Galician People's Party

For the Galician affiliate of the People's Party (Spain), see People's Party of Galicia.

Galician People's Party Partido Popular Galego
President	Xaime Illa Couto
Founded	1976
Dissolved	1979
Merger of	Unión Democrática de Galicia Esquerda Democrática Galega
Membership (February 1977)	117
Ideology	Galician nationalism Christian democracy Federalism
National affiliation	Equipo Demócrata Cristiano del Estado Español
Politics of Galicia Political parties

The Galician People's Party (Galician: Partido Popular Galego, Galician: Partido Popular Gallego, PPG) was a Galician political party in the first years of the Spanish democracy.

History

It was founded in July 1976 as a result of the union of the Democratic Union of Galicia, led by Xaime Illa Couto, and the Galician Democratic Left, led by Fernando García Agudín. They participated in the activities of the Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State, but they didn't enter it. In the general elections of 1977 it allied with the Galician Social Democratic Party. It disappeared in 1979. Some of its members joined the Partido Galeguista and others the Democratic Center Union.

References

• Manuel Anxo Fernández Baz, A formación do nacionalismo contemporáneo (1963-1984), Laiovento, 2003.
• Beramendi, J e Núñez Seixas, O Nacionalismo Galego, Edicións A Nosa Terra, Vigo, 1995.
• Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón: Ramón Piñeiro e a estratexia do galeguismo. Xerais, Vigo, 2009.
• Rodríguez-Polo, Xosé Ramón: O triunfo do galeguismo. Opinión pública, partidos políticos e comportamento electoral na transición autonómica, Dykinson, Madrid, 2009.