Andalusian Unity | |
Native Name: | Unidad Andaluza |
President: | Manuel Clavero |
Secretary General: | Manuel Otero Luna |
Founded: | 26 December 1980 |
Dissolved: | 27 November 1982 |
Split: | Union of the Democratic Centre |
Headquarters: | Plaza de Cuba, 3, Seville, 41011 |
Ideology: | Andalusian nationalism Social liberalism |
Position: | Centre-right |
Colors: | Yellow Green White |
Country: | Spain |
Andalusian Unity (es|Unidad Andaluza, UA) was a political party launched in December 1980 by former minister Manuel Clavero as a split from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) over disagreement with UCD's autonomic policy on the 1980 Andalusian autonomy initiative referendum.[1] [2] The party was officially registered on 22 January 1981.[3] [4] Clavero was the party's president, whereas Manuel Otero Luna was elected as secretary general.[5] [6] [7]
An electoral coalition with the conservative People's Alliance (AP) was considered ahead of the 1982 Andalusian regional election,[8] but in the end it was rejected and the party chose not to contest the election out of a lack of campaign funding.[9] [10] It also unsuccessfully probed a coalition with Adolfo Suárez's Democratic and Social Centre (CDS) ahead of the 1982 Spanish general election.[11] In the end, the party was dissolved on 27 November 1982 over a lack of political and economical viability.[12] [13]