DC

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DC was a dominant centrist and Christian democratic political party in Italy that played a leading role in the country’s post–World War II politics until the early 1990s.

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instanceOf political party
activePeriod post–World War II era
contributedTo collapse of Italy’s First Republic party system
country Italy
dissolved early 1990s
dominantPeriod 1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
late 1940s
founded 1943
headquartersLocation Rome
ideology Christian democracy
centrism
economic centrism
social conservatism
influencedBy Catholic social teaching
Pope Leo XIII’s encyclical Rerum Novarum
involvedIn Tangentopoli corruption scandals
legalized 1944
notableLeader Alcide De Gasperi
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Arnaldo Forlani
Ciriaco De Mita
Giulio Andreotti
notablePrimeMinisterFromParty Alcide De Gasperi
Aldo Moro
Amintore Fanfani
Giulio Andreotti
officialName Democrazia Cristiana
opposedIdeology Italian communism
opposedParty Italian Communist Party
participatedInGovernment almost continuously from 1945 to early 1990s
playedRoleIn Italian First Republic politics
Italian postwar reconstruction
politicalPosition centre
predecessor Italian People’s Party
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholicism
shortName DC
status dominant governing party in Italy for decades
successor Christian Democratic Centre
Italian People’s Centre
Italian People’s Party (1994)
Italian Popular Party (1994)
United Christian Democrats
various centrist and Christian democratic parties in Italy
supportedPolicy Atlanticism
European integration
mixed economy
welfare state

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