Patriotic Union (Spain)

Patriotic Union
Unión Patriótica
LeaderMiguel Primo de Rivera
Founded14 April 1924 (14 April 1924)[citation needed]
Dissolved1930
Succeeded byNational Monarchist Union
HeadquartersMadrid, Spain
NewspaperLa Nación
IdeologySpanish nationalism
Political Catholicism
Monarchism
Conservatism
Corporatism
Political positionRight-wing

The Patriotic Union (Spanish: Unión Patriótica, UP) was the political party created by Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, conceived as a support to his regime and integrating political Catholicism, technocrats, and the business-owning classes. The party's power was dependent upon the power of its founder and leader, not any popular mandate. Following the dismissal of Miguel Primo de Rivera in January 1930 by King Alfonso XIII, the party was succeeded by the National Monarchist Union.


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