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People's Alliance Alianza Popular

Abbreviation	AP
Leader	Manuel Fraga
Founded	9 October 1976 (federation) 5 May 1977 (party)
Dissolved	20 January 1989
Merger of	Democratic Reform Spanish People's Union Spanish Democratic Action Social Democracy Regional Action Social People's Union Spanish National Union
Succeeded by	People's Party
Headquarters	Calle Silva, 23 - 28004 Madrid
Youth wing	New Generations of People's Alliance
Ideology	Conservatism^[1] National conservatism^[2] Post-Francoism^[1]
Political position	Right-wing^[3] to far-right^[4]
International affiliation	International Democrat Union^[5]
European Parliament group	European Democrats^[6]
Colors	Yellow and Red
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The People's Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Popular, AP) was a post-Francoist^[1]^[7] electoral coalition, and later a conservative political party in Spain, founded in 1976 as a federation of political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative party in Spain. It was refounded as the People's Party in 1989.

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