The Progressive Democratic Autonomists (french: Autonomistes démocrates progressistes, ADP) was a

social-liberal Social liberalism (german: Sozialliberalismus, es, socioliberalismo, nl, Sociaalliberalisme), also known as new liberalism in the United Kingdom, modern liberalism, or simply liberalism in the contemporary United States, left-liberalism ...

and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in

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. Its leading members included

Cesare Dujany Cesare Dujany or César Dujany (20 February 1920 in Saint-Vincent (Aosta Valley , Valdostan or Valdotainian it, Valdostano (man) it, Valdostana (woman)french: Valdôtain (man)french: Valdôtaine (woman) , population_note = , populat ...

, Maurizio Martin, Angelo Pollicini, Ilario Lanivi, Giuseppe Maquignaz and

Claudio Lavoyer Claudio is an Italian and Spanish first name. In Portuguese it is accented Cláudio. In Catalan and Occitan it is Claudi, while in Romanian it is Claudiu. Origin and history Claudius was the name of an eminent Roman gens, the most important me ...

. It was founded in 1984 by the merger of the

Popular Democrats The Popular Democrats (''Democratici Popolari'', DP) was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini. The party emerged by a ...

and the Progressive Valdostan Union. Its best electoral result was in 1988, when it won 11.0% of the votes and got elected four regional deputies. After the split of the

Independent Autonomists The Independent Autonomists (''Autonomisti Indipendenti'', AI) was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in March 1991 by Ilario Lanivi, ex-leading member of the Progressive Democratic Autonomists, and ...

led by Lanivi in 1991, the party run the 1993 regional election in coalition with the local

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 histo ...

, winning 6.5% and two regional deputies. In 1998 the group, led by Lavoyer, merged with the

Autonomist People's Alliance The Autonomist People's Alliance (''Alleanza Popolare Autonomista'', APA) was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1992 by a split from the regional Italian Socialist Party. Its leading members were ...

to form the

Autonomist Federation The Autonomist Federation (french: Fédération Autonomiste, FA) was a regionalist, centrist, Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Social-liberal and social-democratic, the party's ideology lately tilted toward Christian democracy. T ...

. From 1983 to 1994 ADP was represented at the

Italian Senate The Senate of the Republic ( it, Senato della Repubblica), or simply the Senate ( it, Senato), is the upper house of the bicameral Italian Parliament (the other being the Chamber of Deputies). The two houses together form a perfect bicameral sy ...

by Cesare Dujany, who was re-elected until 1996 by

For Aosta Valley For Aosta Valley (french: Pour la Vallée d'Aoste, PVdA) was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lani ...

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{{Reflist Political parties in Aosta Valley Catholic political parties Christian democratic parties in Italy