Centrist Democrat International
| Abbreviation | CDI |
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| Formation | 1961 |
| Purpose | World federation of centre/moderate political parties |
| Headquarters | Brussels, Belgium |
Region served | Worldwide |
Membership | 68 |
Official language | French, English and Spanish |
Chairman | Andrés Pastrana Arango |
| Subsidiaries | Youth of the Centrist Democrat International |
| Website | www.idc-cdi.com |
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The Centrist Democrat International was until 2001 the Christian Democrat International (CDI) and before that the Christian Democrat and People's Parties International (until 1999) (this earlier name is, since October 2000,[1] still sometimes used colloquially). This political international was created in 1961 in Santiago, Chile[2][3] as the Christian Democrat World Union, building on the legacy of other Christian Democrat internationals[4] who tried to create a Christian-inspired third way[5] alternative to the socialist internationals; in 1982 it was renamed for the first time Christian Democrat International.[6] The name officially changed due to the participation of groups of various faiths.[7] It is the global international political group dedicated to the promotion of Christian democracy. Although it gathers parties from around the globe, its members are drawn principally from Europe and Latin America. Some of them are also members of the International Democrat Union, although the CDI is closer to the political centre and more communitarian than the IDU.
The CDI's European wing, the European People's Party, is the largest political party at the European level. Its Latin American equivalent is the Christian Democrat Organization of America. The Democratic Party of the United States of America maintains links with CDI through the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. A youth organisation of the CDI is currently being established under the name of Youth of the Centrist Democrat International (YCDI).
Executive Committee
The CDI Executive Committee is the highest body of the organisation, formed by the president, the executive secretary and the vice-presidents.
The current president of the CDI is Andrés Pastrana Arango of Colombia, while its Executive Secretary is Spanish MEP Antonio López-Istúriz, who is also Secretary-General of the EPP[8]
The members of the Executive Committee are:
- Andrés Pastrana Arango (Colombia) – President
- Antonio López-Istúriz (Spain) – Executive Secretary
- Mário David (Portugal) – Deputy Executive Secretary
- César Maia (Brazil) – Vice-President
- Lourdes Flores (Peru) – Vice-President
- Michael Eman (Aruba) – Vice-President
- Mariano Rajoy (Spain) – Vice-President
- Juan Luis Seliman (Dominican Republic) – Vice-President
- Gonzalo Arenas (Chile) – Vice-President
- Naha Mouknas (Mauritania) – Vice-President
- Abbas El Fassi (Morocco) – Vice-President
- Edcel Lagman (Philippines) – Vice-President
- Mikulas Dzurinda (Slovakia) – Vice-President
- Viktor Orbán (Hungary) – Vice-President
- Peter Hintze (Germany) – Vice-President
- Jadranka Kosor (Croatia) – Vice-President
- Andrés Pastrana (Colombia) – Vice-President
- Luís Marques Mendes (Portugal) – Vice-President
- Wilfried Martens (Belgium) – Ex officio Vice-President (as President of the EPP)
- Jorge Ocejo Moreno (Mexico) – Ex officio Vice-President (as President of the ODCA)
- Carlos Veiga (Cape Verde) – Ex officio Vice-President
Member parties
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Observer parties
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Belarus – Belarusian Christian Democracy (Беларуская хрысьціянская дэмакратыя, BChD) -
Brazil – Brazilian Social Democracy Party (Partido da Social Democracia Brasileira) -
Bulgaria -
- Bulgarian Agrarian People's Union–People's Union (Balgarski Zemedelski Naroden Sajuz–Naroden Sajuz, BANU-PU)
- Democratic Party (Демократическа партия, DP-BG)
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Equatorial Guinea – People's Union Party (Partido Unión Popular, PUP) -
Honduras – National Party of Honduras (Partido Nacional de Honduras, PN) -
Madagascar – Fanorenana -
Mozambique – Mozambican National Resistance (RENAMO) -
Romania – Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (Romániai Magyar Demokrata Szövetség, RMDSZ) -
Serbia – Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (Демохришћанска Странка Србије, DHSS) -
Slovakia -
- Party of the Hungarian Coalition (Strana maďarskej koalície, SMK-MKP)
- Christian Democratic Movement (Kresťanskodemokratické hnutie-BG, KDH)
See also
- Christian Democrat Organization of America
- European People's Party
- International Democrat Union
- Liberal International, an equivalent liberal organisation
Notes
- ↑ Towards an era of development, Peter Van Kemseke, page 172
- ↑ EPP-ED Chronology - 1961-1970
- ↑ But the creation of the org was only formalized in 1964. See Towards an era of development, Peter Van Kemseke, page 172
- ↑ EPP-ED Chronology - 1925-1950
- ↑ The Christian Democrat International, Roberto Papini, page 32
- ↑ Dialogue on Globalization, Occasional Papers, New York, page 23
- ↑ PGMA calls on Christian Democrats, religious leaders to lead crusade for peace, prosperity : Philippines : Gov.Ph : News
- ↑ Organization page on the official CDI website
- ↑ Parties, Centrist Democrat International, idc-cdi.com, retrieved 10 March 2012.
Literature
- Papini, Roberto (1997). The Christian Democrat International. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.