The Autonomists Democrats Progressives (Autonomistes Démocrates Progressistes, ADP) was a social-liberal

Social liberalism

Social liberalism is the belief that liberalism should include social justice. It differs from classical liberalism in that it believes the legitimate role of the state includes addressing economic and social issues such as unemployment, health care, and education while simultaneously expanding...

 and Christian-leftist

Christian left

The Christian left is a term originating in the United States, used to describe a spectrum of left-wing Christian political and social movements which largely embraces social justice....

 Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin, Angelo Pollicini, Ilario Lanivi

Ilario Lanivi

Ilario Lanivi is an Italian politician from the Aosta Valley who has been highly involved in the formation of a number of political parties. He started his political career with the Christian Democrats...

, Giuseppe Maquignaz and Giorgio Lavoyer.

It was founded in 1984 by the merger of the Popular Democrats

Popular Democrats

The Popular Democrats was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini....

 and the Progressive Valdotanian Union

Progressive Valdotanian Union

The Progressive Valdotanian Union was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It emerged in 1973 as a split from the Valdotanian Union and won 6.7% of the vote in that year’s regional election...

. Its best electoral result was in 1988, when it won 11.0% of the votes and got elected four regional deputies. After the split of the Independent Autonomists

Independent Autonomists

The Independent Autonomists was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in March 1991 by Ilario Lanivi, ex-leading member of the Autonomists Democrats Progressives, and Amato Maquignaz...

 led by Lanivi in 1991, the party run the 1993 regional election in coalition with the local Italian Republican Party

Italian Republican Party

The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...

, winning 6.5% and two regional deputies. In 1998 the group, led by Lavoyer, merged with the Autonomist People's Alliance

Autonomist People's Alliance

The Autonomist People's Alliance was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley....

 to form the Autonomist Federation

Autonomist Federation

The Autonomist Federation is a centrist, social-liberal and social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley...

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From 1983 to 1994 ADP was represented at the Italian Senate

Italian Senate

The Senate of the Republic is the upper house of the Italian Parliament. It was established in its current form on 8 May 1948, but previously existed during the Kingdom of Italy as Senato del Regno , itself a continuation of the Senato Subalpino of Sardinia-Piedmont established on 8 May 1848...

 by Cesare Dujany, who was re-elected until 1996 by For Aosta Valley

For Aosta Valley

For Aosta Valley was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lanivi, leader of the Independent Autonomists. In the 1993 regional election the party won 4.3% of...

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