People's Party ( es, Partido Popular; PP) was a Spanish

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political party, founded in 1976. The leaders of the PP were

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and

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History

The party was founded through the merge of 7 regional parties: * Extremaduran People's Party: led by Rodríguez Requera and Luis Ramallo García. * People's Party of Catalonia * Valencian Regional Autonomist People's Party: led by Emilio Attard Alonso, J. Aguirre de la Hoz and J. R. Pin Arboledas. * People's Party of

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: led by Eulogio Gómez Franqueira, E. Reverter, J. A. Trillo, J. Quiroga Suárez y J. Rodríguez Reza. * Aragonese People's Party: led by León J. Buil and César Escribano. * Alicantine Autonomous People's party: led by J. María Pérez Hikman, Antonio Espinosa and Ramón Sancho. * Balearic People's Party: led by R. Ciar Garau and Francisco Gari. The majority of the members of the party were members of the

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wing of the

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, that wanted a "controlled" and moderate democratic transition. The PP joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) in 1977, gaining 32 seats in the

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. The party was dissolved in february 1978, fully joining the UCD.

References

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