Liberal Citizens Action

Liberal Citizens Action
Acción Ciudadana Liberal
AbbreviationACL
PresidentJosé María de Areilza
FoundedSeptember 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)
DissolvedJanuary 20, 1979 (1979-01-20)
Merger ofLiberal Party
Liberal Progressive Party
Galician Democratic Party
Succeeded byPeople's Alliance
IdeologyLiberalism
Political positionCentre-right
Colors  Orange

Liberal Citizens Action (Spanish: Acción Ciudadana Liberal; ACL) was a political party in Spain at the time of its transition to democracy. ACL emerged from the Liberal Federation (Spanish: Federación Liberal), an alliance of five parties, in 1977.[1] The president of the party was José María de Areilza, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1976.[2] Areilza had left Adolfo Suarez's Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD).

In the 1979 elections ACL was part of the Democratic Coalition, together with Manuel Fraga's People's Alliance (AP). Areilza was elected deputy in Madrid.

Shortly afterwards, ACL merged with the AP.

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Election Leader Votes % # Seats Outcome Notes
Congress Senate
1979 José María de Areilza 1,094,438 6.08 #4
2 / 350
0 / 207
 UCD minority Within Democratic Coalition

References

  1. ^ "La Federación Liberal pretende integrar a todos los grupos de esta ideología". El País (in Spanish). 28 October 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Areilza, presidente de la Federación Liberal". El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.