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Part of a series on Christian democracy PartiesPolitics portal The Centrist Democrat International was until 2001 the Christian Democrat International (CDI) and before that the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International (until 1999) (this earlier name is, since October 2000[1], still sometime used colloquially). This political international was created in 1961 in Santiago, Chile[2][3] as the Christian Democrat World Union, building on the legacy of other Christian Democrat internationals[4] who tried to create a Christian-inspired third way[5] alternative to the socialist internationals; in 1982 it was renamed for the first time Christian Democrat International.[6] The name officially changed due to the participation of groups of various faiths.[7] It is the global international political group dedicated to the promotion of Christian democracy. There are slightly more than 100 member parties, drawn principally from Europe and Latin America. Some of the CDI member national parties are also members of the International Democrat Union, although the CDI is closer to the political centre and more communitarian than the IDU.
The CDI's European wing, the European People's Party, is the largest political party at the European level. Its Latin American equivalent is the Christian Democrat Organization of America. The Democratic Party of the United States of America maintains link with CDI through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. A youth organisation of the CDI is currently being established under the name of Youth of the Centrist Democrat International (YCDI).
The current Co-Presidents of the CDI are Pier Ferdinando Casini of Italy and Vicente Fox of Mexico, while its Executive Secretary is Antonio López-Istúriz, who is also Secretary-General of the EPP[8]
Contents
Member parties
Countries with members in government or as part of the governing coalition are in blue. Honduras, governed by the observer National Party of Honduras, and Russia, whose United Russia is a candidate for membership, are marked in light blue.
Observer parties
Belarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy (Беларуская хрысьціянская дэмакратыя, BChD)
Brazil - Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira)
Bulgaria -
- Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union–People's Union (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz–Naroden Sajuz, BANU-PU)
- Democratic Party (Демократическа партия, DP-BG)
Honduras - National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras, PN)
Madagascar - Fanorenana
Mozambique - Mozambican National Resistance (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana, RENAMO)
Romania - Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSz)
Serbia - Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (Демохришћанска Странка Србије, DHSS)
Slovakia -
- Party of the Hungarian Coalition (Strana maďarskej koalície, SMK-MKP)
- Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie-BG, KDH)
Candidate
Russia - United Russia (Единая Россия)[9]
See also
- International Democrat Union
- Liberal International, an equivalent liberal organisation
Notes
- ^ Towards an era of development, Peter Van Kemseke, page 172
- ^ EPP-ED Chronology - 1961-1970
- ^ But the creation of the org was only formalized in 1964. See Towards an era of development, Peter Van Kemseke, page 172
- ^ EPP-ED Chronology - 1925-1950
- ^ The Christian Democrat International, Roberto Papini, page 32
- ^ Dialogue on Globalization, Occasional Papers, New York, page 23
- ^ PGMA calls on Christian Democrats, religious leaders to lead crusade for peace, prosperity : Philippines : Gov.Ph : News
- ^ Who's who page on the official CDI website
- ^ "Единая Россия" вступила в Центристский демократический интернационал
External links
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