Progressive Democratic Autonomists

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Progressive Democratic Autonomists (ADP) was a social-liberal, Christian-left Italian party active in the Aosta Valley. Its main members were Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin, Angelo Pollicini, Ilario Lanivi, Giuseppe Maquignaz and Claudio Lavoyer. The ADP was founded in 1984 when the Popular Democrats merged with the Progressive Valdostan Union. Its best result came in 1988, when it won 11% of the vote and elected four regional deputies. After Ilario Lanivi led the Independent Autonomists split in 1991, the ADP ran the 1993 regional election in coalition with the Italian Republican Party, winning 6.5% of the vote and two regional deputies. In 1998 the group led by Lavoyer merged with the Autonomist People's Alliance to form the Autonomist Federation. From 1983 to 1994, Cesare Dujany represented the ADP in the Italian Senate, and he was re-elected until 1996 by For Aosta Valley.