The Progressive Republican Party ( es, Partido Republicano Progresista, PRP) was a Spanish political party created in 1880 by
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla (22 March 183313 June 1895) was a Spanish politician. He served as Prime Minister of Spain for a little over ten weeks, in the summer of 1871, and again for eight months, between June 1872 and February 1873.
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. Ruiz Zorrilla wrote his testament in January 1895 declaring his successor, and thus the reins of the party were passed to
José María Esquerdo upon Ruiz Zorrilla's death.
The latter helped to create the
Republican Union in 1903. Following the death of Esquerdo, the party dissolved in June 1912, integrating into the
Reformist Party of
Melquíades Álvarez and
Gumersindo de Azcárate.
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