The Radical Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata Radical, PDR), later known as the Republican Reformist Party ( es, Partido Reformista Republicano, PRR), was one of the
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political parties that contended for power during the reign of
Amadeo I (reigned 1870–73) and the
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(1873–74), opposing the
Constitutional Party.
Background
The party was established in 1871, after the division of the
Progressive Party following the death of General
Juan Prim, 1st Marquis of los Castillejos
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. The left wing of the party, along with the ''cimbrios'', monarchist faction of the
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led by
Cristino Martos, organised themselves as a party under the leadership of
Manuel Ruiz Zorrilla.
The party disintegrated after the 1874
restoration of the monarchy
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, fleeing its members to left-wing monarchist parties or to republican parties. Ruiz Zorrilla and his supporters established the
Progressive Republican Party, while the faction of Martos joined the
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of
Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. In 1876, the party remnants were reorganized as the Republican Reformist Party by
Nicolás Salmerón
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.
See also
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Liberalism and radicalism in Spain
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References
*''Historia de España'', Vicens Vives, 2009, {{ISBN, 978-84-316-9037-3
Liberal parties in Spain
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Political parties established in 1871
1880 disestablishments in Spain
1871 establishments in Spain