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People's Party of Catalonia (in Catalan: ''Partit Popular de Catalunya'', PPC) was a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
in
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
,
Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
. PPC was founded in 1973 as from a split of the
National Front of Catalonia The National Front of Catalonia ( Catalan: ''Front Nacional de Catalunya'', FNC) was a Catalan nationalist party which was active between 1940 and 1990. The FNC was created in 1940 by former members of the Estat Català and the Catalan Nationali ...
(FNC).


History

Its secretary general was Joan Colomines i Puig. The party participated in the unitary organizations of the antifascist opposition in
Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, Statute of Autonomy. Most of its territory (except the Val d'Aran) is situate ...
, specially the
Assembly of Catalonia The Assembly of Catalonia (Catalan language, Catalan: ''Assemblea de Catalunya'', Spanish language, Spanish: ''Asamblea de Cataluña'') was a unitary body of the anti-Francoist opposition of Catalonia created in November 1971. Its fundamental deman ...
. The first congress, and legal public act, of the party was celebrated in March 1976 in
Barcelona Barcelona ( ; ; ) is a city on the northeastern coast of Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second-most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within c ...
. In 1976 CSC merged with other groups and parties to form the
Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress (, PSC–C) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PSC–C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unified with various sectors originating in Workers' ...
.20 anys d'història del PSC.
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See also

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National Front of Catalonia The National Front of Catalonia ( Catalan: ''Front Nacional de Catalunya'', FNC) was a Catalan nationalist party which was active between 1940 and 1990. The FNC was created in 1940 by former members of the Estat Català and the Catalan Nationali ...
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Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress (, PSC–C) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PSC–C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unified with various sectors originating in Workers' ...
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List of political parties in Catalonia This article lists the political parties in Catalonia represented in the Parliament of Catalonia, Parliament, their Ideology, ideologies, leaders, number of MPs and their positions on Catalan independence. Parties represented in the Catalan Parli ...


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{{Authority control Socialist parties in Catalonia Left-wing nationalist parties in Spain Catalan nationalist parties Anti-Francoism Political parties established in 1973