The June 15, 1976 Joaquín Garrigues Walker was elected party president, while Joaquín Muñoz Peirat was appointed vice president and Ramón Pais Ferrín general secretary.
The party held negotiations in September 1977 to join the Liberal International, which were dashed when the FPDL was dissolved on January 5, 1978 to merge into the Union of Democratic Center (UCD) [REF].