Spanish Democratic Party
{{Expand Spanish|topic=hist|fa=yes|date=December 2016|Partido Demócrata Español}}
{{Infobox political party
| name = Spanish Democratic Party
| native_name = Partido Demócrata Español
| colorcode = {{party color|Spanish Democratic Party}}
| logo = PADE Logo.png
| president = Juan Ramón Calero
| country = Spain
| split = PP
| foundation = 1996
| dissolved = 10 May 2008
| headquarters = C/ Francisco Silvela, 77
28028 Madrid, Spain
| ideology = Conservatism
Christian humanism
| position = Right-wing to far-right
| state = Spain
}}
The Spanish Democratic Party ({{langx|es|Partido Demócrata Español}}; PADE) was a conservative political party in Spain, created as a split from the centre-right People's Party in 1996. Its chairman was Juan Ramón Calero Rodríguez, former PP spokesperson in Congress.
Ideology
It regarded itself as being to the right of the People's Party, with some sources regarding it as a far-right party.{{cite news |title=Los partidos 'ultras' y antiinmigración tocan poder |language=Spanish |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2007/06/03/espana/1180821607_850215.html |work=El País |date=2007-06-03 |last1=Pi |first1=Vanessa |archive-date=2016-08-20 |access-date=2016-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820070529/http://elpais.com/diario/2007/06/03/espana/1180821607_850215.html |url-status=live }} This was denied by the party,{{cite news |title=Puntualización |language=Spanish |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2007/06/14/opinion/1181772011_850215.html |work=El País |date=2007-06-14 |last1=Director |first1=Cartas al |archive-date=2016-12-20 |access-date=2016-12-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220151210/http://elpais.com/diario/2007/06/14/opinion/1181772011_850215.html |url-status=live }} which described itself as christian humanist, liberal-reformist and moderate.