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People's Alliance–People's Democratic Party
The People's Coalition ( es, link=no, Coalición Popular) was a Spanish political coalition comprising national and regional right-wing parties to contest various general, regional and municipal elections between 1983 and 1987. History The coalition precedents date back to the 1982 Spanish general election, 1982 general election, when the "People's Coalition" had not yet been formalized and the force was known simply as AP–PDP, using the initials of the political parties that had formed it: the People's Alliance (Spain), People's Alliance (AP) and the People's Democratic Party (Spain), People's Democratic Party (PDP). Both parties joined to contest together the October 1982 general election, for which both of them signed a Electoral alliance, coalition agreement on 13 September 1982 jointly with regionalist parties Navarrese People's Union (UPN), Aragonese Party, Regionalist Aragonese Party (PAR) and Valencian Union (UV), as well as with the Union of the Democratic Centre (Spai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Fraga
Manuel Fraga Iribarne (; 23 November 1922 – 15 January 2012) was a Spanish professor and politician in Francoist Spain, who was also the founder of the People's Party. Fraga was Minister of Information and Tourism between 1962 and 1969, Ambassador to the United Kingdom between 1973 and 1975, Minister of the Interior in 1975, Second Deputy Prime Minister between 1975 and 1976, President of the People's Alliance/People's Party between 1979 and 1990 and President of the Regional Government of Galicia between 1990 and 2005. He was also a Member of the Congress of Deputies and a Senator. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Francisco Franco's regime and the subsequent transition to representative democracy. He served as the President of the Regional Government of Galicia from 1990 to 2005 and as a Senator until November 2011. Fraga is also one of the Fathers of the Constitution. Biography Early life Fraga was born in Vilalba, Lugo Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
