Italian Democratic Party

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Italian Democratic Party
Partito Democratico Italiano
Leader Roberto Lucifero
Founded4 June 1944
Dissolved17 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

The Italian Democratic Party (Italian : Partito Democratico Italiano, PDI) was an Italian right-wing political party founded in 1944.

History

The party was founded by the union of the following clubs and movements:

In the 1946 general election, the PDI took part of the coalition named National Bloc of Freedom (Blocco Nazionale della Libertà - BNL).

After that, PDI dissolved and its members entered into the Italian Liberal Party and Monarchist National Party.

In 1959 Monarchist National Party and People's Monarchist Party merged into the Common Man's Front, the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (named Italian Democratic Party until 1961).

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