People's Alliance (Spain)

People's Alliance
Alianza Popular
AbbreviationAP
LeaderManuel Fraga
Founded9 October 1976 (federation)
5 May 1977 (party)
Dissolved20 January 1989
Merger ofDemocratic Reform
Spanish People's Union
Spanish Democratic Action
Social Democracy
Regional Action
Social People's Union
Spanish National Union
Succeeded byPeople's Party
HeadquartersCalle Silva, 23 - 28004 Madrid
Youth wingNew Generations of People's Alliance
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing to far-right
European Parliament groupEuropean Democrats
International affiliationInternational Democracy Union
ColorsYellow and Red
Party flag

The People's Alliance (Spanish: Alianza Popular, AP) was a post-Francoist electoral coalition, and later a conservative political party in Spain, founded in 1976 as a federation of political associations. Transformed into a party in 1977 and led by Manuel Fraga, it became the main conservative party in Spain. It was refounded as the People's Party in 1989.