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People’s Party

political party, Austria
Also known as: ÖVP, Österreichische Volkspartei

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  • Austria
    In Austria: Political process

    The centre-right Austrian People’s Party (Österreichische Volkspartei; ÖVP), which describes itself as a “progressive centre 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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    In 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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