Christian Democratic Party (Spain)

Christian Democratic Party Partido Demócrata Cristiano
President	Íñigo Cavero
Secretary-General	Fernando Álvarez de Miranda
Founded	4 April 1977 (1977-04-04)
Dissolved	7 February 1978 (1978-02-07)
Merger of	Spanish Democratic Union Christian Democratic People's Party
Merged into	Union of the Democratic Centre
Headquarters	Agustín de Foxá, 27-1, Madrid
Ideology	Christian democracy Conservatism
Political position	Centre-right
National affiliation	UCD
Colours	Green
Slogan	El Centro que levantó Europa
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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.

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.