Democratic People's Federation (, FPD) was a Christian Democratic political organization created in 1975 by
José María Gil-Robles
José María Gil-Robles y Gil-Delgado (17 June 1935 – 13 February 2023) was a Spanish lawyer and politician. He was a Member of the European Parliament in the European People's Party group, and was President of the European Parliament from 1 ...
, heir of the Christian Social Democracy of
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones
José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones de León (Salamanca, 27 November 1898 – Madrid, 13 September 1980) was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA, and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War. He served as ...
.
The federation was composed of the Democratic People's Federation, Basque Christian Democracy, Democratic Party of Andalusia, Castilla Democratic People's Party and the Western People's Association. It held its first and only Congress on 29 and 30 January 1977.
It formed, along with
Democratic Left of
Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez
Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés ( Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid, 2 August 1913 - Madrid, 27 August 2009) was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was minister of Education under Franco (1951-1955) but he drifted apart from the Francoist State since 19 ...
, the
Federation of Christian Democracy on March 27, 1977, which was part of the
Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State. In the
1977 general elections, where it only obtained 1.18% of the votes, so soon after both were dissolved.
Members
The Democratic People's Federation was composed of the following parties:
* Christian Democracy of Castile.
*
Basque Christian Democracy.
* Murcian Christian Democracy.
* Western Christian Democracy.
* Aragonese Christian Democracy.
* Andalusian Democratic People's Party.
References
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1975 establishments in Spain
1977 disestablishments in Spain
Christian democratic parties in Europe
Defunct political party alliances in Spain
Political parties disestablished in 1977
Political parties established in 1975