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Chadecja

Chrześcijańska Demokracja or Chadecja can refer to several parties in Poland that are connected to the Christian democracy movements:* Christian Democracy - Labor Party...

), was a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

 of Polish right wing christian democracy

Christian Democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology that seeks to apply Christian principles to public policy. It emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching...

 faction existing in the first year of the Second Polish Republic

Second Polish Republic

The Second Polish Republic, Second Commonwealth of Poland or interwar Poland refers to Poland between the two world wars; a period in Polish history in which Poland was restored as an independent state. Officially known as the Republic of Poland or the Commonwealth of Poland , the Polish state was...

. It leader and main activist was Wojciech Korfanty

Wojciech Korfanty

Wojciech Korfanty , born Adalbert Korfanty, was a Polish nationalist activist, journalist and politician, serving as member of the German parliaments Reichstag and Prussian Landtag, and later on, in the Polish Sejm...

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In 1922 Chadecja became part of the Chrześcijański Związek Jedności Narodowej (Chiena) coalition. Part of the Chjeno-Piast

Chjeno-Piast

Chjeno-Piast was an unofficial name of a coalition of Polish political parties formed in 1923. It included the Polish Peasant Party "Piast" and an older coalition 1922 Christian Association of National Unity . The merger was passed during a meeting in the manor of senator L...

 coalition after signing the Lanckorona Pact

Lanckorona Pact

Lanckorona Pact was an agreement between Polish center and right wing parties on 17 May 1923 in Warsaw.The politicians of those parties agreed to pursue stricter polonization policies and to...

 in 1923.

After the May Coup of 1926, split into three factions. Member of Centrolew

Centrolew

The Centrolew was a coalition of several Polish political parties after the 1928 Sejm elections...

 coalition in 1929. Member of Front Morges

Front Morges

Front Morges was a political alliance of centrist political parties of interwar Poland . It was founded in 1936 in the Swiss village of Morges by general Władysław Sikorski and former Polish Prime Minister Ignacy Paderewski. Prominent activists included Józef Haller, Wojciech Korfanty, and Karol...

 coalition on 1937, and merged with Narodowa Partia Robotnicza to form Stronnictwo Pracy

Stronnictwo Pracy

Stronnictwo Pracy was a Polish Christian democratic political party, active from 1937 in the Second Polish Republic and later part of the Polish government in exile. Its founder and main activist was Karol Popiel....

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