The Republican Democratic Concentration ( it, Concentrazione Democratica Repubblicana, CDR) was a liberal and republican list which contested in the Italian general election of 1946. It was formed in February 1946 by

Ferruccio Parri Ferruccio Parri (; Pinerolo, 19 January 1890 – Rome, 8 December 1981) was an Italian partisan and anti-fascist politician who served as the 29th Prime Minister of Italy, and the first to be appointed after the end of World War II. During the wa ...

, a former

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, and

Ugo La Malfa Ugo La Malfa (16 May 1903 – 26 March 1979) was an Italian politician and an important leader of the Italian Republican Party (''Partito Repubblicano Italiano''; PRI). Early years and anti-fascist resistance La Malfa was born in Palermo, S ...

, following a split from the Action Party (PdA) which had just turned on

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ideas. The two parties that merged into the CDR were: *the Movement of Republican Democracy (''Movimento della Democrazia Repubblicana''), born on the initiative of Ferruccio Parri and Ugo La Malfa, who had left the Action Party during the first national congress held in February 1946. The movement also joined Oronzo Reale,

Bruno Visentini Bruno Visentini (August 1, 1914 – February 13, 1995) was an Italian politician, senator, minister, lecturer and industrialist. Biography Visentini was born in Treviso. He graduated in law from Padua University and joined several anti-fas ...

and, initially,

Altiero Spinelli Altiero Spinelli (31 August 1907 – 23 May 1986) was an Italian politician, political theorist and European federalist, referred to as one of the founding fathers of the European Union. A communist and militant anti-fascist in his youth, he spe ...

; *the Progressive Liberal Movement (''Movimento Liberale Progressista''), founded following the split, within the Italian Liberal Party, of the left faction against the creation of the National Democratic Union. Its symbol was a black shield with a star above a little helmet. The election gave poor results for both the CDR and the PdA. The CDR obtained only 0.4% of the votes and only the two leaders were elected, that decided to join the Republican group in the

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. In September, the CDR merged into the

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 ...

External links

La Malfa's Foundation website (it.)
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