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| | ==Prominent Christian Democrats== | | ==Prominent Christian Democrats== |
| − | *[[Tommy Douglas]] - Former leader of the NDP, minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in Canada | + | |
| | + | ===Europe=== |
| | + | *[[Konrad Adenauer]], first chancellor of [[West Germany]] after [[World War II]] and architect of the social market economy |
| | + | *[[Theresa May]], Prime Minister of the [[United Kingdom]] and leader of the [[Conservative Party]] |
| | + | *[[Helmut Kohl]], chancellor of West Germany and later the unified Germany |
| | + | *[[Éamon de Valera]], president and prime minister of [[Ireland]], whose Constitution of Ireland was influenced by Catholic social teaching |
| | + | *[[Angela Merkel]], since 2005, the first female Chancellor of [[Germany]] and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union]] |
| | + | *[[Mariano Rajoy]], Prime Minister of [[Spain]] |
| | + | *[[Lech Wałęsa]], [[Polish]] president, trade-union organizer, and human-rights activist. A charismatic leader, he co-founded Solidarity, the [[Soviet]] bloc's first independent trade union and won the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] in 1983. |
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| | + | ===The Americas=== |
| | + | *[[Tommy Douglas]], Former leader of the [[NDP]], minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in [[Canada]] |
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| | ==See also== | | ==See also== |