
NewspaperEl Federalista
El Estado Catalán
La Alianza de los Pueblos
El Iris del Pueblo
La Igualdad
La Discusión
El Pueblo Español
IdeologyFederal republicanism
Progressivism
Radical liberalism
Republicanism
Secularism[1]
Social liberalism
Factions:
Cantonalism[2]
Catalanism
Localism
Political positionLeft-wing
Colours  Purple

History

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In 1868, the left-wing and federalist republican wing of the Democrats established the Democratic Federal Republican to achieve a secular and democratic federal republic in Spain.[3]

The PRDF was the ruling party during the First Spanish Republic (1873–1874), but it failed in its goal of consolidating a republican form of government and in establishing federalism. After the fall of the First Republic, it became a minority party, although retaining some influence in the republican movement during the Restoration.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Enrique Sanabria (2009). Republicanism and Anticlerical Nationalism in Spain. University of New Mexico.
  2. ^ Juan Bautista Vilar Ramírez (1993). El federalismo en los orígenes del Cantón de Cartagena (el partido republicano federal en Murcia y su región, 1868-1873). Anales de Historia Contemporánea. Nº. 9. pp. 123–173. ISSN 0212-6559.
  3. ^ Juan Sisinio Pérez Garzón (2010). La República Federal en España: Pi y Margall y el movimiento republicano federal, 1868-1874. Madrid:Los Libros de La Catarata.
  • Jorge Vilches (2001). Progreso y Libertad. El Partido Progresista en la Revolución Liberal Española. Madrid: Alianza Editorial. ISBN 84-206-6768-4.
  • Carmen Pérez Roldán (2001). El Partido Republicano Federal 1868-1874. Madrid: Endymion Editorial. ISBN 9788477313755.