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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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 ⓘ
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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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 → 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) ⓘ