Christian Democracy (Italy)

E216779
Christian democratic party centrist party political party

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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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Christian Democracy (Italy) canonical 21
Christian Democracy 4
Democrazia Cristiana 2

Statements (51)

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 ⓘ
surface form: southern Italy
EuropeanAffiliation European People’s Party ⓘ
surface form: 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 Mani Pulite investigations ⓘ
surface form: Tangentopoli corruption scandals
keyFigure Luigi Sturzo ⓘ
mainOpponent Italian Communist Party ⓘ
nativeLabel Christian Democracy (Italy) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 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 Popular Party ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Giovanni Messe → memberOfPoliticalParty → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
Pentapartito → composedOf → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
Christian democracy → associatedWith → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Christian Democracy
Italian Communist Party → opposedTo → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Italian Christian Democracy
Romano Prodi → memberOf → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrazia Cristiana
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 (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Democracy
Alcide De Gasperi → politicalParty → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
Christian Democracy (Italy) → nativeLabel → Christian Democracy (Italy) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Democrazia Cristiana
Italian Resistance → participant → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
Italian political crisis of the early 1990s → affectedPoliticalParty → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Democracy
Italian Republican Party → alliedWith → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Democracy
Arnaldo Forlani → memberOfPoliticalParty → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
First Italian Republic → dominantParty → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Christian Democracy
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) ⓘ
Sturzo → influenced → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ
subject surface form: Luigi Sturzo
Italian Popular Party → succeededBy → Christian Democracy (Italy) ⓘ