Liberal Citizens Action

Liberal Citizens Action Acción Ciudadana Liberal
Abbreviation	ACL
President	José María de Areilza[1]
Founded	September 27, 1977[2]
Dissolved	January 20, 1979
Merger of	Liberal Party Liberal Progressive Party Galician Democratic Party
Succeeded by	People's Alliance
Ideology	Liberalism (Spain)
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Orange
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Liberal Citizens Action (in Spanish: Acción Ciudadana Liberal) was a political party in Spain at the time of the transition to democracy. ACL emerged from the Liberal Federation (Federación Liberal), an alliance of five parties, in 1977. The president of the party was José María de Areilza, Minister of Foreign Affairs 1975-1976. Areilza had left Adolfo Suarez's Democratic Center Union (UCD).

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

Shortly afterwards, ACL merged with the AP.

Electoral performance

Cortes Generales

Election	Leader	Votes	%	#	Seats		Outcome	Notes
					Congress	Senate
1979	José María de Areilza	1,094,438	6.08	#4	2 / 350	0 / 207	UCD minority	Within Democratic Coalition

References

1. Areilza, presidente de la Federación Liberal
2. La Federación Liberal pretende integrar a todos los grupos de esta ideología.