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

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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

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. 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, who later served as the

President of the Government of Aragon The president of the Government of Aragon ( es, Presidente del Gobierno de Aragón), also known as the president of the General Deputation of Aragon ( es, Presidente de la Diputación General de Aragón) or, simply, the president of Aragon ( es, ...

from 1991 to 1993. PAR had representation in the

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(1999''–''2004) where it sat in the

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group.

Electoral performance

Cortes of Aragon

References

External links

Official website
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