*[[Andrzej Duda]], current [[Poland|Polish]] president
*[[Andrzej Duda]], current [[Poland|Polish]] president
*[[Lech Kaczyński]], former president of Poland
*[[Lech Kaczyński]], former president of Poland
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====Self-declared Christian Democrats====
*[[Angela Merkel]], since 2005, the first female Chancellor of [[Germany]] and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union]]
*[[Angela Merkel]], since 2005, the first female Chancellor of [[Germany]] and leader of the [[Christian Democratic Union]]
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*[[Mariano Rajoy]], Prime Minister of [[Spain]]
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*[[Mariano Rajoy]], Prime Minister of [[Spain]] and leader of the [[People's Party]].
===The Americas===
===The Americas===
*[[Tommy Douglas]]{{cn}}, Former leader of the [[NDP]], minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in [[Canada]]
*[[Tommy Douglas]]{{cn}}, Former leader of the [[NDP]], minister, and father of Universal Healthcare in [[Canada]]
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==Christian Democracy versus Liberal Conservatism==
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Although Christian Democracy and [[liberal conservatism]] are both moderate conservative ideologies there are fundamental differences. A simplistic way of explaining the difference would be to say that while Christian Democrats are [[social conservatism|socially conservative]] and [[economic liberalism|economically liberal]], so-called liberal conservatives are [[social liberalism|socially liberal]] and [[economic conservatism|economically conservative]].