Liberal Union (Spain, 1983)

The Liberal Union (Spanish: Unión Liberal) was a short-lived Spanish political party founded in 1983. It was established as a split from the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD), the then-ruling party, which was undergoing a period of internal crisis and disintegration following its defeat in the 1982 general election.

The party aimed to represent a more centrist and liberal alternative to the increasingly conservative Popular Alliance (later the People's Party). Key figures involved in the formation of the Liberal Union included former UCD ministers such as Antonio Garrigues Walker.

However, the Liberal Union failed to gain significant electoral traction. In the 1986 general election, it did not win any seats in the Congress of Deputies. Subsequently, the party dissolved, and many of its members joined the Democratic Reform Party (later merged into the People's Party). The Liberal Union's brief existence reflects the turbulent political landscape of Spain in the early 1980s, as the country transitioned from the UCD's dominance to a two-party system dominated by the PSOE (Spanish Socialist Workers' Party) and the People's Party.