Party of the Right (Luxembourg)

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The Party of the Right (Luxembourgish: Rietspartei, French: Parti de la droite, German: Rechtspartei), abbreviated to PD, was a political party in Luxembourg between 1914 and 1944. It was the direct predecessor of the Christian Social People's Party (CSV), which has ruled Luxembourg for all but five years since.[1]

The conservative PD was founded in 1914 as a reaction to the formalisation of the other ideological alliances within the Chamber of Deputies. The Socialist Party formed in 1902, whilst the dominant Liberal League was founded in 1904.[2] The PD benefited from the break-up of the Socialist-Liberal alliance after the death of Paul Eyschen,[3] and soon became the dominant party, strengthened by the introduction of universal suffrage in 1918.[4] The leader of the Party of the Right would serve as the Prime Minister from the end of the First World War until the start of the Second, except for a fourteen-month period in the mid-1920s.[5]

The three Prime Ministers from the Party of the Right were Émile Reuter (1918-1925), Joseph Bech (1926-1937), and Pierre Dupong (1937-1944); the latter two would go on to serve as Prime Minister as heads of the CSV. Its also notable that the PD cabinet of 1921-25 was the only cabinet in Luxembourgian history that included politicians of only one party.[6]

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  1. ^ Thewes (2003), pp. 9-10
  2. ^ Thewes (2003), p. 61
  3. ^ Thewes (2003), p. 64
  4. ^ Thewes (2003), p. 78
  5. ^ Thewes (2003), pp. 9-10
  6. ^ Thewes (2003), pp. 77-78

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