Liberal Party (Spain, 1880)

Liberal Party
Partido Liberal
Leader
Founded23 May 1880
Dissolved1931 (1931)
Merger ofConstitutional Party
Radical Party
IdeologyLiberalism (Spanish)
Territorial autonomism
Political positionCentre

The Liberal Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal), originally called Liberal Fusionist Party (Spanish: Partido Liberal-Fusionista, PLF) until 1885, was a Spanish political party created in 1880 by Práxedes Mateo Sagasta. With the Conservative Party of Antonio Cánovas del Castillo, it formed a two-party system of alternating governments, the turno, which characterised the Spanish Restoration during the late 19th century and the early 20th century.