{{Infobox political party , name = Spanish People's Union , native_name = Unión del Pueblo Español , logo = Unión del Pueblo Español.png , logo_size = 190px , colorcode = {{party color, Spanish People's Union , abbreviation = UDPE , president =

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Conservatism Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilizati ...

Post

francoism Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spa ...

Spanish nationalism The creation of the tradition of the political community of Spaniards as common destiny over other communities has been argued to trace back to the Cortes of Cádiz. Revisiting the history of Spain, after 1812 Spanish liberalism tended to take fo ...

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, national = People's Alliance (1975-1977) , international = , europarl = , affiliation1_title = , affiliation1 = , colors = , seats1_title = , seats1 = , seats2_title = , seats2 = , symbol = , website = , country = , country2 = , state = Spain The Spanish People's Union ( es, Unión del Pueblo Español; UDPE) was a

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy that seeks to promote and to preserve traditional institutions, practices, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civilization i ...

and

Spanish nationalist The creation of the tradition of the political community of Spaniards as common destiny over other communities has been argued to trace back to the Cortes of Cádiz. Revisiting the history of Spain, after 1812 Spanish liberalism tended to take fo ...

political party in

History

UDPE was created in 1975, initially under the name of People's Alliance, on 11 February 1975. The group changed its name to Spanish People's Union the 22 May 1975. It was officially recognized and definitely by the

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on 28 July 1975. The "political associations" were the result of development of the Organic Law of the State of 1966, and sought to promote a very limited and controlled "pluralism" within

Francoist Spain Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spai ...

. The Spanish People's Union was led by the, then Minister of Education,

and the general secretary of the

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. The Spanish People's Union wanted to group the ruling politicians of

Francoism Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spa ...

, very attached to the bureaucratic apparatus of the

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. On July 11, 1975 Adolfo Suarez become the president of the UDPE, until the 12 of December, when he left to be the secretary general of the

again. On 22 and 23 June 1976 the UDPE held its first congress in

, where the association decided to become a political party -which occurred on September 17, 1976- and

was confirmed as the president of the party.«Voluntad de defender el legado que se creó en los últimos cuarenta años».
ABC. 25 de junio de 1976. UDPE joined the People's Alliance (AP) with other political forces on October 9, 1976. Its dissolution took place on May 4, 1977, to merge with

Regional Action Regional Action ( es, Acción Regional; AR) was a small centre-right political party in pre-transition Spain. Founded in 1976 by former Francoist government minister Laureano López Rodó it was a self-defined Regionalist, conservative and Chris ...

, Social Democracy,

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and the Social Popular Union.

References

Conservative parties in Spain Political parties established in 1975 Political parties disestablished in 1977 Catholic political parties 1975 establishments in Spain 1977 disestablishments in Spain