Christian Historical Union

Christian Historical Union
Christelijk-Historische Unie
AbbreviationCHU
Founded9 July 1908
Dissolved11 October 1980
Merger ofChristian Historical Party
Frisian League
Merged intoChristian Democratic Appeal
HeadquartersWassenaarseweg 7
The Hague
Youth wingChristian Historical Youth Organisation
Think tankSavornin Lohman Foundation
Membership26.000 (1979)
IdeologyChristian democracy
Economic liberalism[citation needed]
Political positionCentre-right
ReligionDutch Reformed Church
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Remonstrants
European affiliationEuropean Union of Christian Democrats[1]
European Parliament groupChristian Democratic Group
International affiliationNone
ColoursDark blue

The Christian Historical Union (Dutch: Christelijk-Historische Unie, CHU) was a Protestant Christian democratic[2] political party in the Netherlands. The CHU is one of the predecessors of the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), into which it merged in September 1980.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.