Italian Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Italiano - PDI) was an Italian political party founded in juin 1944 by the union of:
- Center of the Italian democracy (Centro della Democrazia Italiana);
- Party of Union (Partito d'Unione);
- Social Democratic Party (Partito Sociale Democratico);
- Party of Democratic Union (Partito d'Unione Democratica);
- Movement of Democratic Renewal (Movimento di Rinnovazione Democratica);
- Italian Progressive Party (Partito Progressista Italiano).
In the Italian general election, 1946, the PDI token part of the coalition named National Bloc of Freedom (Blocco Nazionale della Libertà - BNL).
After that, PDI dissolved and its members come into Italian Liberal Party and Monarchist National Party.
In 1959, Monarchist National Party and People's Monarchist Party merged in Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (named Italian Democratic Party until 1961).
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