Gamacists
Gamacists Gamacistas | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Germán Gamazo Antonio Maura |
| Founded | October 1898 |
| Dissolved | 6 November 1902 |
| Split from | Liberal Party |
| Merged into | Conservative Party |
| Ideology | Liberalism Conservative liberalism Monarchism |
| Political position | Centre |
The Gamacists (Spanish: Gamacistas) were a political faction within the Liberal Party led by Germán Gamazo. They split from the party in October 1898 following the Ribot scandal—a controversy involving Cádiz governor and Gamazo's ally Pascual Ribot—which Gamazo attributed to an internal conspiration within the Liberal party to get rid of him as Development minister. Among its members were future prime minister and Conservative leader Antonio Maura, son-in-law of Gamazo, as well as other notorious Liberal legislators.
After Gamazo's death in November 1901, it eventually merged into the Conservative Party of Francisco Silvela in November 1902.