Centrist Democrat International

The Centrist Democrat International - Christian Democrat International, known as IDC - CDI, (in English Centrist Democrat International, in French Internationale Démocrate Centriste), called until 2001 only International Christian Democrats is an organization, based in Brussels, made up of Christian-Democratic and Social-Christian political parties —conservative Christian-inspired— from different countries and whose ideology, according to its declaration principled, was based on Christian humanism. It is the multinational, multiparty union of international reference in the ideological line of the center and center-right. The organization was born in 1961 under the name Christian Democratic World Union. It was created by the New International Teams, predecessor organization of the European Christian Democratic Union (UEDC), and by the Christian Democratic Organization of America (ODCA) and the Christian Democratic Union of Central Europe (UCDEC).

Many of its member parties are also members of the International Democratic Union, however the IDC is more grassroots and more central to the political spectrum.

The European wing of the IDC is the European People's Party (EPP), which is the largest political party at European level. For its part, the American branch is the Christian Democratic Organization of America (ODCA). On the African continent, it is the IDC - CDI Africa itself that is politically and actively in charge of the international. It is expected that in the year 2022, the IDC - CDI Asia will be born, autonomously as a regional entity on that continent.

This organization carried out, in the year 2021, a profound change, in its legal and constitutive form, considerably increasing its political and communicative activities, but in a special way, it specialized its activities with the inclusion of two important areas of competence. Specifically, the IDC - CDI Youth are seeing the light, and in a very short space of time the IDFC - IFDC dedicated to the equality and empowerment of women will do so.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the main body of the international and is made up of the president, the executive secretary and the vice-presidents.

Its current president is the Colombian Andrés Pastrana Arango and its executive secretary, the Spanish MEP Antonio López-Istúriz, who is also general secretary of the EPP.

The members of the Executive Committee are the following:

• Andrés Pastrana Arango (Colombia) - President
• Antonio López-Istúriz (Spain) - Executive Secretary
• Mário David (Portugal) - Deputy Executive Secretary
• César Maia (Brazil) - Vice-President
• Lourdes Flores Nano (Peru) - Vice-President
• Michael Eman (Aruba) - Vice-President
• Pablo Casado (Spain) - Vice-President
• Juan Luis Seliman (Dominican Republic) - Vice-President
• Joe Angara (Philippines) - Vice-President
• Viktor Orbán (Hungary) - Vice-President
• Peter Hintze (Germany) - Vice-President
• Jadranka Kosor (Croatia) - Vice-President
• Suos Yara (Kingdom of Cambodia) - Vice-President
• Luís Marques Mendes (Portugal) - Vice-President
• CUlises Correira (Cabo Verde) - Vice-President ex-officio
• Armin Laschet (Germany) - Treasurer

Member parties

Country	Party	Continent
Albania Albania	Democratic Party of Albania	Europe
AzerbaijanAzerbaijan	New Azerbaijan	Europe
GermanyGermany	Christian Democratic Union Christian Social Union	Europe
AndorraAndorra	Andorran Democratic Centre	Europe
AngolaAngola	National Union for the Total Independence of Angola	Africa
AlgeriaAlgeria	National Group for Democracy	Africa
Argentina	Christian Democratic Party	America
ArmeniaArmenia	Armenian Renaissance	Europe
ArubaAruba	Aruban People ' s Party	America
Austria	Partido Popular Austríaco	Europe
BelgiumBelgium	Christian Democrats and Flamenco	Europe
BrazilBrazil	Democrats	America
BulgariaBulgaria	Citizens for the European Development of Bulgaria	Europe
BulgariaBulgaria	Union of Democratic Forces	Europe
Burkina FasoBurkina Faso	Union for the Republic	Africa
Cape VerdeCape Verde	Movement for Democracy	Africa
CambodiaCambodia	Funcinpec	Asia
CambodiaCambodia	People ' s Party of Cambodia	Asia
ChileChile	Christian Democratic Party	America
ChileChile	National renewal	America
CyprusCyprus	Democratic Regroupment	Europe
ColombiaColombia	Colombian Conservative Party	America
ColombiaColombia	Democratic Centre	America
Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo	Liberation Movement of the Congo	Africa
Costa RicaCosta Rica	Christian Social Unity Party	America
Ivory CoastIvory Coast	Agrupation of the Republicans	Africa
CroatiaCroatia	Croatian Democratic Union	Europe
CubaCuba	Christian Movement "Liberation"	America
CubaCuba	Cuban Christian Democratic Party	America
CuracaoCuracao	National Popular Party	America
DenmarkDenmark	Christian Democracies	Europe
EcuadorEcuador	Christian Democratic Union	America
EcuadorEcuador	CREO Movement	America
El SalvadorEl Salvador	Christian Democratic Party	America
Slovakia Slovakia	Democratic Union and Slovak Christian Democratic Party	Europe
SloveniaSlovenia	New Slovenia	Europe
SloveniaSlovenia	Slovenian Democratic Party	Europe
SpainSpain	Popular Party	Europe
PhilippinesPhilippines	Lakas Kampi CMD	Asia
France	Union for a Popular Movement	Europe
GreeceGreece	New Democracy	Europe
Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea	Popular Action of Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Progress Party	Africa
HungaryHungary	Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Union	Europe
Ireland	Fine Gael	Europe
ItalyItaly	Union of Christian Democrats and Center	Europe
ItalyItaly	People in the South - UDEUR (disbanded)	Europe
LebanonLebanon	Lebanese Christian Democratic Union	Asia
LebanonLebanon	Kataeb	Asia
MaltaMalta	Nationalist Party	Europe
MauritaniaMauritania	Union for Democracy and Progress	Africa
MauritaniaMauritania	Union for the Republic	Africa
Mexico Mexico	National Action Party	America
MoroccoMorocco	Istiqlal Party	Africa
MozambiqueMozambique	Mozambique National Resistance (RENAMO)	Africa
MozambiqueMozambique	Mozambique Democratic Movement	Africa
NetherlandsNetherlands	Demo-Christian	Europe
Norway Norway	Popular Christian Party	Europe
Panama Panama	Popular Party	America
Panama Panama	Panameñista Party	America
Paraguay Paraguay	Christian Democratic Party	America
Peru Peru	Popular Christian Party	America
Portugal	Social Democratic Party	Europe
Czech RepublicCzech Republic	Czechoslovak Christian and Democratic Party	Europe
Dominican RepublicDominican Republic	Christian Social Reform Party	America
Romania Romania	National Peasant Party (Romania)	Europe
Romania Romania	Hungarian People's Party	Europe
Romania Romania	Liberal Democratic Party	Europe
San Marino	Sanmarinian Christian Democratic Party	Europe
Sweden Sweden	Christian Democrats	Europe
Switzerland	The Centre	Europe
Ukraine Ukraine	Christian Democratic Union	Europe
Uruguay Uruguay	National Party	America
Uruguay Uruguay	Christian Democratic Party	America
Venezuela Venezuela	COPEI	America

Observer parties

• BelarusBelarus - Belarusian Christian Democracy
• BrazilBrazil - Brazilian Social Democracy Party
• BulgariaBulgaria -
  • Bulgarian Agrarian Union – Popular Union
  • Democratic Party
• Slovakia Slovakia -
  • Hungarian Coalition Party
  • Christian Democratic Movement
• Equatorial GuineaEquatorial Guinea -
  • Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea
  • Popular Union
• HondurasHonduras - National Party of Honduras
• MadagascarMadagascar - Fanorenana.
• Romania Romania - Hungarian Democratic Alliance in Romania
• Russia Russia - United Russia
• SerbiaSerbia - Serbian Christian Democratic Party