Union of Liberals and Leftists
{{Infobox political party
| name = Union of Liberals and Leftists
| native_name = Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstrimanna
| colorcode = #3FFF00
| foundation = November 1969
| split = National Preservation Party (People's Alliance)
| founder = Hannibal Valdimarsson
Björn Jónsson
| ideology = Social liberalism
| headquarters = Reykjavík
| country = Iceland
| dissolved = 1978
| position = Centre to centre-left
}}
{{Politics of Iceland}}
The Union of Liberals and Leftists ({{Langx|is|Samtök frjálslyndra og vinstrimanna}}) was a social-liberal{{cite book|author=Agust Thor Arnason|chapter=The European Union Seen From the Top – the View of an Inside-Outsider|editor=Joakim Nergelius|title=Nordic And Other European Constitutional Traditions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0-uO_MmjwI0C&pg=PA31|year=2006|publisher=Martinus Nijhoff Publishers|isbn=90-04-15171-0|page=31}} political party in Iceland.
History
The party was established in 1969 by dissidents from the People's Alliance who had formerly been members of the National Preservation Party.Vincent E McHale (1983) Political parties of Europe, Greenwood Press, p527 {{ISBN|0-313-23804-9}}McHale, p523 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,McHale, p530 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.
Later President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson was a member of this party together with later Foreign Affairs minister Jón Baldvin Hannibalsson.
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