The Christian Democratic Union was a

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led by

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It was formed in 1982 through a merger of the

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and the Democratic People's Party. The party joined the

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. A section of the Liberal Party reconstituted its party under the leadership of

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, and stayed out of the alliance. In 1988, the CDU broke with the alliance. In March 1989, the CDU merged into

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