Extremaduran Regional Action

The Extremaduran Regional Action (Spanish: 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]

Extremaduran Regional Action
Acción Regional Extremeña
Secretary-GeneralEnrique Sánchez de León
Founded7 November 1976 (1976-11-07)
DissolvedOctober 1978 (1978-10)
Merged intoUnion of the Democratic Centre
IdeologyRegionalism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationUCD

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