Liberal Democratic Centre

Liberal Democratic Centre Centro Democrático Liberal
President	Sean O´Curneen Cañas
Secretary-General	Alfonso Reina
Founder	Víctor Manuel Sarto Lorén
Founded	14 February 2006
Dissolved	24 February 2014 (2014-02-24)
Merged into	Citizens
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre
Slogan	Abriendo caminos a personas
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The Liberal Democratic Centre (Spanish: Centro Democrático Liberal, CDL) was a liberal political party in Spain.

It was launched in February 2006 and was led by Manuel Alonso, a former leading member of the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) and the Democratic and Social Centre (CDS). The party was closely linked with the British Liberal Democrats and became a full member of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party.^[1] It became an observer on 17 April 2009.^[2]

In February 2014, almost 88% of the members voted to merge the party with Citizens – Party of the Citizenry.^[3]

Leadership

• President: Víctor Manuel Sarto Lorén (2006–2008), Manuel Alonso (2008–2009)
• President: Sean O´Curneen Cañas (2009–2014)

References

1. http://www.eldr.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1326
2. "EURACTIV Press Release Site".
3. El CDL se disuelve para integrarse en Ciutadans en su llegada a Valencia Archived 2020-07-18 at the Wayback Machine, Levante-EMV, 24 February 2014, accessed 28 October 2014

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