The Nationalist Canarian Assembly (Spanish: Asamblea Canaria Nacionalista; ACAN) was a nationalist political party in the Canary Islands founded in 1987, as a coalition of Canarian Assembly and Canarian Nationalist Left.
Nationalist Canarian Assembly Asamblea Canaria Nacionalista | |
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| Leader | Collective leadership |
| Founded | 1987 (as a coalition) 1989 (as a party) |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Merger of | Canarian Assembly Canarian Nationalist Left |
| Merged into | Nationalist Canarian Initiative |
| Headquarters | Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
| Ideology | Canarian nationalism Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism Ecologism Antimilitarism |
| Political position | Left-wing |
| Colours | White, blue, yellow and green |
| Canarian Parliament (1987-1991)[1] | 2 / 60 |
| Town councillors (1987-1991)[2] | 40 / 1,231 |
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History
editACAN was founded in 1987, being originally a coalition of Canarian Assembly (AC) and Canarian Nationalist Left (INC). In 1989 the two parties fully merged and ACAN became a political party.
In 1991 ACAN merged with the Canarian United Left and the Left Nationalists Union to form a new political party, Nationalist Canarian Initiative.