The Independent Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRSI; es, Partido Republicano Radical Socialista Independiente) was a minor Spanish

radical Radical may refer to: Politics and ideology Politics *Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change *Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

, created in 1929 after the split of the

left-wing Left-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that support and seek to achieve social equality and egalitarianism, often in opposition to social hierarchy. Left-wing politics typically involve a concern for those in soci ...

of the

Radical Socialist Republican Party Radical Socialist Republican Party (PRRS; es, Partido Republicano Radical Socialista), sometimes shortened to Radical Socialist Party (PRS; ''Partido Radical Socialista''), was a Spanish radical political party, created in 1929 after the split of ...

. Its main leaders were

Marcelino Domingo Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán (26 April 1884 – 2 March 1939) was a Spanish teacher, journalist, and politician who served as a minister several times during the government of the Second Spanish Republic. Biography Early life & political career ...

Álvaro de Albornoz Álvaro de Albornoz y Liminiana (June 13, 1879, Asturias – October 22, 1954, Mexico) was a Spanish lawyer, writer, and one of the founders of the Second Republic of Spain. Early life He began his early studies in his native town of Luarca, ...

and

Ángel Galarza Ángel Galarza (1892–1966) was a Spanish lawyer, journalist and politician who served as the minister of interior in the period 1936–1937. He left Spain following the civil war for Mexico. In 1946 he settled in Paris, France. Early life and ...

History

In 1933, the

(PRRS), established in 1929 by a left-wing split from the

Radical Republican Party The Radical Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Radical), sometimes shortened to the Radical Party, was a Spanish Radical party in existence between 1908 and 1936. Beginning as a splinter from earlier Radical parties, it initially played a ...

(PRR) of

Alejandro Lerroux Alejandro Lerroux García (4 March 1864, in La Rambla, Córdoba – 25 June 1949, in Madrid) was a Spanish politician who was the leader of the Radical Republican Party. He served as Prime Minister three times from 1933 to 1935 and held severa ...

, was suffering from internal divisions. The most leftist factions, led by

and

, were in favour of maintaining an alliance with the

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party The Spanish Socialist Workers' Party ( es, Partido Socialista Obrero Español ; PSOE ) is a social-democraticThe PSOE is described as a social-democratic party by numerous sources: * * * * political party in Spain. The PSOE has been in gov ...

(PSOE), whereas the most conservative groups, led by Félix Gordón Ordás, preferred to re-establish an alliance with Lerroux's PRR. On 24 September 1933, while the PRRS was undergoing its 3rd national congress, the leftists left the party and established the PRRSI: the split attracted three of the PRRS's founders (Domingo, Alboronz and Galarza), alongside 26 deputies and several importand members, such as

Francisco Barnés Salinas Francisco José Barnés Salinas (1877–1947) was a Spanish professor and Left Republican politician. He was Minister of Public Instruction and the Arts during the Second Spanish Republic. After the Spanish Civil War (1936–39) he went into exi ...

and

Victoria Kent Victoria Kent Siano (March 6, 1891 – September 25, 1987) was a Spanish lawyer and republican politician. Biography Born in Málaga, Spain, Kent was affiliated to the Radical Socialist Republican Party and came to fame in 1930 for defending – ...

. An important PRRSI group was established in Alicante, under the leadership of José Alonso Mallol. The PRRSI only received 0,6% of the votes in the

1933 Spanish general election Elections to Spain's legislature, the Cortes Generales, were held on 19 November 1933 for all 473 seats in the unicameral Cortes of the Second Spanish Republic. Since the previous elections of 1931, a new constitution had been ratified, and th ...

, only electing three deputies. In the

Congress of Deputies The Congress of Deputies ( es, link=no, Congreso de los Diputados, italic=unset) is the lower house of the Cortes Generales, Spain's legislative branch. The Congress meets in the Palacio de las Cortes, Madrid, Palace of the Parliament () in Ma ...

, the party established a joint group with the Republican Action and the Autonomous Galician Republican Organisation. On 3 April 1934, the three parties merged into the Republican Left.Juan Avilés Farré (2006). ''La Izquierda burguesa y la tragedia de la II República'', Comunidad de Madrid, pp. 322

References

{{Reflist 1934 establishments in Spain 1959 disestablishments in Spain Anti-fascist organizations Banned political parties in Spain Defunct liberal political parties Defunct political parties in Spain Liberal parties in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1959 Political parties established in 1934 Political parties of the Spanish Civil War Radical parties Republican parties in Spain

History

See also

References