The Republican Left ( es, Izquierda Republicana) was a
Spanish republican party founded in 1934.
History
The party was founded in 1934 following the left's defeat in the
1933 election, by the merger of
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Re ...
's
Republican Action, part of
Marcelino Domingo
Marcelino Domingo Sanjuán (26 April 1884 – 2 March 1939) was a Spain, Spanish teacher, journalist, and politician who served as a minister several times during the government of the Second Spanish Republic.
Biography
Early life & political ...
's
Radical Socialist Republican Party and
Santiago Casares Quiroga's
Autonomous Galician Republican Organization (ORGA).
[De la Granja, José Luis; De Pablo, Santiago (2009). ''«La II República y la Guerra Civil». Historia del País Vasco y Navarra en el siglo XX'' (2d edition). Madrid: Biblioteca Nueva. p. 61. .] Its members included
José Giral,
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 � ...
and
Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Re ...
who became the party's leader.
Integrated in the
Popular Front ahead of the
1936 election, the party won 87 seats becoming the third largest party while Manuel Azaña obtained the office of President of the Council of Minister. Following the impeachment of
Niceto Alcalá Zamora from the presidency in May 1936, Azaña was elected president, an office he held until his resignation in February 1939. He was succeeded as President of the Council first by
Santiago Casares Quiroga and then by
José Giral. Later, alongside the
Republican Union, the party was the main component of the
Largo Caballero
Francisco Largo Caballero (15 October 1869 – 23 March 1946) was a Spanish politician and trade unionist. He was one of the historic leaders of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) and of the Workers' General Union (UGT). In 1936 and 19 ...
government in September 1936, at the start of the
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War ( es, Guerra Civil Española)) or The Revolution ( es, La Revolución, link=no) among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War ( es, Cuarta Guerra Carlista, link=no) among Carlism, Carlists, and The Rebellion ( es, La Rebeli ...
. The IR participated in all republican governments till the end of the civil war.
In exile in
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a List of sovereign states, country in the southern portion of North America. It is borders of Mexico, bordered to the north by the United States; to the so ...
, the IR was the main support of the Republican government-in-exile until it was dissolved in 1959 to found the Spanish Democratic Republican Action. A party taking the name
Republican Left was founded in 1977 and has achieved no major electoral success yet.
Notable members
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Ramón Bengaray Zabalza
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Santiago Casares Quiroga
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José Giral
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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 � ...
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Manuel Azaña
Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the last President of the Re ...
See also
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Liberalism and radicalism in Spain
References
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1934 establishments in Spain
1959 disestablishments in Spain
Anti-fascist organizations
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Political parties disestablished in 1959
Political parties established in 1934
Political parties of the Spanish Civil War
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Republican parties in Spain