Liberal Citizens Action

Liberal Citizens Action (Spanish: Acción Ciudadana Liberal; ACL) was a political party in Spain at the time of its transition to democracy. ACL emerged from the Liberal Federation (Spanish: Federación Liberal), an alliance of five parties, in 1977.^[1] The president of the party was José María de Areilza, Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1975 to 1976.^[2] Areilza had left Adolfo Suarez's Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD).

AbbreviationACL

PresidentJosé María de Areilza

FoundedSeptember 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)

DissolvedJanuary 20, 1979 (1979-01-20)

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Liberal Citizens Action Acción Ciudadana Liberal
Abbreviation	ACL
President	José María de Areilza
Founded	September 27, 1977 (1977-09-27)
Dissolved	January 20, 1979 (1979-01-20)
Merger of	Liberal Party Liberal Progressive Party Galician Democratic Party
Succeeded by	People's Alliance
Ideology	Liberalism
Political position	Centre-right
Colors	Orange
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In the 1979 elections ACL was part of the Democratic Coalition, together with Manuel Fraga's People's Alliance (AP). Areilza was elected deputy in Madrid.

Shortly afterwards, ACL merged with the AP.