Catholic People's Party

This article is about the Dutch political party. For the Polish party, see Catholic People's Party (Poland). For the pre-1918 Austrian and Hungarian parties, see Catholic People's Party (Austria-Hungary).
Catholic People's Party
Katholieke Volkspartij
AbbreviationKVP
FounderCarl Romme
Josef van Schaik
Laurentius Nicolaas Deckers
Frans Teulings
Max Steenberghe
Jan de Quay
Louis Beel
Teun Struycken
Founded22 December 1945; 78 years ago (1945-12-22)
Dissolved27 September 1980; 44 years ago (1980-09-27)
Preceded byRoman Catholic State Party
Merged intoChristian Democratic Appeal
HeadquartersMauritskade 25
The Hague
Youth wingKVPJO
Think tankCentrum voor Staatkundige Vorming
Ideology
Political positionCentre to centre-right
ReligionRoman Catholic
European affiliationEuropean Union of Christian Democrats[2]
European Parliament groupChristian Democratic Group

The Catholic People's Party (Dutch: Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP) was a Catholic Christian democratic[3] political party in the Netherlands. The party was founded in 1945 as a continuation of the interwar Roman Catholic State Party, which was in turn a successor of the General League of Roman Catholic Caucuses. The party was in government throughout its existence. In 1977, a federation of parties including the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and the Christian Historical Union (CHU) ran together under the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) banner. The three participating parties formally dissolved to form the CDA in 1980.

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  2. ^ Thomas Jansen; Steven Van Hecke (19 May 2011). At Europe's Service: The Origins and Evolution of the European People's Party. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 23. ISBN 978-3-642-19414-6.
  3. ^ Peter Starke; Alexandra Kaasch; Franca Van Hooren (7 May 2013). The Welfare State as Crisis Manager: Explaining the Diversity of Policy Responses to Economic Crisis. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-137-31484-0.