The Democratic Action Party (, PAD) was a Spanish political party of

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ideology. It was founded by former

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Francisco Fernández Ordóñez Francisco Fernández Ordóñez (22 June 1930 – 7 August 1992) was a Spanish politician who was the minister of foreign affairs in the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) government of Felipe González from 1985 until shortly before his de ...

in November 1981 and was formed by 17 parliamentarians—10 deputies and 7 senators—that had left the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) due to its conservative political positions. The PAD reached an electoral agreement with the

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(PSOE) ahead of the

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. The party was dissolved in 1983 and the majority of its members joined the PSOE.

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{{reflist Defunct political parties in Spain Political parties established in 1982 Political parties disestablished in 1983 1982 establishments in Spain 1983 disestablishments in Spain