Democratic Union (Poland)

Democratic Union Unia Demokratyczna
Chairman	Tadeusz Mazowiecki
Founded	May 1991
Dissolved	April 23, 1994 (1994-04-23)
Merger of	ROAD, FPD
Merged into	Freedom Union
Ideology	Liberalism, Christian democracy
Political position	Centre
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The Democratic Union (Unia Demokratyczna) was a Liberal Christian-democratic party in Poland. The party was founded in 1990 by Prime Minister, Christian democrat Tadeusz Mazowiecki as a merger of the Citizens' Movement for Democratic Action (Ruch Obywatelski Akcja Demokratyczna) and the Forum of Right Democrats (Forum Prawicy Demokratycznej).

Timeline of Polish liberal parties after 1989

• Citizens Movement 'Democratic Action' /ROAD (1990-1991) • Liberal Democratic Congress /KLD (1990-1994) • Democratic Union /UD (1991-1994) • Freedom Union /UW (1994-2005) • Democratic Party /PD (2005- )

The party had a market-socialist profile with Christian-democratic influence. Important members were Bronisław Geremek, Jacek Kuroń, Adam Michnik, Hanna Suchocka, Jan Rokita and Aleksander Hall.

In 1994 the party merged with the Liberal Democratic Congress into the Freedom Union (Unia Wolności).

See also

• Market socialism
• Christian democracy