Christian Democracy (, DC) is a
Christian democratic
Christian democracy is an ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
Christian democracy has drawn mainly from Catholic social teaching and neo-scholasticism, as well ...
political party
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in
Brazil
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. It was founded in 1995 as the Christian Social Democratic Party (, PSDC),
and was officially registered in 1997.
the party is presided by
José Maria Eymael, who has competed the
presidential elections
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Elections by country
Albania
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Chile
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six times. In 2017, it changed its name to the current one.
The PSDC was established to be a continuation of the
Christian Democratic Party, which had merged with the
Democratic Social Party to form the
Reform Progressive Party in 1993.
Electoral history
Presidential elections
Legislative elections
References
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Christian democratic parties in South America
Political parties established in 1995
1995 establishments in Brazil
Conservative parties in Brazil
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