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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Predicate Object
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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