Federation of Christian Democracy

Federation of Christian Democracy (Spanish: Federación de la Democracia Cristiana, FDC) was a Spanish political organization formed on April 14, 1977 by Democratic Left of Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez and Democratic People's Federation of José María Gil-Robles y Quiñones.^[1]

Federation of Christian Democracy Federación de la Democracia Cristiana
Founded	14 April 1977
Dissolved	1978
Merger of	Democratic People's Federation Democratic Left
Ideology	Christian democracy Federalism
Political position	Center
National affiliation	Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State
Politics of Spain Political parties Elections

It was led by Manuel Hidalgo, Juan Bermúdez de Castro, Francisco Soroeta and Cristóbal García. It formed a coalition with the Democratic Union of the Valencian Country called Christian Democratic Team of the Spanish State (EDCEE) for the general elections of 1977. After the election failure (215,000 votes and a little more than 1% of the vote), on September 24, 1977 Democratic Left withdrew from the federation,^[2] and it merged with other political groups within the Christian Democracy in a founding congress on 4 and 5 February 1978.^[3]

Members

At the time of the 1977 elections, the Federation of Christian Democracy was composed of:^[4]

• Democratic People's Federation
  • Christian Democracy of Castile
  • Basque Christian Democracy
  • Murcian Christian Democracy
  • Western Christian Democracy
  • Aragonese Christian Democracy
  • Andalusian Democratic People's Party
• Democratic Left

References

1. Ministerio del Interior de España. "PARTIDOS POLÍTICOS INSCRITOS CON EXPRESIÓN DE LA FECHA DE INSCRIPCIÓN" (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 May 2015.
2. "Izquierda Democrática se separa de la Federación Demócrata Cristiana". El País (in Spanish). 25 September 1977. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
3. "Grupos demócratacristianos unen sus fuerzas". El País (in Spanish). 24 January 1978. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
4. "Principales partidos políticos legalizados" (PDF). Ya (in Spanish). 14 May 1977. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2015.