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The Centrist Democrat International (CDI; Spanish: Internacional Demócrata de Centro, IDC) is a centrist political international inspired by the values of Christian democracy.[2] Until 2001, it was known as the Christian Democrat International (CDI); before 1999, it was known as the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International.[2] This earlier name is still sometimes used colloquially.
Abbreviation | CDI (English) IDC (French, Spanish) |
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Formation | 30 July 1961[1] |
Purpose | Christian democracy Centrism |
Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 109 political parties |
Official languages |
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President | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
Subsidiaries | Youth of the Centrist Democrat International |
Affiliations | Christian Democrat Organization of America (ODCA) European People's Party (EPP) National Democratic Institute (NDI) Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) |
Website | idc-cdi.com |
It is the primary international political group dedicated to promoting Christian democracy. Although it attracts parties from around the globe, its members are drawn principally from Europe and Latin America.[3] Although in recent years, the Centrist Democrat International has expanded its presence in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. This has led to the development of the IDC.Africa, the Centrist Democrat International's regional organization in Africa.
The IDC-CDI was formed in 1961 in Santiago, Chile, as the Christian Democrat World Union, building on the legacy of other Christian democrat internationals which were an alternative to the socialist internationals who tried to create a Christian-inspired third way. In 1999, it was renamed the Centrist Democrat International due to the participation of groups from other religions such as the Islamic National Awakening Party (PKB) of Indonesia.
The September 2001 leadership conference in Mexico City changed the organization's name to Centrist Democrat International, retaining its original CDI acronym. References to religion were not allowed in many Asian and African countries, and the IDC-CDI would not have been able to extend into Asia and Africa without a name change.[4]
The IDC-CDI's European division is the European People's Party, the largest European political party.[5] Its American equivalent is the Christian Democrat Organization of America. The Democratic Party of the United States maintains links with the IDC-CDI through the National Democratic Institute.
CDI member parties are generally members of the ODCA or the European People's Party (EPP, the successor of NEI).
The IDC-CDI executive committee consists of the president, secretary-general, and vice-presidents. The president is Andrés Pastrana Arango of Colombia and the Secretary-General is MEP Antonio López-Istúriz of Spain.[6]
Members of the executive committee are:
Country | Party | Abbr | Government | Lower Chamber | Upper Chamber |
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Albania | Democratic Party of Albania | PD | Opposition | 46 / 140 (33%) |
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Algeria | National Rally for Democracy | RND | Junior party in coalition | 58 / 407 (14%) |
21 / 144 (15%) |
Angola | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola | UNITA | Opposition | 90 / 220 (41%) |
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Argentina | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 257 (0%) |
0 / 72 (0%) |
Armenia | Rule of Law | OEK | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 107 (0%) |
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Republican Party of Armenia | RPA | Opposition | 4 / 107 (4%) |
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Aruba | Aruban People's Party | AVP/PPA | Opposition | 7 / 21 (33%) |
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Bangladesh | Bangladesh Nationalist Party | BNP | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 350 |
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Belgium | Christian Democratic and Flemish | CD&V | Junior party in coalition | 12 / 150 (8%) |
5 / 60 (8%) |
Botswana | Botswana National Front | BNF | Opposition | 2 / 65 (3%) |
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Brazil | Brazilian Social Democracy Party | PSDB | Opposition | 14 / 513 (3%) |
2 / 81 (2%) |
Burkina Faso | Union for the Republic | UR | Opposition | 0 / 127 (0%) |
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Cambodia | National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia | FUNCINPEC | neither government nor opposition | 5 / 125 (4%) |
2 / 62 (3%) |
Cambodian People's Party | CPP | Government | 120 / 125 (96%) |
58 / 62 (94%) | |
Cape Verde | Movement for Democracy | MPD | Government | 38 / 72 (53%) |
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Chile | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | neither government nor opposition | 8 / 155 (5%) |
3 / 43 (7%) |
National Renewal | RN | Opposition | 23 / 155 (15%) |
11 / 50 (22%) | |
Republic of China | Chinese Nationalist Party | KMT | Opposition | 38 / 113 (34%) |
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Colombia | Colombian Conservative Party | PCC | Government | 25 / 188 (13%) |
15 / 108 (14%) |
New Democratic Force | NFD | Opposition | 0 / 187 |
0 / 108 | |
Democratic Center | CD | Opposition | 15 / 188 (8%) |
13 / 108 (12%) | |
Colombia Justa Libres | CJL | Opposition | 0 / 188 |
1 / 108 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Movement for the Liberation of the Congo | MLC | Opposition | 22 / 500 (4%) |
14 / 108 (13%) |
Costa Rica | Social Christian Unity Party | PUSC | Opposition | 9 / 57 (16%) |
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Croatia | Croatian Democratic Union | HDZ | Government | 55 / 151 (36%) |
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Cuba | Christian Liberation Movement | MCL | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 470 (0%) |
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Christian Democratic Party of Cuba | PDCC | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 470 (0%) |
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Curaçao | National People's Party | NVP/PNP | Opposition | 4 / 21 (19%) |
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Cyprus | Democratic Rally | DISY | Opposition | 17 / 56 (30%) |
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Czech Republic | KDU-ČSL | KDU–ČSL | Junior party in coalition | 22 / 200 (11%) |
12 / 81 (15%) |
Dominican Republic | Social Christian Reformist Party | PRSC | Opposition | 5 / 190 (3%) |
5 / 32 (16%) |
Dominican Republic | Dominicans for Change | DxC | junior party in coalition | 2 / 190 |
1 / 32 |
El Salvador | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | Opposition | 1 / 84 (1%) |
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France | The Republicans | LR | Opposition | 61 / 577 (11%) |
148 / 348 (43%) |
Gabon | Gabonese Democratic Party | PDG | Opposition | 98 / 143 (69%) |
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Georgia | European Georgia — Movement for Liberty | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 150 |
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Germany | Christian Democratic Union | CDU | Opposition | 152 / 736 (21%) |
22 / 69 (32%) |
Greece | New Democracy | ND | Government | 158 / 300 (53%) |
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Guinea | Parti de l'espoir pour le développement national | PEDN | extraparliamentary opposition | ||
Guinea-Bissau | Party for Social Renewal | PRS | Opposition | 12 / 102 (12%) |
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Equatorial Guinea | Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea | APGE | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 100 (0%) |
0 / 70 (0%) |
Hungary | Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance | FIDESZ | Government | 116 / 199 (58%) |
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Christian Democratic People's Party | KDNP | Government | 19 / 199 (10%) |
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Indonesia | National Awakening Party[7] | PKB | Government | 58 / 575 (10%) |
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Italy | Union of the Centre | UDC | Junior party in coalition | 1 / 400 (0.3%) |
1 / 200 (0.5%) |
Associative Movement of Italians Abroad | MAIE | Junior party in coalition | 1 / 400 |
1 / 400 | |
Ivory Coast | Rally of the Republicans[8] | RDR | Government | 127 / 255 (50%) |
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Kenya | Wiper Democratic Movement – Kenya | WDM-K | Opposition | 25 / 349 (7%) |
3 / 67 (4%) |
Lebanon | Kataeb | Phalange | Opposition | 4 / 128 (3%) |
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Madagascar | Malagasy Miara-Miainga | MMM | Opposition | ||
Malawi | Malawi Congress Party | MCP | Government | 55 / 193 (28%) |
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Mali | Union for the Republic and Democracy | URD | extraparliamentary opposition | 19 / 147 (13%) |
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Malta | Nationalist Party | PN | Opposition | 35 / 79 (44%) |
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Mauritania | Union for Democracy and Progress | UDP | junior party in coalition | 10 / 176 (6%) |
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Equity Party | El Insaf | in government | 107 / 176 (61%) |
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Mauritius | Parti Mauricien Social Democrate | PMSD | Opposition | 4 / 70 |
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Mexico | National Action Party | PAN | Opposition | 114 / 500 (23%) |
18 / 128 (14%) |
Morocco | Istiqlal Party | Junior party in coalition | 81 / 395 (21%) |
24 / 120 (20%) | |
Mozambique | Democratic Movement of Mozambique | MDM | Opposition | 6 / 250 (2%) |
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Nicaragua | Conservative Party (Nicaragua) | PC | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 90 |
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North Macedonia | Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization – People's Party | VMRO | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 120 |
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Panama | People's Party | PP | extraparliamentary opposition | 2 / 71 (3%) |
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Panama | Panameñista Party | PP | Opposition | 8 / 71 |
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Paraguay | Christian Democratic Party | PDC | Opposition | 0 / 80 (0%) |
0 / 45 (0%) |
Peru | Christian People's Party | PPC | extraparliamentary opposition | 0 / 130 (0%) |
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Philippines | Fight of Democratic Filipinos | LDP | Junior party in coalition | 1 / 316 (0.3%) |
1 / 24 (4%) |
Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats | Lakas | senior party in coalition | 100 / 316 (32%) |
1 / 24 (4%) | |
Portugal | Social Democratic Party | PSD | Opposition | 77 / 230 (33%) |
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Romania | National Liberal Party | PNL | senior party in coalition | 79 / 330 (24%) |
36 / 136 (26%) |
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania | RMDSZ | Junior party in coalition | 20 / 330 (6%) |
9 / 136 (7%) | |
San Marino | Sammarinese Christian Democratic Party | PDCS | Government | 22 / 60 (37%) |
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São Tomé and Príncipe | Independent Democratic Action | ADI | Government | 30 / 55 (55%) |
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Senegal | Centrist Union of Senegal | UCS | Junior party in government | ||
Bloc des centristes Gaïndé | BCG | Opposition | |||
Serbia | Alliance of Vojvodina Hungarians | VMSZ | In coalition | 6 / 250 |
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Slovakia | Hungarian Alliance | MA | Extraparliamentary | 0 / 150 |
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Slovenia | New Slovenia | NSi | Opposition | 8 / 90 (9%) |
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Slovenian Democratic Party | SDS | Opposition | 27 / 90 (30%) |
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Spain | People's Party | PP | Opposition | 137 / 350 (39%) |
140 / 266 (53%) |
Sweden | Christian Democrats | KD | Government | 19 / 349 (5%) |
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Ukraine | Batkivshchyna | Opposition | 24 / 450 |
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Ukraine | Party of Hungarians of Ukraine | KMKSZ | Extraparliamentary | 0 / 450 |
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Venezuela | Christian Social Party 'Copei' | COPEI | Opposition | 1 / 277 (0.4%) |
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Justice First | PJ | Extra-parliamentary | 0 / 277 (0%) |
The IDC-CDI has 21 observers, including:
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