Democratic Action Party (Spain)

The Democratic Action Party (Spanish: Partido de Acción Democrática, PAD) was a Spanish political party of social democratic ideology.[2][3][4]

For other uses, see Democratic Action Party (disambiguation).
Democratic Action Party

Partido de Acción Democrática
PresidentFrancisco Fernández Ordóñez
Founded4 November 1981
Dissolved23 January 1983
Split fromUnion of the Democratic Centre
Merged intoSpanish Socialist Workers' Party
HeadquartersC/ Padilla, 1, Madrid
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Secularism[1]
Progressivism[1]

It was founded by former justice minister Francisco Fernández Ordóñez in November 1981 and was formed by 17 parliamentarians—10 deputies and 7 senators—that had left the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) due to its conservative political positions.[5] The PAD reached an electoral agreement with the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) ahead of the 1982 Spanish general election.[6][7] The party was dissolved in 1983 and the majority of its members joined the PSOE.[8]

References
  1. "Partidos, sindicatos y organizaciones ciudadanas en la provincia de Alicante durante la Transición (1974-1982). El Partido de Acción Democrática" (PDF). Archivo de la Democracia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 December 2009. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. "El partido de Fernández Ordóñez puede concurrir a las elecciones andaluzas". El País (in Spanish). 8 November 1981. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  3. "El partido de Fernández Ordóñez celebrará su congreso en marzo". El País (in Spanish). 19 January 1982. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  4. "Partido de Acción Democrática busca los votos del centro-izquierda". El País (in Spanish). 30 March 1982. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  5. "Acción Democrática inicia su tramitación como grupo parlamentario". El País (in Spanish). 17 December 1981. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. "Más de la mitad de los militantes de Acción Democrática, favorable a una coalición con el PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 7 March 1982. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  7. "La coalición entre Fernández Ordóñez y el Partido Socialista para las próximas elecciones, prácticamente decidida". El País (in Spanish). 9 May 1982. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  8. "El partido de Acción Democrática se autodisuelve por entender que su espacio político está ocupado por el PSOE". El País (in Spanish). 24 January 1983. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
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