Andalusian Social Liberal Party

The Andalusian Social Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Social Liberal Andaluz; PSLA) was a political party in Andalusia. The party was led by Manuel Clavero, Deputy Minister of the Regions.^[1][2] The party advocated regional autonomies, but not a federal state.^[3]

Andalusian Social Liberal Party Partido Social Liberal Andaluz
Chairman	Manuel Clavero
Secretary-General	Antonio José Delgado
Founded	1976 (1976)
Dissolved	1978 (1978)
Merged into	Union of the Democratic Centre
Ideology	Andalusian regionalism Social liberalism Progressivism
National affiliation	UCD
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

History

The party was launched at a meeting in Seville December 12, 1976.^[2] The founding congress of the PSLA was held in Seville January 21–22, 1977, which elected a regional committee. Clavero Arévalo was elected chairman of the party and Antonio José Delgado general secretary. The party congress declared that the party sought alliances with other centrist forces.^[3] In July 1977 the historian Manuel Ruiz Lagos, founder and regional committee member of the PSLA, resigned from the party.^[1] The PSLA joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) electoral coalition ahead of the 1977 Spanish general election^[4] and would merge into the UCD upon its constitution as a unitary party in December 1977.^[5][6]

References

1. "Dimite el fundador del Partido Social Liberal Andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 28 June 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. "Presentación en Sevilla del Partido Social Liberal Andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 14 December 1976. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
3. "El Partido Social Liberal Andaluz, contra el Estado federal". El País (in Spanish). 25 January 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
4. "Vocación regionalista, del Centro Democrático andaluz". El País (in Spanish). 14 May 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
5. "Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
6. "Los partidos integrados en UCD se disuelven sin grandes dificultades". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.