Federation of Christian Democracy ( es, Federación de la Democracia Cristiana, FDC) was a Spanish political organization formed on April 14, 1977 by Democratic Left of

Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés ( Hoyo de Manzanares, Madrid, 2 August 1913 - Madrid, 27 August 2009) was a Spanish politician and jurist. He was minister of Education under Franco (1951-1955) but he drifted apart from the Francoist State since 19 ...

and Democratic People's Federation of

José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones de León (Salamanca, 27 November 1898 – Madrid, 13 September 1980) was a Spanish politician, leader of the CEDA and a prominent figure in the period leading up to the Spanish Civil War. He served as Mi ...

. It was led by Manuel Hidalgo, Juan Bermúdez de Castro, Francisco Soroeta and

Cristóbal García Cristóbal or Cristobal, the Spanish version of Christopher, is a masculine given name and a surname which may refer to: Given name *Cristóbal Balenciaga (1895–1972), Spanish fashion designer * Cristóbal Cobo (born 1976), Chilean academic * ...

. It formed a coalition with the

Democratic Union of the Valencian Country Democratic Union of the Valencian Country (in Catalan: ''Unió Democràtica del País Valencià'', UDPV) was a political party in the Valencian Country, Spain. It was founded clandestinely in the University of Valencia in 1962. The party was illeg ...

called

Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State (in Spanish: ''Equipo Demócrata Cristiano del Estado Español'', EDCEE) was a political alliance of the Democratic Union of Catalonia, the Federation of Christian Democracy (composed of Democratic ...

(EDCEE) for the general elections of 1977. After the election failure (215,000 votes and a little more than 1% of the vote), on September 24, 1977 Democratic Left withdrew from the federation, and it merged with other political groups within the Christian Democracy in a founding congress on 4 and 5 February 1978.

Members

At the time of the 1977 elections, the Federation of Christian Democracy was composed of: * Democratic People's Federation ** Christian Democracy of Castile **

Basque Christian Democracy Basque Christian Democracy ( es, Democracia Cristiana Vasca, DCV; eu, Euskal Kristau Demokrazia, EKD) was a Basque Country Christian-democratic party active during the Spanish transition to democracy - legalized in 1977. Although it was the on ...

** Murcian Christian Democracy ** Western Christian Democracy ** Aragonese Christian Democracy ** Andalusian Democratic People's Party * Democratic Left

References

{{reflist Defunct political party alliances in Spain 1977 establishments in Spain 1978 disestablishments in Spain Political parties established in 1977 Political parties disestablished in 1978