The Republican Union () was a Spanish republican party founded in 1934 by Diego Martinez Barrio. It was formed as a result of a merger of several small republican parties, most notably Diego Martinez Barrio's Radical Democratic Party and the Radical Socialist Republican Party, both of which had split away from the more moderate Radical Republican Party of Alejandro Lerroux. Integrated into the Popular Front ahead of the 1936 election, the party won 38 seats becoming the fourth largest party. It formed a governing coalition with

Manuel Azaña Manuel Azaña Díaz (; 10 January 1880 – 3 November 1940) was a Spanish politician who served as Prime Minister of Spain, Prime Minister of the Second Spanish Republic (1931–1933 and 1936), organizer of the Popular Front in 1935 and the la ...

's Republican Left. Though it participated in all republican governments during the

Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War () was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republican faction (Spanish Civil War), Republicans and the Nationalist faction (Spanish Civil War), Nationalists. Republicans were loyal to the Left-wing p ...

, it played a minor role starting under Largo Caballero's government. In exile in

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, it was the main support of the Republican government-in-exile until it was dissolved in 1959 to found the Spanish Democratic Republican Action along with the Republican Left.

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*Nigel Townson. ''The Crisis of Democracy in Spain: Centrist Politics Under the Second Republic, 1931-1936.'' Sussex Academic Press. 2000. pp. 2–3. *Beevor, Antony. ''The Battle for Spain. The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939.'' Penguin Books. 2006. p. 456. {{Authority control 1934 establishments in Spain 1959 disestablishments in Spain Defunct liberal political parties Defunct political parties in Spain Liberal parties in Spain Political parties disestablished in 1959 Political parties established in 1934 Political parties of the Spanish Civil War Progressive parties Radical parties Republican parties in Spain Social liberal parties

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