Christian-Peasant Party Explained

Christian-Peasant Party
Colorcode:
  1. 3E9169
Split:Rural Solidarity
Leader: (1991-1992)
(1992-1997)
Position:Centre-right
Ideology:Agrarianism[1]
Christian democracy
Conservatism
Foundation:Spring 1989 (as PSL "S")
17 May 1992 (as SLCh)
Dissolved:12 January 1997
Country:Poland
Headquarters:Warsaw, Poland
Colours: Green
National:Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" (1993)

The Christian-Peasant Party (SLCh) was a center-right agrarian Polish political party functioning in the early-middle 1990s, between 5 April 1991 and 17 May 1992 as the Polish People's Party "Solidarity" (PSL "S").[1]

History

Initially as Polish People's Party "Solidarity", the party was created in the spring of 1989 as a political branch of Rural Solidarity under . During the party's 2nd Extraordinary Congress on 16 May 1992, the party rebranded as the Christian-Peasant Party. In 1992,, who was a representative of Rural Solidarity at the Round Table Agreement[2] came to power in the party.[3] In the Autumn of 1992, a "rightwing" splinter of SLCh defected to the National Party "Fatherland". On many issues, it closely aligned with the Conservative Party, which it later united with in 1997 to form the Conservative People's Party.[1]

Ideology

SLCh described itself as a center-right post-Solidarity party pledged to Christian and family values. It supported traditional multi-generational household farming, privatization involving a large amount of farmers, which would take control of the agriculture industry. It advocated for agrarian policies and government intervention in the matters of agriculture.[1]

Electoral results

Sejm

Election year
  1. of
    votes
% of
vote
  1. of
    overall seats won
Government
1993878,445 6.37 (#5)
As part of the Catholic Electoral Committee "Fatherland" coalition.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Paszkiewicz, Krystyna . 2004 . Partie i koalicje polityczne III Rzeczypospolitej . Wrocław . Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego . 83-229-2493-3.
  2. Web site: Region Pomorza Zachodniego NSZZ „Solidarność” w latach 1981-1990 . Instytut Pamięci Narodowej . 3 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Biogram Balazs Artur Krzysztof . Encyklopedia Solidarności . 3 April 2024.