Spanish Patriotic Union

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The Unión Patriótica Española ("Spanish Patriotic Union", UPE) was the party created from above by Spanish dictator Miguel Primo de Rivera, conceived as a support to his conservative dictatorship and integrating political Catholicism, technocrats, and the business-owning classes.

After the establishment of the Spanish Republic, the party changed its name to the Union Monarquista (Monarchist Union). It was merged into the Falange in 1936.