The PLD was founded by Adriano Teso and Carlo Usiglio, who had left the Segni Pact with the aim of creating a centre-right alliance.

The party was a member of the Pole of Freedoms alliance.

[1] In the 1994 general election Teso and Usiglio were elected in the Chamber of Deputies with the Pole of Freedoms.

[2] After the 1994 general election Teso was nominated Undersecretary for Labour and Social Security in the Berlusconi I Cabinet, and the party merged into Forza Italia.

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