Radical Socialist Republican Party

Radical Socialist Republican Party Partido Republicano Radical Socialista
President	Félix Gordón Ordás
Founded	1929(1929)
Dissolved	1934(1934)
Split from	Radical Republican Party
Merged into	Republican Union
Headquarters	Barcelona
Ideology	Republicanism Radicalism Anti-clericalism Social democracy
Political position	Left-wing
Colours	Red,YellowandMurrey
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

TheRadical Socialist Republican Party(PRRS;Spanish:Partido Republicano Radical Socialista), sometimes shortened toRadical Socialist Party(PRS;Partido Radical Socialista), was a Spanishradicalpolitical party,created in 1929 after the split of theleft-winginAlejandro Lerroux'sRadical Republican Party(PRR, created in 1908, and in decline at the time). Its main leaders were Marcelino Domingo, Álvaro de Albornoz, and Félix Gordón Ordás.

History

PRRS was an important force in theelections of 1931,winning 54 seats in theCortes Generalesthat proclaimed theSecond Spanish Republicon April 14. It suffered a major setback by 1933, when it only gained five seats. In the meantime, it formed part ofPrime MinisterManuel Azaña'scoalitionbetweenLeft Republicanparties and theSpanish Socialist Workers' Party(PSOE); Álvaro de Albornoz was one of the architects of thesecularlegislation passed by the Cortes, and also served as Justice Minister.

The party was shaken by several crises during its existence. In 1932, Juan Botella Asensi left the PRRS to found his own group (IRS,Izquierda Radical-Socialista– Radical-Socialist Left); the following year, it was split over the issue of collaboration with the PSOE: the left-wing, led by Domingo and Albornoz, argued for continued participation in government, while theright-wingof Gordón de Ordás favored an agreement with Lerroux's PRR.

Towards the end of 1933, the leftists created theIndependent Radical Socialist Republican Party(PRRSI), which fused withRepublican Actionand theAutonomous Galician Republican Organizationto create theRepublican Leftin 1934. The remainder of the party, now dominated by moderates, merged with the Radical Democratic Party ofDiego Martínez Barriointo theRepublican Union.Both the Republican Left and the Republican Union ended up joining thePopular Frontin 1936.

See also

• 1929 Spanish coup d'état