Acción Republicana

The Acción Republicana (dt. Republican Action , AR) was a progressist (left-liberal) and republican political party in Spain , which existed from 1928 to 1934.

The Acción Republicana was founded in 1925 by the politician and writer Manuel Azaña . Her main program items included the organization of Spain into autonomous regions ( autonomismo ), the advocacy of agrarian reform and the reform of the armed forces.

The left wing of the party split off in 1930 and contributed to the formation of the Partido Republicano Radical Socialista (German Socialist Radical Republican Party , PRS) under the leadership of Marcelino Domingo .

The Acción Republicana was a member of the "Republican Alliance", which concluded the Pact of San Sebastián to the monarchy under Alfonso XIII. to fall. She was involved in the establishment of the Second Republic from 1931 and became part of the transitional government that ruled Spain after the abdication of the King.

In the parliamentary elections of 1931 it won 30 seats and, despite its relatively small weight in parliament, developed into a central force in the governments of the republic until 1933. The founder and chairman of the party, Manuel Azaña, became prime minister.

After the defeat of the left-republican parties in the elections of 1933, in which the Acción Republicana only won ten seats, the party united with other republican groups such as the Organización Republicana Gallega Autónoma (German Galician Republican Autonomous Organization , ORGA) y and the Partido Republicano Radical Socialista in 1934 for the Izquierda Republicana under the leadership of Azañas.