Social Christian Movement
{{Infobox political party
| colorcode = #0976EB
| name = Social Christian Movement
| native_name = Movimiento Social Cristiano
| logo =
| foundation = December 1983
| dissolution = 29 April 1987
| headquarters = Santiago de Chile
| merged = National Renewal
| ideology = Christian democracy
| position = Centre to Centre-right
| international =
| country = Chile
}}
Social Christian Movement ({{langx|es|Movimiento Social Cristiano}}, MSC) was a Chilean political party existing during the 1980s, formed mainly by dissidents of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC).
History
The first signs of former Christian Democratic militants and leaders meeting to adhere to the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet appeared in 1980, when a group of them called to vote favorably on the constitutional referendum of that year.{{cite book |last=Friedmann |first=Reinhard |title=1964–1988 La Política Chilena de la A a la Z |year=1988 |publisher=Melquíades |location=Santiago, Chile |language=Spanish}}
The movement was founded in December 1983 by Juan de Dios Carmona,{{cite web |url=http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/obtienearchivo?id=documentos/10221.1/11479/1/La_apertura_pol%C3%ADtica.pdf |title=La apertura política |author=William Thayer Arteaga |author-link=William Thayer Arteaga |date=1984 |accessdate=10 August 2016 |language=Spanish}} after having returned from Spain after serving functions as Chilean ambassador to that country.{{cite web |url=http://historiapolitica.bcn.cl/resenas_parlamentarias/wiki/Juan_de_Dios_Carmona_Peralta |title=Juan de Dios Carmona Peralta |work=Historia Política Legislativa |author=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile |accessdate=19 August 2016 |language=Spanish}} It also joined William Thayer Arteaga, who had been expelled from PDC for supporting the military regime, as leader of the MSC, and sought to bring together those who followed the Social Christian postulates.{{cite web |url=http://www.saladehistoria.com/Revistas/Apsi/pdf/APSI-135.pdf |title=El resto de la derecha |work=Apsi |date=24 January 1984 |accessdate=19 August 2016 |language=Spanish}} Among its founders were also the former deputies Santiago Gajardo, Ana Rodríguez and Blanca Retamal.
In 1984 it joined the Group of Eight, a coalition of parties and movements supporting the government, which on July 2 it became the National Democratic Agreement (ADENA). On January 31, 1986, it constituted the Frente Democrático de Concordia (FREDECO) along with the Social Democracy Party, the Radical Democracy, the National Democratic Party (faction led by Apolonides Parra), the Radical Civic Union, the Social Democratic Labour Movement, the Javiera Carrera Movement and Arturo Matte Civic Center.{{cite web |url=http://archivovicaria.cl/archivos/VS4cc8319328129_27102010_1105am.pdf |title=Resumen de Prensa |date=February 1986 |accessdate=19 August 2016 |author=Vicaría de la Solidaridad |language=Spanish}}
On 27 August 1986 the party announced its inclusion in the National Labour Front (FNT) led by former Interior Minister Sergio Onofre Jarpa, which was later one of the founding groups of National Renewal (RN).{{cite web |url=http://www.archivovicaria.cl/archivos/VS4cc83ddf9cdf5_27102010_1157am.pdf |title=Resumen de prensa |author=Vicaría de la Solidaridad |date=27 August 1986 |accessdate=19 August 2016 |language=Spanish}}