Extremaduran Regional Action Explained

Extremaduran Regional Action
Native Name:Acción Regional Extremeña
Secretary General:Enrique Sánchez de León
Merged:Union of the Democratic Centre
Ideology:Regionalism
Position:Centre-right
National:UCD
State:Spain

The Extremaduran Regional Action (Spanish; Castilian: Acción Regional Extremeña; AREX) was a Spanish political party founded on 7 November 1976 as the first regionalist party in Extremadura.[1] [2] Enrique Sánchez de León was the party's secretary-general from 26 March 1977.[3] AREX joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) electoral alliance ahead of the 1977 Spanish general election,[4] [5] gaining 4 seats in the Congress of Deputies.[6] The party would be eventually merged into the UCD upon the party's constitution as a unitary party.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: 9 November 1976 . Nace Acción Regional Extremeña . Spanish . . 6 January 2020.
  2. News: 12 March 1977 . Sólo para extremeños . Spanish . El País . 6 January 2020.
  3. News: 27 March 1977 . Sánchez de León, elegido secretario de Acción Regional Extremeña . Spanish . El País . 6 January 2020.
  4. News: 20 April 1977 . Suárez recibió al partido de Sánchez de León . Spanish . El País . 6 January 2020.
  5. News: 28 June 1977 . De la unificación de UCD sólo habrá una "declaración de intención" . Spanish . El País . 6 January 2020.
  6. Web site: Union of the Democratic Centre, Democratic and Social Centre . Spanish . historiaelectoral.com . Electoral History . 6 January 2020.
  7. News: 18 October 1978 . La compleja transformación de una coalición en un partido unificado . Spanish . El País . 6 January 2020.

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