The Christian Democratic Party ( es, Partido Demócrata Cristiano, PDC), also called simply Christian Democracy ( es, Democracia Cristiana, DC), is a

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History

In 1947 the Christian Democrat Organization of America was founded to advocate the principles of

Christian Democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

in their respective countries. Each of the member parties is different, sometimes having differing views of Christian Democracy itself. Some of the member parties are in government in their country, others are in coalition government, and others are not in government. When President Perón was reelected in 1952, the government's relationship with the Catholic Church also worsened. As Perón increasingly distanced itself from the Church, the government, which had first respected the Church's privileges, now took them away in a distinctly confrontational fashion. By 1954, the Peronist was openly anti-Church. Meanwhile, a Christian Democratic Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting

Christian democracy Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism. It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...

in Argentina. The Party was founded in 1954 after several other organisations had been active promoting

in Argentina. Leading activists in its early years included Manuel Vicente Ordonez, Lucas Ayarragaray h.,

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and Horacio Sueldo. In 1973 the Party split, with Allende's

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being part of the Peronist

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front which brought

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to power, opposed by Sueldo's

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which worked with the

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and joined the left-wing

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. After the return of democracy in 1983, the Christian Democratic Party was reunited. In 1989, the Party formed an alliance with the Justicialist Party to support the presidential bid of

Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...

. Shortly after Menem won the election, the PDC left the coalition, but not before the strategy had provoked a split in its ranks. The PDC's leader,

Carlos Auyero Carlos Auyero (1936 – 18 April 1997) was an Argentine politician. He was leader of the Christian Democratic Party (Argentina), Christian Democratic Party and played a major role in the formation of the centre-left coalition FrePaSo. At 25 years ...

, and his followers in the 'Humanism and Liberation' grouping left the Party to help form what would become the Broad Front with Carlos Álvarez and other dissident Peronists. The party was part of the centre-left

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coalition formed by the Broad Front in the 1990s and entered government in 1999 as part of the ''Alianza'' between FrePaSo and the Radical Civic Union that brought

Fernando de la Rúa Fernando de la Rúa (15 September 19379 July 2019) was an Argentine politician and a member of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) political party who served as President of Argentina from 10 December 1999 to 21 December 2001. De la Rúa was born in ...

to the

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. The ''Alianza'' collapsed in 2001 and FrePaSo effectively disappeared. After 2003, the Party backed the Presidency of

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and joined the Plural Consensus in support of his

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. In 2007 The Party backed the election of

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as President. In 2011, however, the Party changed affiliation and supported opposition candidate

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Actuality

José Manuel de la Sota José Manuel de la Sota (28 November 1949 – 15 September 2018) was an Argentine politician who was a member of Justicialist Party. He was the governor of Córdoba Province from 1999 until 2007, and was reelected to the post for the 2011–15 ...

, ex-governor of Córdoba Province, was the candidate of the Christian Democratic Party in the 2015 presidential election in part of the

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political coalition. In 2015

Juan Fernando Brügge Juan Fernando Brügge (born June 24, 1962) is an Argentine politician, vice president of the Christian Democratic Party of Argentina and former Deputy of the Argentine Nation for the Province of Córdoba within the UNA parliamentary bloc. Earl ...

was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for his province, representing the centrist Christian Democratic Party, part of the

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Literature

* * * Kalyvas, Stathis N. and Kees van Kersbergen (2010). "Christian Democracy". ''Annual Review of Political Science'' 2010. 13:183–209.

External links

Christian Democratic Party of Autonomous City of Buenos Aires Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Catamarca Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Córdoba Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Corrientes Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Santa Fe Province Official blog

Christian Democratic Party of Tucumán Province Official blog

Juventud Demócrata Cristiana de Argentina Official blog

Instituto Argentino 'Jacques Maritain' Official blog

References

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