The Progressive Democratic Autonomists (french: Autonomistes démocrates progressistes, ADP) was a

social-liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in

Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , population_blank1_title = Official languages , population_blank1 = Italian French ...

. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany,

Maurizio Martin Maurizio is an Italian masculine given name, derived from the Roman name Mauritius. Mauritius is a derivative of Maurus, meaning ''dark-skinned, Moorish''. List of people with the given name Maurizio Art and music * Maurizio Arcieri (born 1945), ...

Angelo Pollicini Angelo is an Italian masculine given name and surname meaning "angel", or "messenger". People People with the given name *Angelo Accattino (born 1966), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church *Angelo Acciaioli (bishop) (1298–1357), Italian Ro ...

Ilario Lanivi Ilario Lanivi (born 16 April 1939) is an Italian politician from the Aosta Valley who has been highly involved in the formation of a number of political parties. He started his political career with the Christian Democrats. Biography Lanivi part ...

Giuseppe Maquignaz Giuseppe is the Italian form of the given name Joseph, from Latin Iōsēphus from Ancient Greek Ἰωσήφ (Iōsḗph), from Hebrew יוסף. It is the most common name in Italy and is unique (97%) to it. The feminine form of the name is Gius ...

and

Claudio Lavoyer Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important me ...

. It was founded in 1984 by the merger of the

Popular Democrats The Popular Democrats (''Democratici Popolari'', DP) was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini. The party emerged by a le ...

and the Progressive Valdostan Union. Its best electoral result was in 1988, when it won 11.0% of the votes and got elected four regional deputies. After the split of the Independent Autonomists led by Lanivi in 1991, the party run the 1993 regional election in coalition with the local

Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party ( it, Partito Repubblicano Italiano, PRI) is a liberal and social-liberal political party in Italy. Founded in 1895, the PRI is the oldest political party still active in Italy. The PRI has old roots and a long hist ...

, winning 6.5% and two regional deputies. In 1998 the group, led by Lavoyer, merged with the

Autonomist People's Alliance The Autonomist People's Alliance (''Alleanza Popolare Autonomista'', APA) was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1992 by a split from the regional Italian Socialist Party. Its leading members wer ...

to form the

Autonomist Federation The Autonomist Federation (french: Fédération Autonomiste, FA) was a regionalist, centrist, Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Social-liberal and social-democratic, the party's ideology lately tilted toward Christian democracy. The ...

. From 1983 to 1994 ADP was represented at the

Italian Senate The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...

by Cesare Dujany, who was re-elected until 1996 by

For Aosta Valley For Aosta Valley (french: Pour la Vallée d'Aoste, PVdA) was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lani ...

References

{{Reflist Political parties in Aosta Valley Catholic political parties Christian democratic parties in Italy