The Aragonese Party ( es, Partido Aragonés, PAR) is a

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 ...

which advocates the interests of

Aragon Aragon ( , ; Spanish and an, Aragón ; ca, Aragó ) is an autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. In northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces (from north to sou ...

within Spain. The party was founded in 1978 under the name Aragonese Regionalist Party, but changed its name in 1990, keeping the initials ''PAR''. The founders of PAR included

Emilio Eiroa Emilio Eiroa García (23 August 1935 – 10 March 2013) was a Spanish politician and lawyer. Eiroa served as the President of the Government of Aragon from 1991 until 1993. He was also one of the founding members of the Aragonese Party. He later ...

, who later served as the President of the Government of Aragon from 1991 to 1993. PAR had representation in the European Parliament (1999''–''2004) where it sat in the European Coalition group.

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

References

External links

Official website
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