Italian Democratic Party Partito Democratico Italiano | |
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Leader | Roberto Lucifero |
Founded | 4 June 1944 |
Dissolved | 17 January 1947 |
Merged into | Monarchist National Party |
Headquarters | Rome, Italy |
Ideology | Conservatism Monarchism Anti-fascism Anti-communism |
Political position | Right-wing |
National affiliation | National Bloc of Freedom (1946) |
Colours | Blue |
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