Democratic Federation (, FD) was a regionalist

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political party in Sardinia, Italy. It was launched in 1994 by members of the

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, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the

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, after those parties were severely damaged by the ''

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'' scandals. The leader of the new party was Antonello Cabras, a Socialist who had been President of Sardinia from 1991 to 1994. In the 1994 regional election FD won 5.2% of the vote and elected 4 regional deputies. In 1998 the party and other groups merged with the

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(PDS) to form the

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(DS), of which it became a regional faction. In the 1999 regional election, because of its political autonomy within the DS, FD presented an autonomous list and won 5.8% of the vote, electing 4 regional deputies. Since 1996 FD has been represented in the

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by Antonello Cabras and by Giovanni Murineddu. When the DS merged into the Democratic Party (PD) in 2007, Cabras was elected regional secretary of the party, defeating Renato Soru, President of the Region.Veltroni al Pd: attenti ai vecchi vizi
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Leadership

*President: Antonello Cabras (1994–2000), Franco Mannoni (2000–2007)

References

External links

Official website
{{Historical Italian political parties Political parties in Sardinia Political party factions in Italy Defunct political parties in Italy