Italian Democratic Party

The Italian Democratic Party was an Italian right-wing political party founded in 1944.

History

The party was founded by the union of the following clubs and movements:

Centre of Italian Democracy ;
Party of Union ;
Social Democratic Party ;
Party of Democratic Union ;
Movement of Democratic Renewal ;
Italian Progressive Party.

In the 1946 general election, the PDI took part of the coalition named National Bloc of Freedom.
After that, PDI dissolved and its members entered into the Italian Liberal Party and Monarchist National Party.
In 1959 Monarchist National Party and People's Monarchist Party merged into the Common Man's Front, the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity.