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Majorcan Union ( ca, Unió Mallorquina, UM; ) was a regional
liberal party The Liberal Party is any of many political parties around the world. The meaning of ''liberal'' varies around the world, ranging from liberal conservatism on the right to social liberalism on the left. __TOC__ Active liberal parties This is a l ...
on the island of
Majorca Mallorca, or Majorca, is the largest island in the Balearic Islands, which are part of Spain and located in the Mediterranean. The capital of the island, Palma, is also the capital of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. The Bale ...
,
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. It was founded in October 1982, as a nationalist continuation of the then disintegrating Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD). The main founder was Jeroni Albertí Picornell. In 1993 it merged with the ''Unió Independent de Mallorca'' and ''Convergència Balear''. Subsequently it forged alliances with ''Independents per Menorca'' and ''Unió Centristes de Menorca''. As a centre party, it supported People's Party governments (1987) in the Balearic Islands but also the left-wing coalition, led by the socialist
Francesc Antich Francesc Antich Oliver (born November 28, 1958) is a Venezuelan-born Spanish politician, who was the President of the Balearic Islands between 1999 and 2003, and 2007 and 2011. He also was the Secretary General of the Socialist Party of the Ba ...
(
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, PSOE), which replaced the People's Party in 1999. UM was once again was the key element in returning the presidency to Francesc Antich after the regional elections to the Balearic Island parliament held in 2007. ''Unió Mallorquina'' was a member of
Liberal International Liberal International (LI) is a worldwide organization of liberal political parties - a political international. It was founded in Oxford in 1947 and has become the pre-eminent network for liberal parties, aiming to strengthen liberalism aroun ...
. The last president was
Josep Melià i Ques Josep is a Catalan masculine given name equivalent to Joseph (Spanish ''José''). People named Josep include: * Josep Bargalló (born 1958), Catalan philologist and former politician * Josep Bartolí (1910-1995), Catalan painter, cartoonist and ...
. Following a number of corruption scandals, the party decided to disband in February 2011 and establish a new party,
Convergence for the Isles Convergence for the Isles ( ca, Convergència per les Illes) was a Balearic nationalist political party founded in March 2011 and merged into Proposta per les Illes in November 2012. The party's aim was to constitute a third pole in Balearic po ...
(Convergència per les Illes).Cinco figuras de Unió Mallorquina, en la cárcel de Palma por corrupción
in: EL PAÍS (spanish)


Electoral performance


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* * Within People's Party–Majorcan Union


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Liberalism worldwide This article gives information on liberalism worldwide. It is an overview of parties that adhere to some form of liberalism and is therefore a list of liberal parties around the world. Introduction The definition of liberal party is highly deba ...
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Liberal democracy Liberal democracy is the combination of a liberal political ideology that operates under an indirect democratic form of government. It is characterized by elections between multiple distinct political parties, a separation of powers into ...
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Liberal parties in Spain Defunct liberal political parties Political parties in the Balearic Islands Political parties established in 1982 Regionalist parties in Spain Union of the Democratic Centre (Spain) Political parties disestablished in 2011 1982 establishments in Spain {{Europe-liberal-party-stub