Abbreviation PDP Dissolved 4 June 1989 Ideology Christian democracy | Founded 21 July 1982 Merged into People's Party | |
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Split from Union of the Democratic Centre | ||
The People's Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Popular, PDP), renamed as Christian Democracy (Spanish: Democracia Cristiana, DC) from March 1988 until it merged into the People's Party in June 1989, was a Christian-democratic political party in Spain.
History
The PDP was founded in 1974 and integrated as a faction within the Union of the Democratic Centre (UCD) until 1977, when it dissolved inside UCD. In August 1982, 13 deputies under the leadership of Óscar Alzaga split from the UCD and founded the PDP, entering into alliance with the People's Alliance (AP), which received the second largest number of votes in the 1982 and 1986 general elections.
In 1989 the party, along with the Popular Alliance and the Liberal Party (PL), merged with others to create the new People's Party (PP).
The party President was Óscar Alzaga until 1986, then Javier Rupérez led the party into a merger with AP and PL. Jaime Mayor Oreja, now a leading PP politician, was a leading member of PDP.
The PDP was a member of the European People's Party from 1986 onwards.
In 1988 the party was renamed as "Christian Democracy" (Democracia Cristiana).