Parties & leaders

Partido Popular (Popular Party)

The Partido Popular (PP) has its origin in the evolution of Alianza Popular (AP) as well as in the integration of other parties from the centre-right. It was in 1989, during AP IXth Congress, when the name and the project of PP was adopted. From that date on, some independent celebrities, professing liberal, consertive or christian-democratic ideologies, have joined the Party. In the Xth Congress, held in Seville in april 1990, José María Aznar was elected as theNational President of PP. In last Spanish parliamentary election of 1996, the PP was the most voted force in the State, despite keeping a short distance with PSOE (Socialist Party). Aznar was elected as the President of the Spanish Government, having the support of Catalonian nationalists of Convergència i Unió, Partido Nacionalista Vasco (Basque Nationalist Party) and Coalición Canaria (Cannarian Coalition).

In Galicia, the Popular Party has been in the power since first Galician election in 1981, except for the period 1987-89. Regarding the local government, they possess the presidency of the four provincial councils and have the mayoralty of 72% of Galician town councils. Manuel Fraga Iribarne is the leader of the Popular Party and he is in the charge of the Presidency of the Xunta since 1989.

"Máis por Galicia" (More for Galicia) is Populars' slogan for the election of 19th-O. Their campaign focuses on the achivements and investiments which have been carried out in Galicia within the last four years. Its principal aim is to ratify the absolute majorites obtained in 1989 and 1993.

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