Party of the Democratic Centre (Spain)

Party of the Democratic Centre
Partido del Centro Democrático
LeaderManuel Portela Valladares
FoundedJanuary 28, 1936 (1936-01-28)
DissolvedApril 1, 1939 (1939-04-01)
IdeologyRepublicanism
Centrism
Anticommunism
Political positionCentre
Congress of Deputies (1936)
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  1. On 13 September 1936 the rebel Junta de Defensa Nacional issued a decree outlawing all political parties 'contrary' to the movimiento nacional. On 1 April 1939 the last Republican forces in Spain surrendered. This left the government of Francisco Franco—the successor to the Junta de Defensa Nacional—as the sole legally recognised, non-exile Spanish government.

The Party of the Democratic Centre (Spanish: Partido del Centro Democrático, PCD) was a centrist political party active in the Second Spanish Republic.