The Christian Democratic Party (, PDC), also called simply Christian Democracy (, DC), is a

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History

In 1947, the

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was founded to advocate the principles of

Christian Democracy 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 ...

in their respective countries. Each of the member parties is different, sometimes having differing views of Christian Democracy itself. Some of the member parties are in government in their country, others are in coalition government, and others are not in government. When President Perón was reelected in 1952, the government's relationship with the Catholic Church also worsened. As Perón increasingly distanced itself from the Church, the government, which had first respected the Church's privileges, now took them away in a distinctly confrontational fashion. By 1954, the Peronist was openly anti-Church. Meanwhile, a Christian Democratic Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting

Christian democracy 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 ...

in Argentina. The Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting

in Argentina. Leading activists in its early years included Manuel Vicente Ordonez, Lucas Ayarragaray h., José Allende and Horacio Sueldo. In 1973, the Party split, with Allende's Popular Christian Party being part of the

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Frejuli front which brought Héctor José Cámpora to power, opposed by Sueldo's Revolutionary Christian Party which worked with the Intransigent Party and joined the left-wing Popular Revolutionary Alliance. After the return of democracy in 1983, the Christian Democratic Party was reunited. In 1989, the Party formed an alliance with the

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to support the presidential bid of

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. Shortly after Menem won the election, the PDC left the coalition, but not before the strategy had provoked a split in its ranks. The PDC's leader, Carlos Auyero, and his followers in the 'Humanism and Liberation' grouping left the Party to help form what would become the Broad Front with Carlos Álvarez and other dissident

s. The party was part of the centre-left FrePaSo coalition formed by the Broad Front in the 1990s and entered government in 1999 as part of the ''Alianza'' between FrePaSo and the

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that brought

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to the

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. The ''Alianza'' collapsed in 2001 and FrePaSo effectively disappeared. After 2003, the Party backed the Presidency of

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and joined the Plural Consensus in support of his Front for Victory. In 2007, the Party backed the election of

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as President. In 2011, however, the Party changed affiliation and supported opposition candidate

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Actuality

José Manuel de la Sota, ex-governor of Córdoba Province, was the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party in the 2015 presidential election in part of the

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political coalition.Juró Juan Fernando Brugg
junto a otros 26 diputados nacionales
Delasotistas apoyaron proyecto
In 2015, Juan Fernando Brügge was elected to the

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for his province, representing the centrist Christian Democratic Party, part of the

political coalition.

Literature

* * * Kalyvas, Stathis N. and Kees van Kersbergen (2010). "Christian Democracy". ''Annual Review of Political Science'' 2010. 13:183–209.

External links

Christian Democratic Party of Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Catamarca Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Córdoba Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Corrientes Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Santa Fe Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Tucumán Province Official blog

Juventud Demócrata Cristiana de Argentina Official blog

Instituto Argentino 'Jacques Maritain' Official blog

References

{{Argentine political parties 1954 establishments in Argentina Catholic political parties Christian democratic parties in Argentina Political parties established in 1954 Christian democratic parties in South America

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