Katholieke Volkspartij (Netherlands)
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Name (Latin)
Katholieke Volkspartij (Netherlands)
Other forms of name
Catholic People's Party (Netherlands)
K.V.P. (Katholieke Volkspartij)
KVP (Katholieke Volkspartij)
Katholieke Volkspartij
Parti populaire catholique (Netherlands)
Associated country
Netherlands
Biographical or Historical Data
Later name: Christen-Democratisch Appèl (Netherlands)
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- De Groei naar het CDA, c1980:t.p. (Het CDA ter gelegenheid van de fusie van ARP, CHU en KVF op 11 oktober 1980)
- Catholic People's Party page (Catholic People's Party; Dutch: Katholieke Volkspartij, KVP; was a Catholic Christian democratic political party, founded Dec. 22, 1945; dissolved Sept. 27, 1980; was a continuation of the pre-war Roman-Catholic State Party (RKSP); and later merged into Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) in 1980; headquarters, The Hague; during its entire existence, the party was in government; in 1948 a small group of Catholics broke away to form the Catholic National Party (KNP): it was opposed to the decolonisation of Indonesia and to cooperation between the Catholics and social-democrats; under pressure of the Catholic Church the two parties united again in 1955 ( (Wikipedia, Aug. 3, 2015:) )