Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)

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The Liberal Party (Spain, 1880) was a major 19th-century Spanish political party that championed constitutional monarchy, civil liberties, and moderate reform during the Bourbon Restoration.

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Liberal Democratic Party (Spain) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical political party
political party
activeInPeriod Bourbon Restoration in Spain
surface form: Bourbon Restoration (Spain)
advocated civil liberties
moderate reform
aimedAt gradual social reform
modernization of Spanish political institutions
classification 19th-century political party in Spain
country Spain
favoured individual rights
limited royal prerogatives
rule of law
historicalContext post-1874 restoration of the Bourbon dynasty in Spain
historicalSignificance major party of the Bourbon Restoration system in Spain
ideology liberalism
influencedBy European liberal movements of the 19th century
languageOfOperation Spanish
namedAfter liberalism
operatedIn Cortes of Spain
surface form: Cortes of the Kingdom of Spain
opposed absolutism
authoritarian monarchy
reactionary conservatism
opposedBy Conservative Party (Spain, Restoration)
partOf Spanish two-party system during the Bourbon Restoration
politicalPosition centre-left
centrist
positionOnMonarchy supported the Bourbon monarchy under constitutional limits
positionOnReligion favoured a more secular state
region Iberian Peninsula
represented professional elites
segments of the bourgeoisie
urban middle classes
sphereOfInfluence national politics of Spain
startTime 1880
status defunct political party
supported civil rights
constitutional guarantees
expansion of suffrage
freedom of association
parliamentary sovereignty over the executive
parliamentary system
press freedom
supportedFormOfGovernment constitutional monarchy
typeOfLiberalism constitutional liberalism

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Niceto Alcalá-Zamora memberOf Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)
Niceto Alcalá-Zamora memberOf Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)
this entity surface form: Liberal Democratic Party (Spain)
Eugenio Montero Ríos memberOfPoliticalParty Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)