Socialist Party of Catalonia-Congress

Socialist Party of Catalonia (in Catalan

Catalan language

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: Partit Socialista de Catalunya-Congrés) was a political party

Political party

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in Catalonia

Catalonia

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, Spain

Spain

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. PSC-C was founded in 1976 as a continuation of Socialist Convergence of Catalonia (CSC). It also unified with various sectors originating in Workers' Party of Marxist Unification

Workers' Party of Marxist Unification

The Workers' Party of Marxist Unification was a Spanish communist political party formed during the Second Republic and mainly active around the Spanish Civil War...

(POUM), Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia

The Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia , was formed on July 23, 1936 through the unification of four left-wing groups; the Catalan Federation of Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , the Partit Comunista de Catalunya , the Unió Socialista de Catalunya and the...

(PSUC) and Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).

Its first secretary was Joan Reventós i Carner

Joan Reventós i Carner

Joan Reventós i Carner was the 10th President of the Parliament of Catalonia . He had previously been Minister without Portfolio, from 1977 to 1980...

. Amongst its other leaders were Raimon Obiols, Narcís Serra and Pasqual Maragall, the former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya

Generalitat de Catalunya

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.

In the General Elections of 1977 PSC-C stood on joint lists with Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

Spanish Socialist Workers' Party

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(PSOE) as Socialistes de Catalunya. The lists obtained 28,2% of the votes and 15 seats.

In 1978 PSC-C merged with the Catalan Federation of PSOE and the Socialist Party of Catalonia-Regroupment, forming Socialists' Party of Catalonia

Socialists' Party of Catalonia

The Socialists' Party of Catalonia is a social-democratic political party in Catalonia, Spain resulting from the merge of two parties PSC Reagrupament led by Josep Pallach i Carolà and PSC Comgres. It is the Catalan referent of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party , and its Aranese section is...

(PSC).

PSC-C published L'Hora Socialista and Company.

See also