Centrist Democrat International

Centrist Democrat International
Abbreviation	CDI (English), IDC (French, Spanish)
Formation	30 July 1961
Purpose	Liberal democracy; Social Justice; Centrism
Headquarters	Brussels, Belgium
Region served	Worldwide
Membership	109 political parties
Official languages	French; English; Spanish;
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

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.

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.

Some are also members of the conservative International Democracy Union (IDU), although the IDC-CDI is closer to the European-conservative political centre and more communitarian than the IDU.

Overview

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.

Timeline

December 1925: The first international gathering of Catholic-Christian democratic parties takes place in Paris, establishing the Secrétariat International des Partis Démocratiques d'Inspiration Chrétienne (SIPDIC). Member parties were from Belgium, Germany, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Austria, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Spain, Portugal, and Lithuania.
1939 to 1945: World War II suspends the SIPDIC.
23 April 1947: Political leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay meet in Montevideo to create an international organization of Christian democratic parties. Representatives from Bolivia and Peru participate via diplomatic correspondence. The Declaration of Montevideo establishes the Organización Demócrata Cristiana de América (ODCA), although the name is not formalized until their second meeting in July 1949.
3 June 1947: European Christian Democrats form the Nouvelles Équipes Internationales (NEI) in Chaudfontaine, Belgium, prompted by the Swiss a year before restarting the SIPDIC. The NEI, open to non-Catholic parties who subscribed to the principles of social democracy, sees European integration as the best way to prevent the spread of communism into western Europe and encourages exile groups from Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia to attend. The NEI plays a significant role in preparations for the Hague Congress and the establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community.
26 July 1950: The Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe (CDUCE) is formed in New York City to assist Christian democratic parties in exile by organizing forces in opposition to communism. By 1955, it begins working with underground operatives in the Soviet bloc while trying to coordinate efforts between European and Latin American Christian Democratic parties.
May and July 1956: The ODCA, NEI, and CDUCE meet for the first time in Paris at a gathering of 33 delegations from 28 countries to discuss the creation of a global Christian democratic organization.
1960: The three regional Christian democratic organizations establish the Christian Democratic International Information and Documentation Centre (CDI-IDC) in Rome to provide political analyses for Christian democratic parties around the world.
1961: The World Union of Christian Democrats (WUCD) is established in Santiago.
1982: The WUCD changes its name to the Christian Democrat International (CDI).
1999: The CDI changes its name to the Centrist Democrat International due to the increasing membership of non-Christian political parties. Since October 2000, some have informally referred to the CDI as the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International.^[2]

CDI member parties are generally members of the ODCA or the European People's Party (EPP, the successor of NEI).

Executive committee

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:

Andrés Pastrana Arango (Colombia) – President
Antonio López-Istúriz (Spain) – Secretary-General
César Maia (Brazil) – Vice-President
Lourdes Flores Nano (Peru) – Vice-President
Guillermo Lasso (Ecuador) – Vice-President
Mariana Gómez del Campo (Mexico) – Vice-President
Andrés Hernández (Cuba) – Vice-President
Alberto Núñez Feijóo (Spain) – Vice-President
Janez Janša (Slovenia) – Vice-President
Viktor Orbán (Hungary) – Vice-President
Andrej Plenković (Croatia) – Vice-President
Elmar Brok (Germany) – Vice-President
Yara Suos (Cambodia) – Vice-President
Muhaimin Iskandar (Indonesia) – Vice-President
Juan Edgardo Angara (Philippines) – Vice-President
Amine Gemayel (Lebanon) – Vice-President
Adalberto Costa Jr. (Angola) – Vice-President
Desirée Anne Ouloto (Ivory Coast) – Vice-President
Nizar Baraka (Morocco) – Vice-President
Pier Ferdinando Casini (Italy) – Honorary President
José María Aznar (Spain) – Honorary President
Ofelia Acevedo (Cuba) – Honorary Vice-President
Mario David (Portugal) – Honorary Vice-President
Ulisses Correia e Silva (Cape Verde) – Vice-President ex-officio
Manfred Weber (Germany) – Vice-President ex officio
Riccardo Pozzi (Italy) – Treasurer

Member parties

Country	Party	Abbr	Government	Lower Chamber	Upper Chamber
Albania	Democratic Party of Albania	PD	Opposition	46 / 140 (33%)
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%)
Argentina	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 257 (0%)	0 / 72 (0%)
Armenia	Rule of Law	OEK	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 107 (0%)
Armenia	Republican Party of Armenia	RPA	Opposition	4 / 107 (4%)
Aruba	Aruban People's Party	AVP/PPA	Opposition	7 / 21 (33%)
Bangladesh	Bangladesh Nationalist Party	BNP	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 350
Belgium	Christian Democratic and Flemish	CD&V	Junior party in coalition	12 / 150 (8%)	5 / 60 (8%)
Belgium	Les Engages	LE	Opposition	5 / 150	2 / 60
Botswana	Botswana National Front	BNF	Opposition	2 / 65 (3%)
Brazil	Brazilian Social Democracy Party	PSDB	Opposition	14 / 513 (3%)	2 / 81 (2%)
Bulgaria	GERB	GERB	Government	67 / 240 (28%)
Bulgaria	Union of Democratic Forces	SDS	Government	2 / 240 (0.8%)
Burkina Faso	Union for the Republic	UR	Opposition	0 / 127 (0%)
Cambodia	National United Front for an Independent, Neutral, Peaceful, and Cooperative Cambodia	FUNCINPEC	neither government nor opposition	5 / 125 (4%)	2 / 62 (3%)
Cambodia	Cambodian People's Party	CPP	Government	120 / 125 (96%)	58 / 62 (94%)
Cape Verde	Movement for Democracy	MPD	Government	38 / 72 (53%)
Chile	Christian Democratic Party	PDC	neither government nor opposition	8 / 155 (5%)	3 / 43 (7%)
Chile	National Renewal	RN	Opposition	23 / 155 (15%)	11 / 50 (22%)
Republic of China	Chinese Nationalist Party	KMT	Opposition	38 / 113 (34%)
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%)
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%)
Croatia	Croatian Democratic Union	HDZ	Government	62 / 151 (41%)
Cuba	Christian Liberation Movement	MCL	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 470 (0%)
Cuba	Christian Democratic Party of Cuba	PDCC	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 470 (0%)
Curaçao	National People's Party	NVP/PNP	Opposition	4 / 21 (19%)
Cyprus	Democratic Rally	DISY	Government	17 / 56 (30%)
Czech Republic	KDU-ČSL	KDU–ČSL	Junior party in coalition	22 / 200 (11%)	12 / 81 (15%)
Denmark	Christian Democrats	KD	extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 179 (0%)
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%)
France	The Republicans	LR	Opposition	61 / 577 (11%)	148 / 348 (43%)
Gabon	Gabonese Democratic Party	PDG	Opposition	98 / 143 (69%)
Georgia	European Georgia — Movement for Liberty		extraparliamentary opposition	0 / 150
Germany	Christian Democratic Union	CDU	Opposition	152 / 736 (21%)	22 / 69 (32%)
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