Christian Democracy (Italy)

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Christian Democracy (Italy) was a dominant centrist and Catholic-inspired political party that governed Italy for much of the post-World War II period until the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian democratic party
centrist party
political party
color green
red
white
country Italy
dissolutionCause Mani Pulite investigations
corruption scandals
dissolved 1994
dominantPeriod post-World War II Italy
electoralStronghold rural areas
southern Italy
linked to: Southern Italy
EuropeanAffiliation European People’s Party (historical cooperation)
founded 1943
governedCountry Italy
headquartersLocation Rome
helpedDraft Constitution of Italy
historicalSignificance dominant governing party of Italy during the First Republic
ideology Christian democracy
centrism
economic centrism
social conservatism
inGovernmentFrom 1945
inGovernmentUntil 1992
inspiredBy Catholic social teaching
internationalAffiliation Christian Democrat International
involvedIn Tangentopoli corruption scandals
keyFigure Luigi Sturzo
mainOpponent Italian Communist Party
nativeLabel Democrazia Cristiana
notableLeader Alcide De Gasperi
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Arnaldo Forlani
Ciriaco De Mita
Giulio Andreotti
participatedIn Italian Constituent Assembly
partOf First Italian Republic
politicalPosition centre
centre-right
precededBy Italian People’s Party (1919)
religiousOrientation Catholicism
roleInConstituentAssembly largest party
shortName DC
splitInto Christian Democratic Centre
Italian People’s Party (1994)
United Christian Democrats
supportBase Catholic voters
public sector employees
small business owners

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Giovanni Messe memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Pentapartito composedOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian democracy associatedWith Italian Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian Communist Party opposedTo Italian Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Romano Prodi memberOf Democrazia Cristiana
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giovanni Leone memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Sergio Mattarella politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Enrico Letta memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giulio Andreotti politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giulio Andreotti memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giovanni Gronchi politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giovanni Gronchi memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giovanni Gronchi parliamentaryGroup Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian Constituent Assembly includedParty Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Alcide De Gasperi politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy (Italy) nativeLabel Democrazia Cristiana
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian Resistance participant Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian political crisis of the early 1990s affectedPoliticalParty Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian Republican Party alliedWith Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Arnaldo Forlani memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
First Italian Republic dominantParty Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giovanni Goria memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Ciriaco De Mita memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Ciriaco De Mita parliamentaryGroup Christian Democracy (Italy)
Amintore Fanfani memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Francesco Cossiga politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Francesco Cossiga memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Luigi Sturzo influenced Christian Democracy (Italy)
subject linked to: Sturzo
Italian Popular Party succeededBy Christian Democracy (Italy)
PCI opposedTo Christian Democracy (Italy)
Years of Lead in Italy relatedTo Christian Democracy (Italy)
Historic Compromise strategy associatedWithParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Piero Malvestiti politicalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Piero Malvestiti memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats influencedBy Italian Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Dario Franceschini memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Enrico Mattei memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Antonio Segni memberOf Christian Democracy (Italy)
Mariano Rumor memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Aldo Moro memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Piersanti Mattarella memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Sergio Mattarella memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian People’s Party (1994) precededBy Christian Democracy (Italy)
Umberto Agnelli memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Umberto Agnelli politicalActivity Christian Democracy parliamentary group in the Italian Senate
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Italian government of Bettino Craxi coalitionPartner Christian Democracy
linked to: Christian Democracy (Italy)
Giuseppe Pella memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Fernando Tambroni memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)
Fernando Tambroni parliamentaryGroup Christian Democracy (Italy)
Mario Scelba memberOfPoliticalParty Christian Democracy (Italy)