Five-Party Alliance Pentapartito | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Giulio Andreotti, Bettino Craxi, Arnaldo Forlani |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Dissolved | 1991 |
| Preceded by | Organic Centre-left |
| Headquarters | Rome |
| Ideology | Christian democracy (DC) Social democracy (PSI, PDSI) Social liberalism (PRI) Conservative liberalism (PLI) |
The Pentapartito (from Greek πέντε, "five", and Italian partito, "party"), commonly shortened to CAF (from the initials of Craxi, Andreotti and Forlani), refers to the coalition government of five Italian political parties that formed between June 1981 and April 1991.[1][2] The pro-European and Atlanticist coalition comprised the Christian Democracy (DC), the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI), Italian Liberal Party (PLI), and Italian Republican Party (PRI).[2]