Democratic Party of the Left

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The Democratic Party of the Left was a major Italian center-left political party that emerged from the post-communist transformation of the Italian Communist Party in the early 1990s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian political party
centre-left political party
political party
country Italy
dissolved 1998
focusesOn European integration
labour rights
welfare state
founded 1991
hasChairperson Achille Occhetto
hasLeader Achille Occhetto
Massimo D'Alema
linked to: Massimo D’Alema

Walter Veltroni
hasLogoElement hammer and sickle (small symbol)
oak tree
hasSplitFrom Italian Communist Party
hasWing Left Youth
headquartersLocation Rome
ideology democratic socialism
social democracy
inGovernmentWith The Olive Tree coalition
memberOf Party of European Socialists
Socialist International
mergedInto Democrats of the Left
nativeLabel Partito Democratico della Sinistra
origin post-communist transformation of the Italian Communist Party
participatedIn Italian general election, 1992
Italian general election, 1994
Italian general election, 1996
politicalPosition centre-left
politicalSpectrum left-wing
precededBy Italian Communist Party
replaced Italian Communist Party as main Italian left-wing party
representedIn Chamber of Deputies of Italy
European Parliament
Senate of the Republic (Italy)
shortName PDS
succeededBy Democrats of the Left
supportedGovernment Amato II Cabinet
D'Alema I Cabinet
D'Alema II Cabinet
Prodi I Cabinet
timePeriod post-Cold War Italy
usedColor green
red
white
youthWing Sinistra Giovanile

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Giorgio Napolitano memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party of the Left
Giorgio Napolitano memberOfPoliticalParty Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Giuliano Amato memberOf Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Italian Communist Party followedBy Democratic Party of the Left
Italian Democratic Party foundedBy Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Italian Democratic Party precededBy Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Italian Democratic Party hasSplitFrom Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Piero Fassino memberOf Democratic Party of the Left
Piero Fassino memberOf Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Massimo D'Alema memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party of the Left
subject linked to: Massimo D’Alema
Massimo D'Alema memberOfPoliticalParty Democrats of the Left
subject linked to: Massimo D’Alema
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Sergio Chiamparino politicalParty Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Walter Veltroni politicalParty Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Walter Veltroni politicalParty Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left nativeLabel Partito Democratico della Sinistra
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left mergedInto Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left succeededBy Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
The Olive Tree memberParty Democratic Party of the Left
The Union (Italy) electoralAllianceOf Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Italian general election, 2001 majorPartyInLosingCoalition Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left
Federica Mogherini memberOfPoliticalParty Democrats of the Left
linked to: Democratic Party of the Left