Christian Democratic Party (Spain)

The Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano; PDC) was a Spanish Christian democratic political party, founded in 1977. The leaders of the PDC were Fernando Álvarez de Miranda and Íñigo Cavero.

Christian Democratic Party

Partido Demócrata Cristiano
PresidentÍñigo Cavero
Secretary-GeneralFernando Álvarez de Miranda
Founded4 April 1977 (1977-04-04)
Dissolved7 February 1978 (1978-02-07)
Merger ofSpanish Democratic Union
Christian Democratic People's Party
Merged intoUnion of the Democratic Centre
HeadquartersAgustín de Foxá, 27-1, Madrid
IdeologyChristian democracy
Conservatism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationUCD
Colours  Green
SloganEl Centro que levantó Europa

History

The party was founded through the merge of the Spanish Democratic Union (UDE) and the Christian Democratic People's Party (PPDC),[1][2][3] along with some independents. The party joined the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) electoral coalition for the 1977 Spanish general election, gaining 17 seats in the Congress of Deputies,[4] officially merging into the UCD as a unitary party in December 1977[5][6] and dissolving itself in February 1978.[7]

References
  1. "Fusión del PPDC y UDE". El País (in Spanish). 5 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "El acuerdo electoral de toda la democracia cristiana, es posible". El País (in Spanish). 6 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  3. "El Partido Demócrata cristiano se presentará en Madrid el miércoles". El País (in Spanish). 10 April 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  4. "Union of the Democratic Centre, Democratic and Social Centre". historiaelectoral.com (in Spanish). Electoral History. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  5. "Disolución de varios partidos integrados en UCD". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  6. "Los partidos integrados en UCD se disuelven sin grandes dificultades". El País (in Spanish). 13 December 1977. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  7. "Disueltos los partidos de Alvarez de Miranda y Fernández Ordóñez". El País (in Spanish). 8 February 1978. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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