Christian Democratic Appeal
The Christian Democratic Appeal is a Christian-democratic and socially conservative political party in the Netherlands. It was originally formed in 1977 from a confederation of the Catholic People's Party, the Anti-Revolutionary Party and the Christian Historical Union; it has participated in all but three of the Dutch cabinets formed since it became a unitary party.
Piet Steenkamp, founder and chairman from 1973 until 1980
Dries van Agt, CDA leader from 1976 until 1982 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1977 until 1982
Ruud Lubbers, CDA Leader from 1982 until 1994 and Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1982 until 1994.
Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, CDA Leader from 1997 until 2001.
Christian democracy is a political ideology inspired by Christian social teaching to respond to the challenges of contemporary society and politics.
A gathering of supporters of Christian Democratic Union in Dessau, 1990