People’s Party

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People’s Party

political party, Austria

Also known as: ÖVP, Österreichische Volkspartei

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Austria
Political process
The center-right Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP), which describes itself as a “progressive center party,” is the successor of the Christian Social Party founded in the 1890s. A Christian Democratic party, it is a member of the European Union of Christian Democrats and represents a combination…
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The center-right Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP), which describes itself as a “progressive center party,” is the successor of the Christian Social Party founded in the 1890s. A Christian Democratic party, it is a member of the European Union of Christian Democrats and represents a combination…
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Austria
Allied occupation
…returned 85 members of the Austrian People’s Party (corresponding to the Christian Socialists of the prewar period), 76 Socialists (corresponding to the Social Democrats and Revolutionary Socialists), and 4 Communists. Renner was elected president of the republic; Leopold Figl, leader of the Austrian People’s Party, became chancellor of a coalition…
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…returned 85 members of the Austrian People’s Party (corresponding to the Christian Socialists of the prewar period), 76 Socialists (corresponding to the Social Democrats and Revolutionary Socialists), and 4 Communists. Renner was elected president of the republic; Leopold Figl, leader of the Austrian People’s Party, became chancellor of a coalition…
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