Christian Democracy
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Christian democracy is a religious and political ideology that believes democracy, human rights, and the Christian faith are mutually compatible. Adherents of Christian democracy are known as Christian Democrats or Centrist Democrats. Christian democracy is often considered centre-right on cultural, social, and moral issues (and thus leaning in support of social conservatism, even though such parties have drifted to the Left, along with the culture, on such issues), and it is considered centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy."[1]
Christian Democratic political parties are represented in an international organization known as the Centrist Democrat International (CDI).
Prominent Christian Democrats
Europe
- Konrad Adenauer, first chancellor of West Germany after World War II and architect of the social market economy
- Baroness Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and leader of the Conservative Party
- Helmut Kohl, chancellor of West Germany and later the unified Germany
- Éamon de Valera, president and prime minister of Ireland, whose Constitution of Ireland was influenced by Catholic social teaching
- Andrzej Duda, current Polish president
- Lech Kaczyński, former president of Poland
The Americas
- Tommy Douglas[Citation Needed], Former leader of the NDP, minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in Canada
See also
References
- ↑ Wankel, Charles (2009). Encyclopedia of Business in Today's World (in English). SAGE Publications. ISBN 9781412964272. Retrieved on 5 July 2016. “The basic tenets of Christian Democracy call for applying Christian principles to public policy; Christian Democratic parties tend to be socially conservative but otherwise left of center with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy.”
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