Italian Democratic Party

Not to be confused with Democratic Party (Italy).

Italian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Italiano - PDI) was an Italian political party founded in 1944 by the union of:

In the 1946 general election, the PDI took part of the coalition named National Bloc of Freedom (Blocco Nazionale della Libertà - BNL).

After that, PDI dissolved and its members entered into the Italian Liberal Party and Monarchist National Party.

In 1959 Monarchist National Party and People's Monarchist Party merged into the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (named Italian Democratic Party until 1961).

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