People's Party of Catalonia (1973)

Not to be confused with People's Party of Catalonia.

People's Party of Catalonia Partit Popular de Catalunya
Secretary-General	Joan Colomines i Puig
Founded	1973 (1973)
Dissolved	1 November 1976 (1976-11-01)
Split from	National Front of Catalonia
Merged into	Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress
Newspaper	Nova Catalunya
Ideology	Democratic socialism Catalan nationalism Antifascism Workers' self-management[1]
Political position	Left-wing
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People's Party of Catalonia (in Catalan: Partit Popular de Catalunya, PPC) was a political party in Catalonia, Spain. PPC was founded in 1973 as from a split of the National Front of Catalonia (FNC).

History

Its secretary general was Joan Colomines i Puig. The party participated in the unitary organizations of the antifascist opposition in Catalonia, specially the Assembly of Catalonia. The first congress, and legal public act, of the party was celebrated in March 1976 in Barcelona.

In 1976 CSC merged with other groups and parties to form the Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress.^[2]

See also

• National Front of Catalonia
• Socialist Party of Catalonia–Congress
• List of political parties in Catalonia

References

1. Partit Popular de Catalunya. Gran enciclopèdia catalana.
2. 20 anys d'història del PSC.