Civic Union (Argentina)

Civic Union
Unión Cívica
LeaderLeandro N. Alem
Founded1890
Dissolved1891
Preceded byCivic Union of the Youth
Succeeded byRadical Civic Union
National Civic Union
HeadquartersBuenos Aires
IdeologyUniversal suffrage
Party flag

The Civic Union (Spanish: Unión Cívica) was a short-lived political party in Argentina, founded on April 13, 1890 out of the Civic Union of the Youth. That same year it led the Revolution of the Park that forced President Miguel Juárez Celman's resignation, but shortly after dissolved itself in two branches, the Radical Civic Union and the National Civic Union, each following one of the Civic Union's foremost leaders, Leandro Alem and Bartolomé Mitre, respectively.

Since 1880, the exercise of power was concentrated in an elite that controlled access to candidacies. For this reason, the Civic Union emerged, which proposed to regenerate political life by promoting citizen participation in public space and demanding respect for the constitution and political freedoms.[1]

  1. ^ "Presidentes en la tormenta. Juárez Celman, la caída del "títere" que no lo fue - LA NACION". La Nación.