Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)

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The Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) was a centrist political coalition that led Spain’s transition from dictatorship to democracy in the late 1970s under Prime Minister Adolfo Suárez.

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Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) canonical 1

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instanceOf electoral coalition
political party
chairperson Adolfo Suárez
color green
white
country Spain
dissolved 1983
foundedBy Adolfo Suárez
hasMembership Christian democrats
former Francoist reformists
liberals
social democrats
headquartersLocation Madrid
ideology Christian democracy
centrism
liberalism
social democracy
inception 1977
leader Adolfo Suárez
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
nativeLabel Unión de Centro Democrático
numberOfSeatsWonIn1977Congress 166
numberOfSeatsWonIn1979Congress 168
parliamentaryGroup Congress of Deputies of Spain
Senate of Spain
participatedIn 1977 Spanish general election
1979 Spanish general election
Spanish transition to democracy
politicalPosition centre
centre-right
precededBy Christian Democratic Party (Spain)
Liberal Party (Spain, 1976)
Reformist Democratic Party
Social Democratic Party (Spain)
primeMinisterProduced Adolfo Suárez
Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo
regionServed Spain
roleInHistory led Spain's transition from dictatorship to democracy
shortName UCD
status defunct political party
succeededBy Democratic and Social Centre
People's Alliance (Spain)
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party
supportedDocument Spanish Constitution of 1978
timePeriod early 1980s
late 1970s
wonElection 1977 Spanish general election
1979 Spanish general election

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Florentino Pérez memberOfPoliticalParty Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain)