Union of Liberals and Leftists
Union of Liberals and Leftists Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstrimanna | |
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| Founder | Hannibal Valdimarsson Björn Jónsson |
| Founded | November 1969 |
| Dissolved | 1978 |
| Split from | National Preservation Party (People's Alliance) |
| Headquarters | Reykjavík |
| Ideology | Social liberalism |
| Political position | Centre to centre-left |
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The Union of Liberals and Leftists (Icelandic: Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstrimanna) was a social-liberal[1] political party in Iceland.
History
[edit]The party was established in 1969 by dissidents from the People's Alliance who had formerly been members of the National Preservation Party.[2][3] Its members had contested the 1967 elections as independents, but failed to win a seat. It won five seats in the 1971 elections, and joined Ólafur Jóhannesson's first government,[4] with two ministers. However, it was reduced to two seats in the 1974 elections, and failed to win a seat in the 1978 elections. It did not contest the 1979 elections.[2]
Later President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was a member of this party together with later Foreign Affairs minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson.
References
[edit]- ^ Agust Thor Arnason (2006). "The European Union Seen From the Top – the View of an Inside-Outsider". In Joakim Nergelius (ed.). Nordic And Other European Constitutional Traditions. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 31. ISBN 90-04-15171-0.
- ^ a b Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p527 ISBN 0-313-23804-9
- ^ McHale, p523
- ^ McHale, p530
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