Liberal Citizens Action

Political party in Spain

Liberal Citizens Action

Acción Ciudadana Liberal

Abbreviation| ACL
President| José María de Areilza
Founded| September 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)
Dissolved| January 20, 1979 (1979-01-20)
Merger of| Liberal Party
Liberal Progressive Party
Galician Democratic Party
Succeeded by| People's Alliance
Ideology| Liberalism
Political position| Centre-right
Colors|  Orange

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Liberal Citizens Action (Spanish: Acción Ciudadana Liberal; ACL) was a political party in Spain at the time of its transition to democracy. ACL emerged from the Liberal Federation (Spanish: Federación Liberal), an alliance of five parties, in 1977.[1] The president of the party was José María de Areilza, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1976.[2] Areilza had left Adolfo Suarez's Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD).

In the 1979 elections ACL was part of the Democratic Coalition, together with Manuel Fraga's People's Alliance (AP). Areilza was elected deputy in Madrid.

Shortly afterwards, ACL merged with the AP.

## Electoral performance

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### Cortes Generales

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Cortes Generales

Election  | Leading candidate  | Congress  | Senate  | Gov.
Votes  | %  | Seats  | Votes  | %  | Seats
1979 | Manuel Fraga | Within CD |

2 / 350

| Within CD |

0 / 208

| Y[a]
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## Notes

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1. ^ Confidence and supply (1979–1980).
2. ^ 1980–1982.

## References

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1. ^ "La Federación Liberal pretende integrar a todos los grupos de esta ideología". El País (in Spanish). 28 October 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. ^ "Areilza, presidente de la Federación Liberal". El País (in Spanish). 22 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

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*[Gov.]: Government