Sardinian Socialist Action Party
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The Sardinian Socialist Action Party (Partito Sardo d'Azione Socialista, PSd'AzS) was a regionalist
social-democratic
political party active in Sardinia
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The party was founded in 1948 by a split from the Sardinian Action Party
led by Emilio Lussu
, former member of the "Sassari brigade" during the Italian resistance movement
. The party won 6.6% in the first regional election in 1949
and shortly after merged with the Italian Socialist Party
, party of which Lussu was a senator until 1963.
Regionalism (politics)
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social-democratic
Social democracy
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political party active in Sardinia
Sardinia
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],...
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The party was founded in 1948 by a split from the Sardinian Action Party
Sardinian Action Party
The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...
led by Emilio Lussu
Emilio Lussu
Emilio Lussu was an Italian soldier, politician and a writer.-The soldier:Lussu was born in Armungia, province of Cagliari and graduated with a degree in law in 1914...
, former member of the "Sassari brigade" during the Italian resistance movement
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance is the umbrella term for the various partisan forces formed by pro-Allied Italians during World War II...
. The party won 6.6% in the first regional election in 1949
Sardinian regional election, 1949
The Sardinian regional election of 1949 took place on 8 May 1949.After the election Luigi Crespellani, a Christian Democrat, formed a government with the Sardinian Action Party, a social-democratic regionalist party, that eventually quit the government in 1951.-Results:Sources: and...
and shortly after merged with the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
, party of which Lussu was a senator until 1963.