Regional Action (; AR) was a small

centre-right Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing politics, right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalis ...

political party in

Spain Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...

during the early period of the democratic transition. Founded in 1976 by former

Francoist Francoist Spain (), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (), or Nationalist Spain () was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death i ...

government minister

Laureano López Rodó Laureano López Rodó (18 November 1920 – 11 March 2000) was a Spanish lawyer, diplomat and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs and as Commissioner and later Minister for Development Planning during the rule of Francisco Fra ...

it was a self-defined Regionalist,

conservative Conservatism is a cultural, social, and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote and preserve traditional institutions, customs, and values. The central tenets of conservatism may vary in relation to the culture and civiliza ...

and

Christian humanist Christian humanism refers to two intellectual movements: the anti-paganizing wing of sixteenth century Renaissance humanism (the scholarly movement and worldview that recovered the classical humanities and ideals of citizenship and human dignity; ...

party. Regional Action was one of the seven founding parties of the

People's Alliance People's Alliance may refer to: * People's Alliance ( ''Volksunie''), Belgian political party which split in 2001 into the Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie and Spirit * People's Alliance (Bulgaria), a Bulgarian party from 1921 to 1923 * People's Alliance ( ...

. The party held their first general assembly on February 3, 1976, in

Madrid Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It i ...

, in which López Rodó was elected its President, José María Ruiz Gallardón, father of Madrid mayor

Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jiménez (born 11 December 1958) is a Spanish politician and former Minister of Justice. He was mayor of Madrid between 2003 and 2011. A stalwart of the conservative People's Party (PP), he has previously been a leadin ...

, was elected Secretary-General and José María Gamazo Manglano, Fernando Liñán y Zofío, Torcuata Luca de Tena, José María Manglano de la Lastra, Juan Alberto Valls and Julio Rodríguez Martínez Vice Presidents. File:Accion Regional with text.svg File:Accion Regional no text.svg

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{{reflist Conservative parties in Spain Defunct political parties in Spain Regionalist parties in Spain Political parties established in 1976 Catholic political parties Political parties disestablished in 1977

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