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Regional Action

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Regional Action
Acción Regional
President Laureano López Rodó
Secretary-General José María Ruiz Gallardón
Founder Laureano López Rodó
Founded 1976
Dissolved 19771
Succeeded by People's Alliance
Headquarters Madrid, Spain
Ideology Regionalism
Conservatism
Christian humanism
Political position Centre-right
National affiliation People's Alliance
Politics of Spain
Political parties
Elections
1Integrated into People's Alliance

Regional Action (Spanish: Acción Regional; AR) was a small centre-right political party in Spain during the early period of the democratic transition. Founded in 1976 by former Francoist government minister Laureano López Rodó it was a self-defined Regionalist, conservative and Christian humanist party.[1] Regional Action was one of the seven founding parties of the People's Alliance.

The party held their first general assembly on February 3, 1976, in Madrid, in which López Rodó was elected its President, José María Ruiz Gallardón, father of Madrid mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, was elected Secretary-General and José María Gamazo Manglano, Fernando Liñán y Zofío, Torcuata Luca de Tena, José María Manglano de la Lastra, Juan Alberto Valls and Julio Rodríguez Martínez Vice Presidents.[1][2]

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References

  1. Back to citation occurrence 1.0 Back to citation occurrence 1.1 Ramírez, Pedro J. (1976-02-04). "López Rodó: Somos regionalistas, conservadores y humanistas" [López Rodo: We're regionalists, conservatives and humanists]. ABC.
  2. Back to citation Muñoz, Silva (1976-02-04). ""Queremos una democracia sin abdicar del pasado"" [We want a democracy without renouncing the past]. La Vanguardia.